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Lexi Thompson first asked her parents the question when she was 12 and had become the youngest player ever to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open. She wanted to know when she could play regularly on the LPGA Tour.

Yani Tseng won the LPGA championship at Bulle Rock at 19, but the Taiwanese golfer is struggling as she returns to the Baltimore area for International Crown.

Rich Thomas has run more than two dozen professional golf events over the past 14 years, but from its inception more than year ago the LPGA's International Crown at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills has felt different to its tournament director. "It's not even close," Thomas said.

The last time a women's professional golf tournament was held in the Baltimore area, the results mirrored the world rankings.