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Teenager Lexi Thompson will play full-time on the LPGA tour next season after the women's golf circuit approved her request to waive the minimum age requirement.

(Reuters) - Teenage prodigy Alexis Thompson will compete full-time on the LPGA Tour next year after her petition for membership was approved by the LPGA on Friday.

(Reuters) - Teenage prodigy Alexis Thompson has the golfing world waiting with bated breath in anticipation of what she might achieve next after becoming the youngest winner on the LPGA Tour.

Lexi Thompson has already made LPGA history, becoming the youngest winner of a tour event at age 16, but she is going to have to wait even longer before becoming a member of the tour.

American Lexi Thompson became the youngest champion in the LPGA's 61-year history, the 16-year-old prodigy firing a two-under par 70 on Sunday to capture the Navistar Classic by five strokes.

US teen Lexi Thompson, trying to become the youngest winner in the LPGA's 61-year history, fired a five-under par 67 to seize a five-stroke lead at the Navistar Classic.

US teen Lexi Thompson, trying to become the youngest winner in the LPGA's 61-year history, fired a five-under par 67 on Saturday to seize a five-stroke lead at the Navistar Classic.

Sweden's Maria Hjorth capitalized on teenager Alexis Thompson's final-round fade Sunday, rallying to win the Avnet LPGA Classic for her fifth LPGA tour title.

Alexis Thompson, a 16-year-old US prodigy trying to become the youngest winner in the LPGA's 61-year history, fired a five-under par 67 on Saturday to share the lead at the Avnet Classic.

Heat, s-l-o-w play make for long opening day of US Women's Open. Imagine 52 Red Sox-Yankees games all going on at about the same time.