Watch Solheim Cup star Lexi Thompson play every shot of her final 12 holes from the second round at Riyadh Golf Club.
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See one under level par one over kind of just floating there I mean the lead’s only seven under right now wow that was so close to starting the day with a hole in one she just looks like she’s got this new purpose about it she always hits the gym hard
But it’s been bashing golf balls looks quite disly ATS Bangkok that’s always going to be on Patty’s mind too that was a tow hook got away with that one you know yeah bunker with bunkers in all corners of the green but they’re going to play for some release Here
Land it around that front edge wind into but mostly from the left hand side just all run down to this cup down wind downhill yeah on the right Edge that is exact well maybe she hit it a touch more than right Edge so by the other was the aramco team Series in Florida year before last last nine iron for Lexi there the customary lean good for distance she’s been getting attention since she was 12 years old when she
Qualified for the US Open as an amateur yeah that’s leg has been an issue at times for Lexi Thompson as well but no problem there teeing it down trying to squeeze it from left to right keep it down in this wind bunkers in play are in are in play
On the right not so much on the left Oh my goodness look at the lie here for Lexi there’s a lot of sand in these bunkers players were talking about it last night if you do go in it does Nestle down and that was a horrid lie for Lexi she only had 135 yards to the
Front edge and is just gouging out hit the shot she hit on eight if she does she’ll find a back left bunker and there’s no way you get up and down from there how about that for connection not many players do that so another drop shot unfortunately
For Lexi Thompson now back at two over now for Lexi Thompson after going into the bunker off the team couple of wayward drives that have cost her Autumn that we were talking about the the Regeneration almost of Alexi Thompson enthusiasm for the game has been turning them over into greens can’t do it
Here has to stay disciplined good start line and excellent finish over half a shot she knows the line left Edge just hit that one too hard do you ever wonder if she took the glove off I mean it’s something that she’s never done she’s always puttered with a glove on and generally players
Take a glove off to get more feel when they hold on to the putter but it’s something she’s tried so many different approaches still isn’t an eagle there next see tidying up here on 10 and no problem from Lexi who has tried many different approaches as we’ve
Talked about she did pop for a while with her eyes closed but it was actually her father Scot and said look you can’t pop with your eyes closed forever Armory doesn’t it with the driver that’s for sure because into the wind it it does just Chase up into the
Air certainly a shot that she’s been working on let’s see if she can get this one to release and not launch as high as normal settle in theer couldn’t see it down with all she’s not in the desert that’s what she was asking it’s short of that
Got held up in the raft it is longer since we were here but she’s got to be careful about ballooning this up in the sky look at the power and potentially turning it over but she has been good with those irons in this round I think that’s that was kind of my
Point that she can’t hold that you know everyone else has got to play for some release there we saw it on nine how it it hits and it just sticks everyone else is chasing through the her attack angle her pure strength from all that gym work like we talk about being athletic in
Moves that’s why she can stop that ball see the dot on that golf ball that is her Focus so she’ll line that up against the line and then all it’ll be is the blue dot there’ll be a really specific Focus keep the head still keep the Mind
Quiet at the line just not quite the pace it’s through impact so much better there’s still there’s still that essence of that movement there but it it’s not as much look at that one pitching just short of where Fooda away’s ball landed one that one yard she only carries one fairway wood
But she does carry some long irons no I love it definitely not too much and uh he loves it not too much the exact type of motos that you want to hear from your caddy some positive thoughts heading into this shop Long IR from distance hated
It see a couple getting stuck can’t she yeah we seeing a couple from her today t-shot at seven that one there as if feel was like a flat pot it like that that’ll do won’t it Oh I thought that was in yes unlucky how frustrating is it when
You’re standing on a par five that you mentioned it’s an easy hold and you don’t make that birdie did you carry it with you I mean I try not to I think uh reachable uh especially yesterday with the wind I think it’s getting a little windy now
So it’s a it’s a tricky pin though I mean I think if you are not in the in the right place it’s hard to to get up and down like that short uh short of the bunet I think it’s I told her that already uh her driving is very
Impressive she doesn’t miss much and it’s just always in the middle of the farway so when I play with her she asked me like what what should we do like what a strategy because we play four balls so I was like you’re going to go first just
Hit it and then I’ll go behind you I’ll just try to follow what you do but just have fun and if you need something you ask me otherwise I’m not going to tell you anything but yeah that was very very nice playing with her call to saganda
With this in the commentary box at theam scoring average I I would love to to get to 69 69 and a half I think that’s something that motivates me a lot that was a better strike the V trophy is the trophy on the LPG tour for the lowest scoring average
And I suppose if you do not to be there for Thompson so par for her also yeah so it’s funny because Lexi and I we’ve been on tour the same amount of years when I when we when I play Q school she played Q School the same year
And I remember she’s 5 years older than me so she has to be 20 28 29 this year and I remember she played uh Avan obviously as as an AM when she was 16 years old GE but I do like my sweets as well so you have to you have to enjoy
Life yeah I tell you what she doesn’t like Richard spice don’t like spicy at lunchtime this week she asked me if the chicken ticker was spicy and I said no and it was did you did you eat it or no no I didn’t try it okay no went for the
Salmon I think in Spain we eat pretty simple and we don’t put much spice and that’s what I’m used to it so I like s B well no birdie for for Lexi Thompson it was a round that started promisingly and his handbrakes been put on a little
Still inside the cut line should be hoping for something she’s setting up for the draw aing at the bunkers that start at 230 and finish at 260 down the right hand side that should do h Yeah that’s perfect has to be the three-wood for Lexi Thompson here I think that could be too much for her yeah it’s all right we saw you last year hold out from that bunker for Eagle she doesn’t carry and might be a good one as well bit of green to work with she’ll
Toss this up high she’s quite far back in the bun now a lot of players have been talking about how much sand you could hear how heavy that thump was from Lexi so not her best effort she said she just felt it was a better lie for a
Potter than it was a wedge but you can see how much that bobbled there and uh wow she’s made a very good fist of that Lexi but you feel that for a player with her massive massive distance off the tea that is what she is known as she’s a
Real powerhouse she’s tall athletic when she makes fives on par fives you feel that for a player of Thompson’s caliber that feels like a shot dropped a lot of the golf courses for wind into from the left hand side here for Thompson there’s Mr a few left Geor Hall in our
Cover probably two or three yards short is the landing number for her yeah that’s another sign of what we’re talking about with Lexi Thompson I liked it beautiful birdie from Lexi Thompson so that should dispel any worries really about whether she will make that cut line at three overpar and edges are
Closer to that top 20 That one CAU the wind that’s front bunker and hopefully it is not plugged oh it’s plugged that’s two plugged lies Thompson has had on this golf course today in the UPS slope just has to get it in steep beat down on the ball play for some release there is a
Bit of green to work with got about 12 yards he not bad from there the strength that she possess looking good that is a very good up and down from a plugged live for Lexi Thompson so bird is 16 17 but this one should carry well over 200 yards should be finishing around
That 240 mark that would be your miss you don’t want to plug in a front right bunker similar to the t-shot really wasn’t it it was dug in and it was it tugged left keep coming keep coming oh that is very very good indeed from [Applause] Thompson and a round of
73 from Lexi Thompson so she’s going to need something like that 6366 she shot at Royal greens last year at the weekend to give herself any hope
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Go get em this weekend Lexi 💪🇺🇸