SOUTHERN PINES – At 12 years and not quite five months old, American Alexis Thompson tomorrow will become the youngest qualifier ever to compete at the women’s US Open.
Thompson will join the likes of Annika Sorenstam and world number one Lorena Ochoa at the 2007 Open at Pine Needles Lodge and Country Club, which offers a total purse of $3.1 million. The schoolgirl shot rounds of 72 and 71 in a sectional tournament in Heathrow, Florida, to qualify for the major.Nampa-AFPThe schoolgirl shot rounds of 72 and 71 in a sectional tournament in Heathrow, Florida, to qualify for the major.Nampa-AFP
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