I know this is football season and there are a full slate of games on the tube this weekend, but the most gripping televised sports story of the weekend, for me, will be an LPGA event that's not being broadcast live.
I am saving room on my DVR to watch Alexis Thompson's quest to become the LPGA Tour's youngest tournament winner.
Thompson is a 14-year-old amateur from Florida. And she shares the 54-hole lead of the Navistar LPGA Classic in Prattville, Ala. That's right! A 14-year-old ninth-grader is leading a professional golf event.
I happened to catch the Golf Channel's coverage late Thursday night and saw a summary of her round, when she made eight birdies and one bogey. Part of the fun of watching Thompson is the way she reacts to her on-course successes. She isn't poker-faced after sinking a birdie putt. Thompson, who had to qualify to get in the tournament, beams when things go well.
Unfortunately for golf fans, there is no live television coverage of Thompson's exploits this weekend. The Golf Channel's coverage, beginning at 5:30 p.m. today and Sunday, is tape delayed. There's no need to turn away from football coverage. You can save this possibly historic occasion on your DVR.
Thompson opened the tournament with a 7-under 65 on Thursday, which left her a shot off the lead. She enters today's play in a five-way tie for first at 10-under-par. Her co-leaders are Lorena Ochoa, the tour's No. 1 player, Laura Davies, Yani Tseng and Giulia Sergas.
If she wins, Thompson would become the youngest winner in LPGA history, succeeding Paula Creamer, who won her first LPGA title when she was 18 years, nine months old in 2005.
Thompson comes from a family of golfers. Her brother, Nicholas Thompson, plays on the PGA Tour. While she is new to the national golf scene, her success isn't unexpected by her family and supportors. She already has a web site where you can get more details of her career (if a 14-year-old can have a career).
This Weekend's Live Golf Broadcasts
SATURDAY
Dunhill Links Champ. (Euro) // 5:30 a.m. // GOLF
Senior Players Champ (Champ) // 10:30 a.m. // NBC
Turning Stone Champ. (PGA) // 11 am. // GOLF
SUNDAY
Dunhill Links Champ. (Euro) // 4:30 a.m. // GOLF
Senior Players Champ (Champ) // 1 p.m. // NBC
Turning Stone Champ. (PGA) // 1 p.m. // GOLF
I am saving room on my DVR to watch Alexis Thompson's quest to become the LPGA Tour's youngest tournament winner.
Thompson is a 14-year-old amateur from Florida. And she shares the 54-hole lead of the Navistar LPGA Classic in Prattville, Ala. That's right! A 14-year-old ninth-grader is leading a professional golf event.
I happened to catch the Golf Channel's coverage late Thursday night and saw a summary of her round, when she made eight birdies and one bogey. Part of the fun of watching Thompson is the way she reacts to her on-course successes. She isn't poker-faced after sinking a birdie putt. Thompson, who had to qualify to get in the tournament, beams when things go well.
Unfortunately for golf fans, there is no live television coverage of Thompson's exploits this weekend. The Golf Channel's coverage, beginning at 5:30 p.m. today and Sunday, is tape delayed. There's no need to turn away from football coverage. You can save this possibly historic occasion on your DVR.
Thompson opened the tournament with a 7-under 65 on Thursday, which left her a shot off the lead. She enters today's play in a five-way tie for first at 10-under-par. Her co-leaders are Lorena Ochoa, the tour's No. 1 player, Laura Davies, Yani Tseng and Giulia Sergas.
If she wins, Thompson would become the youngest winner in LPGA history, succeeding Paula Creamer, who won her first LPGA title when she was 18 years, nine months old in 2005.
Thompson comes from a family of golfers. Her brother, Nicholas Thompson, plays on the PGA Tour. While she is new to the national golf scene, her success isn't unexpected by her family and supportors. She already has a web site where you can get more details of her career (if a 14-year-old can have a career).
This Weekend's Live Golf Broadcasts
SATURDAY
Dunhill Links Champ. (Euro) // 5:30 a.m. // GOLF
Senior Players Champ (Champ) // 10:30 a.m. // NBC
Turning Stone Champ. (PGA) // 11 am. // GOLF
SUNDAY
Dunhill Links Champ. (Euro) // 4:30 a.m. // GOLF
Senior Players Champ (Champ) // 1 p.m. // NBC
Turning Stone Champ. (PGA) // 1 p.m. // GOLF
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