Thompson shot a 2-under 70 Friday to put herself in contention for her first major title in more than a decade.

Jeeno Thitikul closed with back-to-back birdies in a two-under par 70 on Friday to stretch her lead to three strokes as sweltering heat and high winds again tested golfers at the Women's PGA Championship in Texas.

Call her semi-retired. Or a part-timer. But as Lexi Thompson showed Friday in sweltering, blustery conditions, she’s no less competitive, especially when a major championship is on the line. Thompson’s 2-under 70 in the second round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship was the equivalent of going low on a day in which under-par rounds were as scarce as shade on the virtually treeless