lexi thompson was the youngest to qualify for the u.s. open at the age of 12.een in the public's eye. always known about marketability, exploiting. that has a lot to do with it. she doesn't think it's a big deal. i'm not blaming her. we as a culture need to come to a point where women don't have to do that to get attention. gerri: i don't know. i was more bothered by the polina photo. >> that was ridiculous. we need attention. >> masters your expectation. >> tiger is playing. and it's the largest field in more than 50 years. gerri, i'm happy to say i think it will be very exciting. i'd love to see a nobody win it at all. bubba came to the national forefront by winning the nationals. i want to see another dark horse. >> i'm all rory all the time. >> great to see you too. >> when we come back, when will gas prices spike again? is there something you can do to protect your money? we'll look at the idea of gas insurance. next, homes are easier to afford. so why aren't sales keeping up with prices? what role should the administration have in things? peter barnes wit

there is a fox on the links. >> professional golfer lexi thompson making a slash.l. >> i defended you last week. now lexi thompson is here right now. the lpga out standing golfer. thanks for joining us. i know it's early. first off, what has the feed back ben since you went on the cover? >> there's been a lot of great feed balk being on the golf digest cover. it's such a great honor to work with everyone for the fitness cover for golf digest. it was a lot of fun. >> i thought it was great. it showed a woman who is strong and beautiful and great at her sport. there is a lot of people. a reader on facebook says i don't understand if she has to be half naked. what does being shirtless have to do with that at all? someone else said she's gorgeous. number one to women commenting how many of you actually watch the lgpa tour? you are just jealous. how do you address those who say couldn't she do it with a shirt on? >> you know, it's funny. it's not a towel. it's a jacket that i'm covering up with. i have more clothes in that picture than some girls that go to a beach. i h

"golf digest" featuring lexi thompson in the buff. with that story. >> let's talk about. the cover is raising eyebrows and questions about whether female athletes need to be sexy to be successful. 20-year-old pro golfer lexi thompson is turning heads this week. not for play on the course but provocative image gracing the cover of "golf digest" magazine. sporting a glove and towel. it has taken little time for fans to take swings on social media. i hope golf digest is aware that women don't actually golf topless. do they know this? i worry they don't know this. another going so far to say, golf digest has delivered monthly in a discrete cover. and the magazine touched on writing, we have come a long way from a year ago when the lpga condemned our choice of paulina gretzsy. and lexi wrote, i landed on the may cover of golf digest. girl power. >> they wanted to create this image of the lpga that the women are athletes. >> and rory images inside men's health shirtless. >> wow. she is a perfect example. >> reporter: raising the question of

professional golfer lexie thompson making a splash. is the photo too hot for the green?the 20-year-old posing without a shirt and covers up with just a gym towel. critic says it's too risque. the issue cops just ahead of the masters, which tees off at augusta. >>> giving love a bad name the rocker is reportedly being investigated over death threats to his ex-girlfriend. the daily mail reporting that he told nicky lund that he would quote, dig a hole in the desert and bury her during a heated argument. the two are also business partners. >>> it is now six minutes until the top of the hour, one state wants to let minors handle firearms, is that a good idea if parents say it's okay? your e-mails next. >>> the video you have to see. these window washers taken for a wild ride. the hour, before you leave the house, here's what's happening today. u.s. announcing a nuclear deal with iran, it's still not a done deal. the parties will have until june 30th to hammer out the details. >>> mike pence signing an amendment to the state's controversial religious freedom law. the change s

where i get all my news features golfer lexi thompson. sexy lexi an some side boob.o use a golf term, the cover was an airball. yeah, at least according to twitter. one woman tweeted i hope golf digest is aware women don't actually golf topless. another wrote this is how how @golfdigest presents men on the cover and then this is how @golfdigest presents women on the cover. i wish i was a golfing lady. last year krit criticized for making paulette gretzky, because she's hot and engaged to a pga tour golfer named dustin, who went off for six months, but not to rehab. no, it wasn't. he was on a vacation and had a great time and it was -- much better. back to you, matt. the only magazine editor at this table. >> as far as we know. >> other than andy and jo. so would you really say that golf digest is the most provocative in all america? >> usually. we go there to find out what lines we're not ready to cross, "golf digest." >> she's not topless. a controversial as a -- she's not topless. >> you sound really upset. >> super upset. made for a much more interesting -- >> i w

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it is lpga star lexi thompson, ditching her shirt and towel for strategic cover. ever u.s. open competitor when she was 12 years old. now that she is older she is bolder. lex sy tweeting, i landed on the may cover the "golf digest." so pumped to represent fitness and power #girl power. lars larsen syndicated radio show host for alpha media network. chuck rocha, fellow center for national policy and president of solidarity strategies none of which really has much to do with this picture. i was told it would have been nice to have female on the panel. i will play the role of the female today. lars is this much to do about nothing? >> yes it is because we understand what is going on here. she was fine with the picture. she was apparently proud of the picture. we all understand when we look at that picture, that she is in a sport which people get paid for the way they play, but they also get endorsements. i would tend to say that the people who are more attractive get better endorsements than people less attractive. do you think she sees advantage both commercially an

some eyebrows raised over the new digest showing 20-year-old pro golfer lexi thompson wearing just aowel. >>> and revels and religion. we introduce you -- >>> how would you like to go to work rosemary and not have a boss? we'll tell you about the radical new idea that has its employees, if you're not with the program, walk out the door. >> very nice way. there you go. that and much more when we get started on a saturday morning, right here on "today." >> loving your spring-like attire, both of you. >> thanks. we didn't plan it. >> no. >> it just sort of happened. it just blossomed. >> great minds. >> if we wear spring colors spring will come. >> thanks, guys. see you at 7:00. >> see you in a bit, rosemary. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> it finally felt like spring yesterday. temperatures made it up there, as well as the day before. we started out mild but we're seeing the temperatures drop before it rebounds later on this afternoon. also seeing showers falling right now. most of that is close to the coast, weather headlines on your saturday, showers ending we have shower

. >> really a top less picture of a a professional a golfer lexi thompson. >> yes. >> why does she have to have her shirt off it is normally guys dressed in golf shirts. why not have lexi on. one of the best in the world now. so, who suggested, you know, this best way to shoot this is with your shirt off and with a towel on. >> it is not men with their tops off. >> i think one time i saw a picture, it might have been in the magazine of rory mcilroy with his shirt off but that is not the aim thing a guy with his shirt off. so what do you think. do you think this is appropriate? you know jen plays golf; >> yes. >> the only one i have ever found was rory but jen that is not the same thing as asking a woman to take her top off. >> yes, it isn't the same as asking a woman to take her shirt off you are right. the thing is with this individual, if you followed her on twitter she is always talking about her fitness routine and in the bikini and instagram. this is not a traditional golfer. that is why she was chosen. if you go on twitter it is split halfway. even guys are saying we just had rorr

>> "golf digest" is sparking a major controversy with the cover of it is may issue with golfer lexi thompson her pants. there have been five women on the magazine's front page and most like gretsky were not pro golfers. the magazine is pushing against credit ticks they want a role model for the sport. this is the way they usually present men on its cover. that is quite a difference i would say. i don't have a problem with the cover, kennedy. i don't understand why an athlete can't be a capable in their sport and be sexy. she did not have a problem with it. she came out and did the cover. why does the public have a problem with it? >> i think it is pretty smart of "golf digest." obviously people talk about all over the place. they know what is going to happen. kudos to the photo editor and editor in he have chief for putting her on the cover. it is empowering for that woman. she is successful pro golfer. she is young woman. has a great physique. worked very hard at it. she shows less certainly what you would see on the cover of "sports illustrated." >> is this degrading to women? some feel if

professional golfer lexi thompson making a splash on this may cover of golf digest. for the greens? the 20-year-old posing without a shirt and covered up with a gym towel. critics say this is too risque and sexualizes female athletes. golf digest supporting her and says she is a good model for the ladies. what do you think? is that cover inappropriate? you can e-mail us or head to our facebook page and sound off on that picture. those are your headlines. >> i don't have a problem with it. >> guy in good shape, and he was in superstar player in any sport, that would show him in a tank top with his rippling muscles. >> it's different, woman wears a shirt on the beach a man does not. a man without a shirt on is different than a woman without a shirt on. >> feelings for sure. >> she's covering the parts her shirt would cover. happens to be terri cloth. >> i agree with the critics. i think it sexualizes golf and the game. >> sex sells, and they are desperate for some attention. >> enough is enough though, brian. too much. >> really? >> yeah. >> okay. i have more to say, w

. >> lexi thompson, there she is, very good golfer, caught in this cover controversy, why this issues driving critics away. >> driving. >> but first a big weekend at the box office furious seven hits theaters this morning. our movie critics sits down hits theaters this morning. our movie critics sits down with the just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com. >>> it is gray and cloudy and we have in the seen any rain, just yet this morning. the reason we say yet, look at this mess in kentucky. heavy flooding rains around lexington now moving into huntington west virginia and eventually into our area as we look at the philadelphia a region, chester county and lancaster county getting a little bit of rain this morning spread nothing to montgomery and bucks as well. so it is in the really heavy rain but don't to have look far out west to see that heavier rain on the way. we will zoom in with a little bit closer here, east nottingham, light rain here, and nothing much in new jersey, cloud hanging around all