Lexi Thompson got her week going by jumping out of an airplane. She ended it by winning her first LPGA title since a rules controversy cost her the first major of the year. Thompson won the LPGA Tour’s Kingsmill Championship on Sunday by five shots, setting the tournament record with a 20-under 264 total in […]
Lexi Thompson emotional in first news conference since ANA Inspiration debacle
April 28, 2017 by
Lexi Thompson was emotional throughout the back stretch of the ANA Inspiration after a controversial rules decision. (Getty Images) Lexi Thompson is playing this week for the first time since the LPGA’s first major of the year, the ANA Inspiration, during which she was retroactively given twin two-stroke penalties in the final round for improperly […]
LPGA commissioner: Lexi Thompson's 'punishment didn't fit the crime'
April 5, 2017 by
Lexi Thompson walks off as So Yeon Ryu celebrates her win. (Getty) It was just as frustrating for LPGA commissioner Mike Whan as the rest of us, seeing Lexi Thompson assessed what totaled to a four-stroke penalty in the middle of the final round of the LPGA’s first major, the ANA Inspiration, for something that […]
Lexi Thompson’s newest photo shoot will catch your attention
September 17, 2014 by
Lexi Thompson first entered the public consciousness at 12 years old when she qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open. Now at 19, Thompson has set LPGA records as their youngest champion (since eclipsed by Lydia Ko) and won a major championship. However, it’s tough not to recall her as a pre-teen phenom. A new photo […]
Lexi Thompson threw out the first pitch at a Marlins game and it was ugly
May 1, 2014 by
There are plenty of compliments one could give Lexi Thompson. At just 19, Thompson already has four LPGA wins including the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship, her first major title, and she seems to be on a track for super-duper stardom. But, I’m not sure Thompson will go the route of Michael Jordan and give up […]
Lexi Thompson’s caddie may have had the best Poppie’s Pond jump ever
April 7, 2014 by
We know a ton of the traditions of the Masters, but no celebration is as famous in the golf world as the jump into Poppie’s Pond. The winner of the Kraft Nabisco Championship always takes a leap into the water just to right of the 18th green with friends, family and their caddie as a […]
