Here’s how women have fared in PGA Tour events – NBC Sports

Lexi Thompson will become the seventh woman to compete in a PGA Tour event when she tees it up at next week’s Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias was the first to do so, in 1935, and Brittany Lincicome was the most recent, in 2018.

Others include Shirley Spork, Annika Sorenstam, Suzy Whaley and Michelle Wie West. Here’s a look at how they fared:

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Arguably the greatest female athlete ever, Zaharias played in seven events on what is now the PGA Tour. She twice made the cut, in the 1945 Phoenix and Tucson Opens, and remains the only woman to make a cut on Tour. She also played three rounds in the ’45 L.A. Open, which had a 54-hole cut.

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Shirley Spork

The LPGA co-founder competed in the 1952 Northern California-Reno Open. She finished 105^th in the no-cut event.

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Annika Sorenstam

Sorenstam, then the world’s best female player, received a sponsor’s invitation to play the 2003 Bank of America Colonial. Though there was some pushback from a few Tour members, and a heavy public/media interest, she acquitted herself well, shooting 71-74 to miss the cut by four shots.

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Suzy Whaley

The future PGA of America president qualified for the ’03 Greater Hartford Open by winning the 2002 Connecticut PGA Section Championship. She shot 75-78 to miss the cut. Whaley is the only female, outside of Zaharias (twice), to qualify to compete in a Tour event and not receive a sponsor’s exemption.

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Michelle Wie West

As a 14-year-old amateur prodigy, Wie West was given a sponsor’s invitation to compete in the Sony Open in her native Hawaii. She shot 72-68 to miss the cut by one shot, with her second round the lowest score ever posted by a female in a Tour event. She played seven times more on Tour – all on sponsor’s exemptions – but never made the cut.

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Brittany Lincicome

The two-time major champion received a sponsor’s invitation to play the 2018 Barbasol Championship. She missed the cut, shooting 78-71 (the second woman, after Wie West, to break par on Tour), but had a stretch of three consecutive birdies in her second round and a hole-out eagle.

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Table of results, per PGA Tour records:

Player	Event	Result	Scores
Brittany Lincicome	2018 Barbasol Championship	MC	78-71–149
Michelle Wie West	2008 Legends Reno-Tahoe Open	MC	73-80–153
Michelle Wie West	2007 Sony Open in Hawaii	MC	78-76–154
Michelle Wie West	2006 84 LUMBER Classic	MC	77-81–158
Michelle Wie West	2006 John Deere Classic	WD	77
Michelle Wie West	2006 Sony Open in Hawaii	MC	79-68–147
Michelle Wie West	2005 John Deere Classic	MC	70-71–141
Michelle Wie West	2005 Sony Open in Hawaii	MC	75-74–149
Michelle Wie West	2004 Sony Open in Hawaii	MC	72-68–140
Suzy Whaley	2003 Greater Hartford Open	MC	75-78–153
Annika Sorenstam	2003 Bank of America Colonial	MC	71-74–145
Shirley Spork	1952 Northern California-Reno Open	105 (no cut)	77-80-77-80–314
Babe Didrikson Zaharias	1946 Los Angeles Open	WD	81-81–162
Babe Didrikson Zaharias	1945 Tucson Open	42	Round scores not listed
Babe Didrikson Zaharias	1945 Phoenix Open	33	77-72-75-80–304
Babe Didrikson Zaharias	1945 Los Angeles Open	MC (54-hole cut)	76-81-79–236
Babe Didrikson Zaharias	1938 Los Angeles Open	MC	81-84–165
Babe Didrikson Zaharias	1937 Chicago Open	WD	86
Babe Didrikson Zaharias	1935 The Cascades Open	MC	86-88–174

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