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2023 LPGA Tour Schedule: Dates, Purses, Winners

• Author: John Schwarb

Members of the LPGA Tour will play for a record $101.3 million in 33 official events during the 2023 season.

The season begins with the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions from Jan. 19-22 in Orlando and concludes with the CME Group Tour Championship from Nov. 16-19 in Naples.

We'll track the winners and total purses for each event here.

2023 LPGA Tour Schedule: Dates, Winners, Purses

Jan. 19-22: Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, Lake Nona G. and C.C., Orlando, Florida, $1.5 million

Winner: Brooke Henderson

Feb. 23-26: Honda LPGA Thailand, Siam C.C., Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand, Purse: $1.7 million

Winner:  Lilia Vu

March 2-5: HSBC Women's World Championship, Sentosa G.C., Singapore, Purse: $1.8 million

Winner:  Jin Young Ko

March 23-26: LPGA Drive On Championship, Superstition Mountain G.C., Gold Canyon, Arizona, $1.75 million

Winner:  Celine Boutier

March 30-April 2: DIO Implant LA Open, Palos Verdes G.C., Palos Verdes Estates, California, $1.75 million

Winner: Ruoning Yin

April 12-15: LOTTE Championship, Hoakalei Country Club, Oahu, Hawaii, $2 million

Winner:  Grace Kim

April 20-23: The Chevron Championship, The Club at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands, Texas, $5.1 million

April 27-30: JM Eagle LA Championship, Wilshire C.C., Los Angeles, California, $3 million

Winner:  Hannah Green

May 4-7: Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown, TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, California

Winning Team: Thailand

May 11-14: Cognizant Founders Cup, Upper Montclair Country Club, Clifton, New Jersey, $3 million

May 24-28: Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play, Shadow Creek, Las Vegas, Nevada, $1.5 million

Winner:  Pajaree Anannarukarn

June 1-4: Mizuho Americas Open, Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey city, New Jersey, $2.75 million

Winner: Rose Zhang

June 9-11: ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer, Seaview, A Dolce Hotel (Bay Course), Galloway, New Jersey, $1.75 million

Winner:  Ashleigh Buhai

June 15-18: Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, Blythefield C.C., Grand Rapids, Michigan, $2.5 million

Winner:  Leona Maguire

June 22-25: KPMG Women's PGA Championship , Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, New Jersey, $9 million

Winner:  Ruoning Yin

July 6-9: U.S. Women's Open presented by ProMedica, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California, $10 million

Winner: Allisen Corpuz

July 13-16: Greater Toledo LPGA Classic, Highland Meadows G.C., Sylvania, Ohio, $1.75 million

Winner: Linn Grant

July 19-22: Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, Midland C.C., Midland, Michigan, $2.7 million

Winners:  Cheyenne Knight and Elizabeth Szokol

July 27-30: Amundi Evian Championship, Evian Resort G.C., Evian-les-Bains, France, $6.5 million

Aug. 3-6: Freed Group Women's Scottish Open, Dundonald Links, Ayrshire, Scotland, $2 million

Aug. 10-13: AIG Women's Open, Walton Heath (Old Course), Surrey, England, $9 million

Aug. 17-20: ISPS Handa World Invitational, Galgorme Castle G.C., and Massereene G.C., Antrim, Northern Ireland, $1.5 million

Winner:  Alexa Pano

Aug. 24-27: CP Women's Open, Shaughnessy Golf and C.C., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, $2.35 million

Winner: Megan Khang

Aug. 31-Sept. 3: Portland Classic, Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland, Oregon, $1.5 million

Winner:  Chanettee Wannasaen

Sept. 7-10: Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G, Kenwood Country Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, $1.75 million

Winner:  Minjee Lee

Sept. 22-24: Solheim Cup , Finca Cortesin, Andalucia, Spain

Winning Team: Europe (retains Cup after 14-14 tie)

Sept. 29-Oct. 1: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G, Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, Arkansas, $2.3 million

Winner: Hae Ran Ryu

Oct. 5-8: The Ascendant LPGA benefitting Volunteers of America, Old American G.C., The Colony, Texas, $1.8 million

Winner: Hyo Joo Kim

Oct. 12-15: Buick LPGA Shanghai, Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai, China, $2.1 million

Winner:  Angel Yin

Oct. 19-22: BMW Ladies Championship, Seowon Valley Country Club, Seoul, South Korea, $2.2 million

Oct. 26-29: Maybank Championship, Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, $3 million

Winner: Celine Boutier

Nov. 2-5: TOTO Japan Classic, Taiheiyo Club Minori Course, Omitama, Ibaraki, Japan, $2 million

Winner: Mone Inami

Nov. 9-12: The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, Pelican G.C., Belleair, Florida, $3.25 million

Nov. 16-19: CME Group Tour Championship, Tiburon G.C., Naples, Florida, $7 million

Winner:  Amy Yang

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NAPLES, Fla. — The LPGA released its 2023 schedule on Friday at the CME Group Tour Championship, where 60 women are competing for a $2 million winner’s check, the largest in tour history. Next year’s schedule will include 33 tournaments and a record prize fund of $101.4 million. This year’s purses totaled $93.5 million.

“We feel very bullish on where we’re going,” said LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, “but we are not done yet. I think all this growth is really positive, but we still have work to do.”

The year will begin in Orlando, Florida, Jan. 19-22 at Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona, though there won’t be a Florida swing this year. After a full month off, the tour then moves to Asia for three events in Thailand, Singapore and China. The LPGA hasn’t competed in China in three years due to ongoing travel restrictions.

“I think we’re seeing good progress,” said Ally Ewing. “The majors are stepping up in a big way, and I think the push is to continue on and get our regular-season events at a better number. But overall, when you look at the progress through the years, and you reach this milestone it’s exciting.”

The first full-field event of the season, the LPGA Drive On Championship, will be held March 23-26 at Superstition Mountain G.C., in Gold Canyon, Arizona. The LPGA introduced tour-backed Drive On events during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 Drive On, won by Leona Maguire, was contested at Crown Colony Golf and Country Club in Fort Myers, Florida.

Superstition Mountain hosted the 2004-08 Safeway International and is home to a number of LPGA players.

With four limited-field events to start the season, the majority of players on the LPGA will have more than four months off between starts. While some wanted a longer offseason, many are concerned about the long break between events, particularly those who are further down the money list.

“I just had a month off and have this one (Pelican), and then I’m going to have four months off,” said Caroline Inglis, who finished the year 100th on the Race to CME Globe, at last week’s Pelican LPGA Championship.

Marcoux Samaan said the tour has taken a hard look at the money list at all positions, and while the money has improved from the top down in recent years, there’s still work to be done, particularly to ensure that the bottom half can earn a living.

“We need to make sure that that 100th best player can make a living out here on the tour,” she said. “Right now, the 100th best player made $167,000. It probably cost her $125,000 to $150,000 to be out here, and that’s really a tangible goal for us to say we really want the 100th best player to be able to make a good living commensurate with her talent out here on the LPGA.”

To that end, Marcoux Samaan called for more investment in women’s sports in general, noting that the infrastructure of the organization must grow.

“You hear people talk about in women’s sports all the time this idea that we need to be able to thrive rather than just survive, and I think that takes investment, and that takes infrastructure,” she said.

“So for us, that includes technology infrastructure. That includes personnel infrastructure, media infrastructure, and access. So that’s kind of like where we’re focused. I think we’re always going to be focused on the tournaments. We’re always going to be focused on the schedule, first and foremost. That’s the lifeblood of who the LPGA is.”

Six years ago, the PGA Tour and LPGA entered into a strategic alliance. Marcoux Samaan described the partnership as positive and strong.

“Obviously we work with them on our media rights,” she said. “People know that that we’ve had a relationship with them around our media rights, but right now, the biggest engagement is really around technology.”

The LPGA has never had a formal marketing department and Marcoux Samaan has placed an emphasis on building a team that will help drive more fans to events and the tour’s social media channels. The three most important words, she said, are “content, content, content.”

“All the ways that we can, in a modern world, have two-way communication with our fans,” she said, “know who our fans are, aggressively deliver content that they’re interested in, encourage them to come and be a part of our ecosystem.”

The majors and CME have largely been responsible for increasing prize money in significant ways. The dates of next year’s Chevron Championship have moved to April 20-23, after the Masters. The event will be contested for the first time at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas.

A jam-packed summer includes four majors in the span of eight weeks, including the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach, the KPMG Women’s PGA at Baltusrol and the AIG Women’s British Open at Walton Heath (Old Course) in Surrey, England. The U.S. Women’s Open and KPMG will be held back-to-back on opposite ends of the country with a week off in between.

Marcoux Samaan said that in an ideal world, the majors would be more spread out.

“We’re not sure where we’ll go in the future,” she said, “but I think part of it is because we are playing at some phenomenal golf courses, and a bit of those decisions were based on availability of the golf courses and availability to get in and play in these really important and iconic venues.”

New, previously announced events on the schedule include the Mizuho Americas Open at Liberty National and the return of the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown, an unofficial team event, at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco.

Three tournaments dropped off the schedule, including the LPGA Mediheal Championship, JTBC Classic and the Gainbridge stop in Fort Myers, which was combined with the Pelican to form one event: The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican.

In September, the Solheim Cup will be staged in Spain for the first time, one week ahead of the Ryder Cup in Rome.

The fall Asian swing includes four stops, including Shanghai and Taiwan, which have both been canceled the past three years due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.

When asked specifically about getting back into China to play next season, the commissioner said they’re still waiting to hear.

“We told the players that we’ll keep them posted,” she said, “but we have a contract, and it’s on the schedule. We’ll let them know as that evolves, but we’re hopeful that we can get in and play on all the events that are on our schedule.”

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5 storylines to follow as the 2023 LPGA season gets underway

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The 2023 LPGA Tour season begins this week in Orlando with the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, the first of 35 events in which a record $101.4 million will be on the line . It’s been a couple months since we last saw the tour in action at the CME Group Tour Championship, where Lydia Ko won the massive $2 million winner’s check , grabbed LPGA player-of-the-year honors and secured the World No. 1 ranking for the first time in half a decade.

As we gear up for the new season, here are some stories to keep an eye on:

It’s a Solheim Cup year

Team Europe enjoyed an upset road win durign the 2021 Solheim Cup at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.

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Few events inject energy into women’s golf like the Solheim Cup. In 2023, the matches take place for the first time in Spain at Finca Cortesin Resort (Sept. 22-24) and will do so with a new generation of leaders overseeing both squads. Team Europe will be led by Norway’s Suzann Pettersen who compiled an 18-12-6 overall record during the nine times she competed in the event. The Americans will rely on Stacy Lewis, a four-time participant, who at age 38 will be the youngest American captain in the 33-year history of the event.

Seven of the 12 spots on Team USA will be determined off a year-long points list, with qualifying ending Aug. 27 after the CP Women’s Open. Two more players come from the Rolex World Rankings list, with Lewis selecting the final three players. Team Europe, meanwhile, takes the top two players from its Solheim Cup points list, then the top six ranked players on Rolex World Rankings, with four picks made by Pettersen.

Suffice it to say, the Americans have a lot of potential firepower looking to compete: The Korda sisters (Jessica and Nelly), Lexi Thompson, Jennifer Kupcho and Danielle Kang are all currently ranked in the top 20 in the world. Team Europe has just two players, Celine Boutier and Charley Hull, in the top 20. Of course, that doesn’t always matter when it comes to team play. In 2021 at Inverness Club in Ohio, Team USA had five players ranked in the top 17 in the world while Europe had only one, yet the visitors pulled off a stunning 15-13 upset to win the Cup for a second straight playing.

Among those who witnessed the surprise finish first hand was Lewis, who was serving as an assistant U.S. captain. From her vantage point, Team Europe’s putters were the difference-maker. “It's probably one of the best European teams I think I've seen,” Lewis said at the time. “They're just really, really a lot of great putters—not good putters, great putters—and when it's tight like that, it's a putt or two here and there.”

If Team Europe putts the way they did at Inverness, the Americans will face a tough challenge in September.

Big changes to the first major of the year

2022 Chevron Championship winner Jennifer Kupcho enjoys the last leap into Poppie's Pond as LPGA's first major moves from California to Texas in 2023.

For long-time LPGA fans, the first major of the year will forever be known as “The Dinah”—despite the different names it’s gone by since its inception in 1972, the latest change came a year ago when the event became the Chevron Championship. But 2023 marks the first time the tournament will be played at a different course: The Club at Carlton Woods outside Houston is its new home.

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Moving away from Mission Hills in the California desert to Texas prompted some tour veterans to lament the tradition the championship would be losing. But history isn’t the only thing to consider. Yes, we’ll miss seeing the winner jump into Poppie’s Pond, but the move allowed for the championship to enjoy a significant increase in the prize money payout: In 2021, the purse was $3.1 million. This year, it’s up to $5.1 million.

The event has also moved to a later date (April 20-23); instead of being the week before the Masters, and overlapping with the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, the Chevron will have its own spot on the calendar to help celebrate its top players and kick off the LPGA major season without sharing the spotlight.

Where will the momentum of 2022 take Lydia Ko?

Lydia Ko claimed all the significant LPGA hardware in 2022. Can she keep up the good play and earn her way into the LPGA Hall of Fame in 2023?

There’s no cheering in the press box, of course, but we can’t deny how fun it is to watch Ko, a three-time winner a year ago, when everything is working for her. In 2022, the 25-year-old New Zealander displayed a rejuvenated game, pulling off her first multiple-win season since 2016 and harkening back to her days as a teen phenom. Ko’s impressive play included leading the tour in strokes gained/total and strokes gained/putting. She also had the lowest scoring average for a second straight season. Mind you, the highlight of the year likely came in December when she married Jun Chung (their honeymoon in part causing Ko to miss this week’s LPGA opener).

But what’s next for Ko? Her 2022 season was incredible, but there are some things she didn't accomplish. Watch the majors especially closely this season, as she hasn’t won one since 2016. Another motivation this year is the chance to qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame. Ko has earned 25 of the 27 points needed to become its 35th member. A tour title is worth one point, while majors are worth two.

The International Crown makes a comeback

It's been five years since South Korea won the last edition of the International Crown. The team event returns in May at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco.

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The International Crown returns to the LPGA calendar for the first time since 2018, with Hanwah coming in as a new title sponsor. The event, set for May 4-7 at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, features eight four-player teams, each representing an individual country. The nations that qualified for the event based off the Rolex World Ranking last November are the United States, South Korea (defending champions), Japan, Sweden, England, Thailand, Australia and China.

“We are very happy to bring the International Crown back to our schedule and are incredibly thankful to our partners at Hanwha, TPC Harding Park and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department for their shared vision and dedication to providing our players and our fans with a world-class experience,” LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan said in a press release.

Specifically who will represent their country in the 32-woman field will be determined by the Rolex World Rankings in April. As things stand now, there is close competition for the fourth spot on both top teams. Currently, Team USA would feature Nelly Korda, Lexi Thompson, Jennifer Kupcho and Danielle Kang. Kang is ranked No. 16 in the world and just two spots behind her is Jessica Korda. As for the South Korean team, Min Ji Park holds the fourth position, with Hye Jin Choi and Sei Young Kim five and nine world ranking spots behind her, respectively. Needless to say, there is plenty of time for things to get interesting.

Is this the season Lexi Thompson wins again?

Lexi Thompson had four runners-up finishes in 2022 but is still looking to claim her first LPGA title since 2019.

Take a look at the field for the Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona this week and you’ll notice Thompson is missing. That’s not because the soon-to-be 28-year-old is skipping the event. Rather, it’s because to get into the field, a player must have won on the LPGA Tour in the previous two seasons. And, surprisingly, Thompson hasn’t won since 2019.

In some respects, it feels like the 10-year LPGA veteran is at a career crossroads. She has 11 career victories, but when in contention the past few years she’s struggled to grab win No. 12 (she had four runner-up showings in 2022). That’s not to say she doesn’t still have the skills to be a winner once more. Last year, she finished the season No. 6 in strokes gained/total. That’s better than a lot of players, including Minjee Lee who won twice in 2022, including the U.S. Women’s Open.

Interestingly, Thompson also finished 10th in strokes gained/putting, which has historically been a sore spot in her game. The data says her game is still elite. We’re going to go out on a limb and say a Thompson victory feels imminent in 2023.

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The 2023 LPGA schedule will feature 33 official events totaling more than $100 million in prize money, the tour announced Friday.

“Because of our athletes, partners, volunteers and incredible fans, 2023 will be a banner year for the LPGA Tour,” LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan said in a press release. “The schedule features new events, elevated purses, unique formats and world-class golf courses. Our athletes are playing for more total prize money than any time in history, and we have over 500 hours of broadcast television. All those things combine to make the LPGA the leading women’s professional sports property in the world.”

The tour will compete in 11 states in the U.S., as well as 12 countries and regions, with a total purse of $101.4 million, up from $93.5 million this past season. The women’s five majors will combine to offer $37.9 million, more than 37% of the season-long total payout.

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The new campaign will begin Jan. 19-22, with the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando, Florida. It will conclude Nov. 16-19, with the CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. In addition to the official events, the biennial Solheim Cup will be contested in Spain, Sept. 22-24, and the biennial Hanwha Lifeplus International Crown will return to the calendar, May 4-7 at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco.

The major season will alter in ’23, as the Chevron Championship will see a new venue and new date. It will no longer be contested at Mission Hills Country Club in California, but at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. It will also be held three weeks later (April 20-23) than has been tradition.

The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (June 22-25) will be contested at Baltusrol’s Lower Course in New Jersey, while the U.S. Women’s Open (July 6-9) will be held at Pebble Beach Golf Links. There is a bye week between those two majors.

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PGA TOUR winner Grayson Murray passes away at 30

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Grayson Murray, who won his second PGA TOUR title at this year’s Sony Open in Hawaii, passed away Saturday.

"We were devastated to learn – and are heartbroken to share – that PGA TOUR player Grayson Murray passed away this morning. I am at a loss for words,” PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan said. “The PGA TOUR is a family, and when you lose a member of your family, you are never the same. We mourn Grayson and pray for comfort for his loved ones.

“I reached out to Grayson’s parents to offer our deepest condolences, and during that conversation, they asked that we continue with tournament play,” Commissioner Monahan continued. “They were adamant that Grayson would want us to do so. As difficult as it will be, we want to respect their wishes.”

Grief counselors were made available at the venues for this week’s PGA TOUR and Korn Ferry Tour events. Commissioner Monahan, who traveled from TOUR headquarters in Florida to the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, said he was "devastated" by the loss.

Grayson's parents, Eric and Terry Murray, said in a statement Sunday that the cause of death was suicide .

"Was Grayson loved? The answer is yes," his parents wrote. "By us, his brother Cameron, his sister Erica, all of his extended family, by his friends, by his fellow players and – it seems – by many of you who are reading this. He was loved and he will be missed."

Murray, 30, was a standout golfer from his youth. He won three consecutive Callaway Junior World Championships (2006-08) and was the top-ranked golfer in his age group. He made his first cut on the Korn Ferry Tour at age 16, becoming the second-youngest player ever to do so. After stints at Wake Forest University, East Carolina University and Arizona State University, he got the break he needed in 2016 when he was given a sponsor exemption into the Korn Ferry Tour event near his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina. He finished inside the top 10 at that event, the Rex Hospital Open, which qualified him for another start. When he posted another top 10 at the BMW Charity Pro-Am, his professional career took off. He concluded his season with a victory at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship to finish second on the Korn Ferry Tour money list and earn full status on the PGA TOUR for the 2016-17 season. The win came a week before his 23rd birthday.

Murray wasted little time establishing himself on golf’s biggest stage as a rookie. He won the 2017 Barbasol Championship while still just 23 years old. His final-round 68 not only secured a one-shot victory, but also solidified a two-year exemption through the 2019 PGA TOUR season. He finished 66th in the FedExCup and earned nearly $1.5 million.

Grayson struggled for the next few seasons on the PGA TOUR. In 2023, he found his game again on the Korn Ferry Tour; he notched two victories – the Advent Health Championship in Kansas City and the Simmons Bank Open outside of Nashville – to finish fourth on that tour’s points list and earn a spot back onto the PGA TOUR for the following season.

Murray opened the 2024 season with a playoff victory at the Sony Open in Hawaii. He made a clutch up and down on the 72nd hole for a birdie to force a playoff. Then he sank a 40-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to defeat Byeong Hun An and Keegan Bradley. He reached a career-high 46th in the Official World Golf Ranking after that victory.

Lexi Thompson, 29, to retire from full-time golf at end of 2024

Lexi Thompson, who is set to compete in her 18th U.S. Women’s Open this week at 29 years old, will be retiring from full-time professional golf at the end of 2024, she announced Tuesday.

Thompson, a major champion and 11-time LPGA Tour winner, broke out onto the women’s golf scene at just 12 years old when she became the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open. She went on to turn pro at 15 and win her first event on Tour at 16, setting another record.

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“While it is never easy to say goodbye, it is indeed time,” Thompson said in a video she posted on Instagram.

“I’m excited to enjoy the remainder of the year as there are still goals I want to accomplish,” she said. “I’m looking forward to the next chapter of my life, time with my family, friends and my trusted companion, Leo. I will always look for ways to contribute to the sport and inspire the next generation of golfers. And of course, I look forward to a little time for myself.”

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Thompson has seen ups and downs throughout her career, including a win at the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship (now the Chevron Championship) and a final-round collapse with a five-shot lead at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open. Thompson nearly lost her LPGA Tour card in 2023 while recovering from a lingering wrist injury. She took an extended break from competitive golf to reset and spend time with family back home in South Florida.

“I’m just a lot more refreshed,” Thompson said at the 2023 Chevron Championship. “I’m in a better mindset, more relaxed, just happier to be out here. Not saying that I wasn’t before, but just refreshed.

“I had the time off that I needed. Of course, I was training probably harder than ever when I was home, but I made sure to take the time later in the day and the nights to really unwind and get my mind off golf and make sure that I’m excited to come back out.”

Thompson put together a late-season push last season to save her status and find form just in time for the 2023 Solheim Cup. After the team competition in Spain, Thompson posted three consecutive top-10 finishes and nearly made the cut at a PGA Tour event, which she played on a sponsor’s exemption.

This season Thompson has made just two cuts, including a T3 finish at the Ford Championship.

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• Lexi Thompson on PGA Tour debut: Making cut ‘would be an amazing feeling’

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Gabby Herzig is a Staff Writer for The Athletic covering golf. Before joining The Athletic, she worked as a breaking news writer for Sports Illustrated’s golf vertical and a contributing editor at Golf Digest. She is a graduate of Pomona College, where she captained the varsity women’s golf team.