Lexi's Win, The LPGA's Future And The Key To Her Putting Success

In the wake of Lexi Thompson's Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia win, Randall Mell says the LPGA has a great future with its teenage champions.

I found this on Thompson's improved putting and Jim McLean's suggestions interesting:

Late this summer, before the Evian Championship, Thompson set up a long session at Trump National Doral in South Florida with her instructor, Jim McLean.

“I told her, `Just bring your putter,’” McLean said Sunday in a telephone interview. “It was a 2 1/2-hour session, and we made some big changes.”

Thompson had been tinkering for some time with changes to her putting stroke, trying to improve it. She tried left-hand low. She tried moving her eyes more over the line, a change from what she was accustomed to as a youth, when she set up with the ball outside the target line and her eyes. She decided to stick with a conventional grip.

“The last few events have actually been a lot better with my putting,” Thompson said. “I went back to my old style of putting and just went to how I was putting when I was really little, hitting them a little firmer and staying a little farther away [from the ball]. So, I’m really confident with my putter. Mainly, that’s what putting is all about, just getting over the putter and saying you’re going to make it.”

McLean said they made changes to Thompson’s arms, shoulders and head positions over the ball.

“They were big changes,” McLean said. “She had her eyes over the ball, and it just wasn’t working. I told her just because you keep hearing you have to have your eyes over the ball doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true. Brad Faxon and Ben Crenshaw have their eyes inside the line.”

GolfDigest.com also posted a "What's In My Bag" of Lexi's clubs. Red Bull?