LAS VEGAS -- Lexi Thompson didn't hesitate when informed that she had been invited to play in this week's Shriners Children's Open, where she will become only the seventh woman to compete on the PGA Tour.
She had other plans for this weekend after a busy schedule that had included consecutive LPGA Tour events following the Solheim Cup, but those quickly got pushed back.
"It was basically an automatic yes," Thompson said during her pre-tournament news conference Tuesday. "It was kind of last minute, last notice. I was like, 'Alright, OK, let's go.'
"I didn't know that it was in the works, but I'm very happy that it was.