WATCH: Lexi Thompson BOOMS 359-yard drive

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WATCH: Lexi Thompson BOOMS 359-yard drive

BOOM DA DA BOOM!

Lexi Thompson is not afraid of getting her drives out there! Thompson currently leads the LPGA TOUR in total-driving distance with an average of 258-yards, but she smashed that out of the park with her long drive today.

The Major Champion is playing her second round at the Ko Olina Golf Club on the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, fro the LPGA Lotte Championship.

YouTube: Lexi Thompson’s 359-Yard Drive Sets Up Eagle in RD1 of LOTTE

On the courses 528-yard, par-5, fifth hole, the 21-year-old unleashed her staggering 359-yard drive. This left her with a169-yards and 9-Iron into the green.

Thompson set herself up with an eight-foot putt for eagle, which she would go on to make.

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Tony Finau leads the PGA TOUR in total- driving distance with his average being 314.9-yards, closely followed by Gary Woodland and J.B. Holmes at 313.1 and 310.1 respectively. But Thompson has put a really great challenge against the big-hitters on both tours with that mouth watering 359-yard hit.

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