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CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY | Twenty-seven-year-old Lexi Thompson finished her Friday morning at the Cognizant Founders Cup with a tap-in par after a birdie putt ...

Lexi has been playing confidently off the tee with a driver and committing to her lines. There are a few holes I don't have a choice; I have to hit a 2-iron off the tee. Thompson said she saw a few pins for tomorrow and anticipates the course playing tougher. So going into the weekend, (I’m going to) play how I have the last two days and see what that brings,” she said. I feel like that gets me more mentally prepared for the weeks I do play," she said. Twenty-seven-year-old Lexi Thompson finished her Friday morning at the Cognizant Founders Cup with a tap-in par after a birdie putt caught the edge of the hole on 18 but failed to fall.

Australia's Minjee Lee matched her career-low with a nine-under-par 63 to seize a three-stroke lead late in Friday's second round of the LPGA Founders Cup.

"I thought it was going to be like 10-under the winning score," Lee said. "I was just riding momentum pretty much," Lee said. When I had a shot I tried to hit it close," Lee said. "I'm really dialed in. Even with the short putts it's just like a little more confidence boost. When I had a putt I tried to hole it.

CLIFTON N.J. — This is a week Gina Kim will certainly never forget. Last week, Kim, a former star at Duke, played a U.S. Women's Open qualifier in Southern ...

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NEW YORK (AFP) – Sweden's Madelene Sagstrom fired a bogey-free nine-under par 63 to grab a one-stroke lead over American Megan Khang after yesterday's ...

“It was one of those days. “My swing feels really good,” she said. Like everything was easy,” Sagstrom said.

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — The only only thing missing from Minjee Lee's resume this year is a victory and the best scorer on the LPGA Tour took a big step toward ...

Eighty players in the field of 144 made the cut at 1-under. "A lot of the things can happen to the golf course, the way they set it up and all that. "All I can do is control my emotions and how much hard work I put in, and I know the amount of work that I put into it, so if it doesn't happen, doesn't happen. "A lot of things can happen," Sagstrom said. "Even with the short putts, it's just like a little more confidence boost." The Australian had a 14-under 130 total at Upper Montclair Country Club.

Marina Alex, who grew up in nearby Wayne and picked up her second LPGA victory earlier this month, shot an even-par 72 to finish at two over par and also miss the cut. As for Lee, she started her second round Friday morning at 5 under and quickly jumped to ...

As for Lee, she started her second round Friday morning at 5 under and quickly jumped to the top of the field with four birdies in her first six holes. And Anna Davis, the 16-year-old who won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur last month, shot a 2-under 70 to get to 4 under to make the cut in a second straight LPGA event, the first two of her career. Meanwhile, Ireland’s Leona Maguire shot a 4-over 76 to finish 1 over and miss the cut by two. Lee, the fifth-ranked player in the world, is 14 under through 36 holes, three clear of the field but with some big names lurking near the top. “I was like, ‘I’m not making the same mistake twice,’” Lee said. “So I made a better decision from off the tee.

Lydia Ko was one shot above the cut after falling beneath it because of a double bogey on the 10th, but she made it through at the LPGA's Cognizant Founders ...

Like elite athletes at their peak, our sports journalists are highly trained in the art of news. So we're asking you to support us with more than your attention. She is one-under overall and tied 61st ahead of the third round of her latest LPGA Tour event after falling down the leaderboard after shooting a six on the par four 10th.

The only only thing missing from Minjee Lee's resume this year is a victory and the best scorer on the LPGA Tour took a big step toward that in the second ...

“A lot of the things can happen to the golf course, the way they set it up and all that. Eighty players in the field of 144 made the cut at 1-under. “All I can do is control my emotions and how much hard work I put in, and I know the amount of work that I put into it, so if it doesn’t happen, doesn’t happen. “A lot of things can happen,” Sagstrom said. “Even with the short putts, it’s just like a little more confidence boost.” The Australian had a 14-under 130 total at Upper Montclair Country Club.

Minjee Lee of Australia hits their shot on the 2nd tee during the second round of the Cognizant Founders Cup at Upper Montclair Country Club on May 13, 2022 in ...

Still, Minjee leads the LPGA Tour, averaging 20 feet from that distance, a full 10 feet closer to Scottie Scheffler, who hits it to an average of 30 feet from the hole from 175 to 200 yards. I know the numbers dropped a little bit there, so I have a little bit more work to do. Minjee, again first on the LPGA Tour, averages to 29 feet, one inch from 200 to 225 yards and to 43 feet from 225 to 250. But Scheffler hits it to 51 feet, 2 inches from all approaches outside 200 yards. According to KPMG Performance Insights from this season, Lee leads the LPGA Tour in strokes gained approach at a whopping 2.81 before this week. No, but she seems to be playing a different game, and has been for much of the year. Scottie Scheffler averages 25 feet from the same distances. Okay, you might say, but as the distances expand and the length disparity widens, those numbers are bound to flip. It just goes to show how deep and talented the fields are every week on the LPGA Tour. But given how Minjee Lee is playing, it’s just a matter of time. For example, from 100 to 125 yards, Lee, on average, hits it to 14 feet, 7 inches. Standing on the 16th tee, she needed to birdie out to shoot 59, a fact that she didn’t know until a reporter told her after the round. And as the 25-year-old major champion put it on Friday afternoon at the Cognizant Founders Cup: “Maybe this will be the first one and it'll kickstart the rest of the year.”

The only only thing missing from Minjee Lee's resume this year is a victory and the best scorer on the LPGA Tour took...

“A lot of the things can happen to the golf course, the way they set it up and all that. Eighty players in the field of 144 made the cut at 1-under. “All I can do is control my emotions and how much hard work I put in, and I know the amount of work that I put into it, so if it doesn’t happen, doesn’t happen. “A lot of things can happen,” Sagstrom said. “Even with the short putts, it’s just like a little more confidence boost.” The Australian had a 14-under 130 total at Upper Montclair Country Club.