US British Open hope Thompson wooed by Woburn

Lexi Thompson, the top American in the field for the Women’s British Open starting at Woburn on Thursday, was surprised to discover that she faces a very different test from her usual trips across the Atlantic. A top 20 finisher when the wind howled and the rain poured at Turnberry in Scotland a year ago, the world No.4 played her first practice round in calm sunshine and surrounded by trees. "But Woburn’s definitely different from regular British Open golf courses that I’ve pl