Lexi Thompson's bid to make PGA Tour cut stalls in Las Vegas - ESPN

LAS VEGAS — Lexi Thompson was pouring in putts from everywhere Friday and was on the verge of making the cut in the Shriners Children's Open. Two late bogeys were likely to give her the weekend off.

Thompson missed a 6-foot birdie putt on her final hole at the TPC Summerlin and had to settle for a 2-under 69, leaving her at least 1 shot outside the cut line in her bid to become the first woman in 78 years to make a 36-hole cut on the PGA Tour.

Her 69 was 1 shot short of the record by a female golfer on the PGA Tour — Michelle Wie twice shot 68 in the Sony Open, once as a 14-year-old when she missed the cut by a single shot. Thompson's score to par of 2 under ties Wie's second rounds at the 2004 and 2006 Sony Open in Hawaii for the lowest by a woman in a round in PGA Tour history, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

«I knew I had to play my A-game,» Thompson said, adding that golf was only part of her being in Las Vegas. «Just coming into the week there was more of a message than just playing golf. To inspire the kids, that's what I enjoy most.»

Thompson looked as though she might be around for all four days.

She finished the opening round, which had been suspended by darkness, by missing a 20-foot par putt on the 17th hole and making par on the 18th for a 73. She began her second nine with a bogey on the 10th hole.

And then the 28-year-old American came to life. She stuffed her approach to 4 feet on the 11th for a birdie. She was just off the green on the par-5 13th and took two putts for birdie. She drove the 296-yard 15th green for a two-putt birdie.

Thompson made the turn and promptly holed a birdie putt from just inside 25 feet, and then she poured in a birdie putt from just inside 30 feet.

She was 4 under for the