It started as do many LPGA fan relationships. By accident. According to 14-year-old Sophia Howard, “I turned the TV on maybe about a year or two ago. My dad and I like to watch the PGA Tour. But it just so happened that the LPGA was on. If I am correct, Jessica (Korda) was up and she made a sweet chip from probably like 100 or so yards and I was like, ‘Holy cow, that was phenomenal.’”

“We look this way and maybe we play differently. But we can still be good. We can still be at this level and still be winning tournaments.”