Lexi Thompson recovers from opening triple-bogey top and shank in 3rd round at Women’s PGA

By: Stephen Hawkins, The Associated Press Posted: 2:36 PM CDT Saturday, Jun. 21, 2025 Last Modified: 8:08 PM CDT Saturday, Jun. 21, 2025

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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Lexi Thompson nearly got blown over to start the third round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, with a top and a shank on the way to a triple bogey on the opening hole in windy conditions Saturday. She finished the day tied for third place.

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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Lexi Thompson nearly got blown over to start the third round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, with a top and a shank on the way to a triple bogey on the opening hole in windy conditions Saturday. She finished the day tied for third place.

After hitting her tee shot into the fairway on the 517-yard par-5 first hole, a 207-yard drive into wind gusting to around 30 mph, Thompson topped her second shot that went only 117 yards. She then shanked her third shot to the right into a thick native area and the ball was never found.

Asked after her round of 3-over 75 if the wind had her off balance for that second shot, Thompson said she just `full topped the ball” and doesn’t even know what happened on the next shot that resulted in the lost ball.

Lexi Thompson lines up a putt on the 18th hole during the second round of the Women's PGA Championship golf tournament Friday, June 20, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

“It was just compounded,” she said. “I mean it was windy. Don’t get me wrong, it was blowing me. But I don’t know if that was the excuse for the top, but we can go with it if you want.”

Thompson also had a bogey on the second hole, but had only one more bogey along with two birdies the rest of the way to put her at 1-over 217, seven strokes behind leader Minjee Lee.

“With the start, I’ll definitely take it. It was just a tough day with that wind. Tough and long,” she said. “Overall a lot of positives to take from the day with my start being 4 over through two. Happy I stayed strong and put a good round together.”

The semi-retired Thompson, playing for only the seventh time in 16 tournaments this season, won her only major in the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship. After a 2-under 70 on Friday, she went into the third round of the Women’s PGA in fourth place in and four strokes behind Jeeno Thitikul, the No. 2-ranked player in the world who shot 76 Saturday and is now trailing Lee by four.

Thompson’s 13 top-five finishes in majors since 2013 are the most by any player and among her 20 top-10 finishes in those events.