KirkwoodGolf: Thompson and So Yoen Ryu enter Australian Women's Masters 2012

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Thompson and So Yoen Ryu enter Australian Women's Masters 2012

American teenager Lexi Thompson, winner at the age of 16 of last week's Omega Duybai Ladies Masters, and U.S. Women's Open champion So Yeon Ryu will play in the Australian Women's Masters in February at Royal Pines. 
Thompson, who stands just short of 6ft and turned pro when she was 15, became the youngest pro winner in Ladies European Tour history lat weekend.Saturday. In September, the Florida youngster became the youngest LPGA Tour champion with a victory in the Navistar LPGA Classic in Alabama. Organisers of the Australian Masters said today that Ryu, the U.S. Women's Open winner in July in Colorado, will make her third appearance in the tournament. She was second in 2009 and fifth in 2010. 
+Latest news about Lexi Thompson from the GolfWeek website:
Her dad Scott is going to continue as her caddie.
"We used to fight a  lot but everything's been calm between us on the golf course lately," she said.
Winning goes a long way towards improving relationships!

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