Alexis Thompson Is Leading the Navistar LPGA Classic ... and She's 14

Update: Janice Moodie, a LPGA veteran, birdied six of her last seven holes on Thursday to take the lead over Thompson by one shot.

Most 14-year-olds are focused on one thing and one thing only ... getting ready for the leap into the nasty world of freshman year of high school. Alexis Thompson is currently worried how she's going to follow up a first round 65 in the LPGA Navistar Classic.

A week after a 13-year-old made a hole-in-one in her first ever trip to the LPGA, Thompson made eight birdies on the Robert Trent Jones design in Prattville, Al., leading a shot over Michelle Wie (remember when she was the young one?) and two shots clear of a big group at 5-under.

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You might recognize the name Alexis Thompson from when she was, gulp, a young buck. At 12 years old, Thompson became the youngest player ever to qualify for the Women's U.S. Open. She shot 76-82 that week to miss the cut, but did finish ahead of Wie, who withdrew that year after an opening 82.

This is Thompson's fifth LPGA tournament, and her highest finish came earlier this year at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, where she finished t-21. She finished 35th at the U.S. Open this year, and will be 3-for-3 on made cuts if she somehow avoids a blow-up tomorrow.

She might be just 14, but she can hit the ball. The 5-8 Florida native averaged nearly 250 yards off the tee on Thursday and needed just 26 putts. I guess the saying, "putt like a kid" really applies to Thompson.