Lexi Thompson is in the mix at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. After two rounds, she’s in solo fourth, four shots behind leader Jeeno Thitikul. But she didn’t get there without a little extra stress. During Thompson’s second round on Friday, in which she shot two-under 70, her group was put on the clock.
“Yeah, we were on the clock. We were warned and then put on the clock for maybe two to three holes, two and a half holes, something like that,” Thompson said after the round.
The pace has been slow at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco, where the difficult course setup and wind have caused rounds to stretch to six hours.
“It’s not ideal out there, especially when it’s super windy and you have to back off shots because of gusts and everything like that. But it happens,” Thompson said. “We fell maybe a hole behind. I didn’t think that … we were playing slow. It took three hours to play the front nine. But it’s a difficult golf course. Pins are tough, and some holes are just really par holes that you can’t really hold greens on too, and some holes you have to pitch out. So it’s a difficult golf course to play quickly, safe to say.”
This comes three weeks after the U.S. Women’s Open, where Thompson took to Instagram to defend herself against slow play allegations.
Thompson enters the weekend in contention at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, where her best finish in the major was T-2 in 2022. Thompson is playing an abbreviated schedule this season, after having announced in 2024 that the season would be her last full season on the LPGA Tour. In search of a life outside of golf, Thompson, now 30 years old and engaged, is picking and choosing which events she plays and enjoying extended time off between tournaments. She’s played in six events in 2025 and finished in the top 15 in three.
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com