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Q&A: Morgan Pressel on the stars who help in the fight against breast cancer every year, Lexi Thompson’s comeback and learning to love the Old Course

“(Lexi) has been a huge supporter of our events and always comes and clears her schedule without hesitation.”

Morgan Pressel’s competitive career on the LPGA might be over, but her impact in the game and beyond continues to flourish. The 35-year-old major champion turned lead analyst for Golf Channel’s LPGA coverage raised $900,000 this week at her annual Morgan & Friends charity event.

The event, held annually at St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton and Banyan Golf Club in nearby West Palm Beach, Florida, has raised a total of $12.5 million over the years in the fight against breast cancer. Pressel’s mother Kathy died of breast cancer in 2003, and her memory is at the heart of the mission.

Golfweek caught up with the former phenom to talk about her foundation, the friends who step up every year to help and the 2024 LPGA season, which gets started next week with the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions:

Q&A: Morgan Pressel talks about her star-studded charity event, what intrigues her about the 2023 LPGA season, her pick for Pebble Beach and the best swing on tour

Golfweek recently caught up with the two-time LPGA winner.

One of golf’s great traditions to ring in the New Year is the wildly successful Morgan & Friends charity event, which raised just shy of $1 million this year for the fight against breast cancer.

Every January, Morgan Pressel brings some of the biggest stars on the LPGA to her home community of St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida. The membership at St. Andrews rises to the occasion every time as does Banyan Golf Club in nearby West Palm Beach, which puts on a second outing the following day.

Pressel, 34, started her foundation not long after she became the youngest major winner in tour history 16 years ago, at what’s now known as the Chevron Championship. Pressel’s mother Kathy died of breast cancer in 2003 and her memory is at the heart of this beautiful mission.

Now a lead analyst for Golf Channel’s LPGA coverage, Pressel has a different viewpoint of the tour she literally grew up on. Golfweek caught up with the two-time LPGA winner to talk about the work of her foundation and what fans might see on tour this season.