The tour was trying to make the World Cup of Golf mixed teams until the COVID-19 pandemic halted those plans. Golf is one of the few sports that allows for men and women playing together, and the PGA Tour is just now getting up to speed. A few weeks later, swing coach Butch Harmon taped a picture of Wie in Scott's locker. Among the players who finished behind her was Adam Scott. Michelle Wie, the closest any female player has come to making the cut on the PGA Tour since 1945, shot a 68 in the Sony Open when she was in the ninth grade. That's not how to keep score in golf, and it misses the point. It's not about how many men Thompson beat over 36 holes. This is not about women playing against the men, but playing with them. What also emerged from her short week in Las Vegas is the missed opportunity to get men and women together more often. Even through turmoil - and Thompson has endured plenty of that - her interaction with kids is a priority.
Thompson spoke all week about the chance to inspire young children to chase any dream no matter the challenge or the doubters. The golf was good, and her messaging was even better.
If she doesn't make it, that certainly won't take the shine off a year that will be remembered for her respectable showing in Las Vegas, where she drove the par-4 15th green and rolled in a pair of long birdie putts to temporarily get inside the cut line Friday morning.
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