Lexi Thompson shares emotional love letter to golf as she readies to step back
Lexi Thompson shares emotional love letter to golf as she readies to step back
In a surprise announcement, Lexi Thompson said she’ll step away from a full-time LPGA Tour playing schedule at the end of the season.
Asurprise storyline was added to this week’s U.S. Women’s Open when one of the biggest names in the sport, Lexi Thompson, announced her pending retirement from the LPGA Tour.
The LPGA was the first to break the news on Tuesday morning, and Thompson posted a message to her Instagram about an hour later.
Thompson, 29, said she’ll step away from a full-time LPGA schedule at the end of 2024. She’s won 11 times in her LPGA career — including the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship (now the Chevron Championship) for her only major title — but hasn’t won since 2019. Still, she’s remained one of the game’s most popular and marketable players since she stormed onto the scene as a teen.
