Megan Khang and Lexi Thompson are playing at the FM Championship this week. After Saturday’s round, both the golfers have the same score of 4-under. But besides matching the same score on the leaderboard, they matched in another way.
In the third round, both wore similar pink T-shirts. Later, after Saturday’s round, when they joined a press conference, Thompson and Khang explained how it wasn't planned:
“Funny enough, we did not plan it. We are matching. I jokingly said it's a good thing I wore black shorts or it would be tough to tell who is who out there,” Khang said ( via ASAP Sports).
“The matching wasn't planned. That's for sure. She saw me on the putting green and she was like, 'really?' Yeah, we had a great time out there. The fans were incredible. You know, her being from here or living here, she definitely had the hometown crowd behind her cheering her on,” Thompson said.
Thompson also spoke about Khang and her having a good relationship.
“Of course that means a lot. Megan and I have grown a really close relationship, especially through the Solheim Cups. Golf is such an individual sport, but us coming together that week we built a friendship,” Thompson said.
On Sunday, the two golfers will play the final round of the FM Championship.
Where do Megan Khang, Lexi Thompson, and others stand on the leaderboard after the third round of the FM Championship?
Both Lexi Thompson and Megan Khang are tied for 13th on the leaderboard. The current leader is Jin Young Ko, while Lauren Coughlin is in second with 9-under. Rose Zhang is tied for 34 with 11 others at 1-under and amateur Elizabeth Rudisill is in 77th place with 7-over. Here's the list of standings after the third round of the FM Championship:
- 1 Jin Young Ko -11
- 2 Lauren Coughlin -9
- T3 Carlota Ciganda -8
- T3 Allisen Corpuz -8
- T3 Jeeno Thitikul -8
- T6 Alexandra Forsterling -7
- T6 Haeran Ryu -7
- T8 Ruixin Liu -6
- T8 Yealimi Noh -6
- T10 Hee Young Park -5
- T10 Arpichaya Yubol -5
- T10 Nasa Hataoka -5
- T13 Ariya Jutanugarn -4
- T13 Jennifer Kupcho -4
- T13 Hannah Green -4
- T13 Andrea Lee -4
- T13 Morgane Metraux -4
- T13 So Mi Lee -4
- T13 Caroline Masson -4
- T13 Lexi Thompson -4
- T13 Megan Khang -4
- T13 Sarah Schmelzel -4
- T23 Weiwei Zhang -3
- T23 Chanettee Wannasaen -3
- T23 Robyn Choi -3
- T26 Amy Yang -2
- T26 Matilda Castren -2
- T26 Mao Saigo -2
- T26 Minami Katsu -2
- T26 Pajaree Anannarukarn -2
- T26 Nicole Broch Estrup -2
- T26 Celine Borge -2
- T26 Bianca Pagdanganan -2
- T34 Nataliya Guseva -1
- T34 Rose Zhang -1
- T34 Yue Ren -1
- T34 Sophia Schubert -1
- T34 Sofia Garcia -1
- T34 Daniela Darquea -1
- T34 Linnea Strom -1
- T34 Min Lee -1
- T34 Hye-Jin Choi -1
- T34 Gaby Lopez -1
- T34 Ashleigh Buhai -1
- T34 Annie Park -1
- T46 Lucy Li E
- T46 Ryann O'Toole E
- T46 Liqi Zeng E
- T46 Perrine Delacour E
- T46 Jin Hee Im E
- T46 Lindsey Weaver-Wright E
- T46 Auston Kim E
- T46 Ana Peláez Triviño E
- T46 Angel Yin E
- T46 Wei-Ling Hsu E
- T46 Narin An E
- T46 Marina Alex E
- T58 Sandra Gal +1
- T58 Pornanong Phatlum +1
- T58 Kaitlin Milligan +1
- T58 Wichanee Meechai +1
- T58 Dottie Ardina +1
- T58 Grace Kim +1
- T64 Jing Yan +2
- T64 Jodi Ewart Shadoff +2
- T64 Peiyun Chien +2
- T64 Yuri Yoshida +2
- T68 Azahara Munoz +3
- T68 Eun-Hee Ji +3
- T68 Kaitlyn Papp Budde +3
- T71 Ssu-Chia Cheng +5
- T71 Jeongeun Lee +5
- T71 Kristen Gillman +5
- T74 Kiira Riihijarvi +6
- T74 Malia Nam +6
- T74 Jennifer Chang +6
- 77 Elizabeth Rudisill (a) +7
- T78 Madelene Sagstrom +9
- T78 Natthakritta Vongtaveelap +9