Lexi Thompson

At 29 years old, Lexi Thompson has this physical status:

Alexis Noel "Lexi" Thompson (born February 10, 1995) is an American professional golfer who competes on the LPGA Tour.

She was the youngest golfer to qualify to participate in the United States Women's Open at age 12, and she was the youngest golfer to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open.

At the age of 15, she became a professional in June 2010.

When she won the Navistar LPGA Classic on September 18, 2011, Thompson set a new record as the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA tournament at age 16 years, seven months, and eight days.

She became the second youngest winner of a Ladies European Tour event three months later, winning the Dubai Ladies Masters by four strokes on December 17, 2011.

She won her first major championship at the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship, aged 19 years, 1 month, and 27 days, making her the second youngest LPGA golfer to win a major (she currently ranks in the top-five youngest LPGA major champions).

Family and education

Both Thompson's two brothers are professional golfers, and Curtis Thompson plays on the PGA and Korn Ferry Tours, while Curtis Thompson is on the Korn Ferry Tour. She was home-schooled and told an interviewer in September 2012 that she had "graduated a few months ago."

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Amateur career

She was the youngest player to qualify for the United States Women's Open as a 12-year-old in 2007. She shot 86-82 and failed to make the cut at the tournament. Lucy Li's 2014 set the record for the first time. She won the Aldila Junior Classic in 2007 to become the second-youngest champion in the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA). She also won the Westfield Junior PGA Championship, becoming the youngest PGA Championship winner in junior history.

She received the United States acclaim in 2008. Girls' Junior. She qualified for the U.S. Women's Open in 2008, shooting 75-77, but she failed to make the cut this time by two strokes.

She qualified for the third time as a 14-year-old girl in 2009 for the United States Women's Open for the third time and made the cut for the first time, finishing tied for 34th, +11 (71-73-73=295). Lorena Ochoa finished tied for second, 12 strokes behind winner, Lorena Ochoa, in the first round of the Navistar LPGA Classic on Monday.

Thompson maintained her amateur status in 2010 for the first half of the year. She competed in the Women's Australian Open, finishing T16 (+3), 12 strokes behind the champion, Yani Tseng, as an amateur. She made the cut at the 2010 Kraft Nabisco Championship, finishing T24, +2 (74-72-290), 15 shots behind champion Yani Tseng. After a sudden-death playoff with Laetitia Beck, she also won the 2009 Verizon Junior Heritage. She represented the winning United States team in the Curtis Cup tournament and went undefeated, winning four matches and tied for fifth, winning four games and tying in a fifth. She turned pro this week, stating that her game was destined to make the jump to the LPGA Tour.

Professional career

Thompson revealed that she had turned professional on June 16, 2010. She has signed sponsorship contracts with Cobra-PUMA Golf and Red Bull.

Thompson was largely forced to rely on sponsors' waivers to gain entry into tournaments despite being an official LPGA Tour participant. This was her first sponsor's exemption, as she had to miss the cut by four strokes in the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

She appeared in qualifying tournaments in Florida in May to qualify for the United States Women's Open in August. She ended T10 at the tournament, +6 (73-74-73=290), nine shots behind winner Paula Creamer, and received her first professional check for $72,131.

Thompson finished T2, 69-72-67=275), just one shot behind the winner, and earned $242,711. She earned $314,842, which would have ranked 18th on the official LPGA money list if she had been a participant of the LPGA Tour, after three professional events. Her success with the Evian Masters led her to a 74th spot in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She appeared in three more events on the LPGA Tour in 2010, missing the cut at the CN Women's Open in two separate tournaments, and finishing T16 and T57 in two other events.

Thompson pleaded with the LPGA to allow her to compete in up to 12 LPGA tournaments in 2011 using sponsorship exemptions rather than the six allowed to non-members under LPGA rules. Commissioner Mike Whan denied Thompson's petition in January 2011, but later announced that the LPGA's laws would be amended to encourage non-members to participate in Monday qualifying. In effect, Thompson had the opportunity to compete in more than 12 tournaments in 2011.

Thompson began playing in one-day tournaments in October 2010 on the Fuzion Minor League Golf Tour, a youth development tour aimed at men looking to advance to the next level of professional golf. Women play with tees on the Fuzion Tour, so that they account for 94% of the distance that the males play. She played against women in February 2011 at the Women's Australian Open and the ANZ Ladies Masters, where she missed the cut and ended T42 respectively. On February 21, she won a one-round Fuzion Tour event in the United States, and she returned to the United States. She tied after 18 holes on the second playoff hole for her first professional triumph. Thompson qualified in the LPGA Kia Classic on Monday but failed to qualify.

The Avnet LPGA Classic was Thompson's first LPGA tournament in 2011, with a sponsor's exemption. She was tied for the lead with Song-Hee Kim in three rounds. Her score soared to 78 on Sunday, with back-to-back double bogeys on the 14th and 15th holes. Thompson finished 19th at 1 (71-67-287), nine strokes behind the winner, Maria Hjorth, who came in a tie for 19th. She missed out on the ShopRite LPGA Classic, at the LPGA Championship and the United States Women's Open, and the U.S. Women's Open, but she was unable to qualify at the State Farm Classic on Monday. She finished tied for 36th in her fifth LPGA tournament since 2011. She continued to play regularly on the Fuzion Tour both spring and summer. She finished T31 at the Safeway Classic in August and then missed out on the Canadian Women's Open cut. Tiffany Joh, the LPGA Classic's rookie, won her first LPGA tournament, the Navistar LPGA Classic in September by a five-stroke margin over LPGA Tour rookie Tiffany Joh. She became the youngest LPGA Tour winner ever at age 16, smashing Marlene Hagge's previous record of 1882. Lydia Kowl, a 15-year-old Lydia Kowlen, won the 2012 CN Women's Open for 11 months before winning the 2012 CN Canadian Women's Open on August 26, 2012.

Thompson won the Dubai Ladies Masters, an event on the Ladies European Tour (LET), by a four-stroke margin on December 17, 2011. This win made her the youngest professional winner on the LET for the first time at age 16 years, ten months, and seven days. Amy Yang, who was four months younger when she won the 2006 ANZ Ladies Masters as an amateur for 16 years, 6 months, and 8 days, was the youngest ever winner on the LET.

Thompson lobbied for a waiver to the LPGA's decision that LPGA Tour members must be at least 18 years old in order to enroll in the 2011 LPGA Qualifying School for Tour membership. At the LPGA International Course in Daytona Beach, Florida, the first of three stages was held from July 26-29, 2011. Thompson won Stage I by ten strokes (66-66-67=265)). From the first stage to Stage II, the top 50 finishers and ties from the first stage to Stage II. Thompson withdrew from qualifying school and petitioned the LPGA for membership based on her success at the Navistar LPGA Classic. Thompson's petition was accepted on September 30, 2011, and she joined the tour in 2012.

Thompson won the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia in October and the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in November, her second and third LPGA Tour victories in her career.

Thompson won her fourth LPGA title and first major championship at the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship in her career. At the time, her victory made her the second-youngest women's major winner.

Thompson won the Meijer LPGA Classic and the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship for her fifth and sixth career appearances. She had her best season on record, earning $1,763,904, which was 5th on the money list.

Thompson won her seventh LPGA Tour victory at the Honda LPGA Thailand in 2016. She claimed her first victory at the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup in Japan. She had her best finish at Woburn Golf and Country Club, T8th.

Thompson started the season with a 61 (12) in the second round of the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. However, Brittany Lincicome won the tournament with a birdie on the first playoff hole. She won her eighth LPGA Tour victory at the Kingsmill Championship, where she finished 61-69-264).

During the third round of the 2017 ANA Inspiration, Thompson was fined four strokes for installing her ball incorrectly on the green while playing the 17th hole. After the round, a television viewer and judge were both punished by two strokes for replacing the ball incorrectly, but she was also punished two strokes for displaying an incorrect scorecard. Despite all this, she stepped into a playoff, losing to Ryu So-yeon.

Thompson captured the Indy Women in Tech Championship on September 9 for her ninth victory.

Thompson dropped out on the 18th hole after Ariya Jutanugarn's finishing with back-to-back birds at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship. However, she did win the overall Race to the CME Globe for the $1 million bonus.

Thompson retired from the Ricoh Women's British Open in 2018 after taking a month-long break from the LPGA. Thompson wrote on Instagram, "I haven't really felt like myself for a long time." "I'm therefore taking this time to reenergize my mental stamina and to concentrate on myself away from the sport of professional golf." Thompson suffered two layoffs before starting the season-opening CME Group Tour Championships. Thompson won the CME Group Tour Championship on November 18, 2018 with an 18-under total, giving her a four-shot victory over Nelly Korda. The award, her first in over a year and the tenth of her career, was worth $500,000.

Thompson finished T2nd in the U.S. Women's Open at the Country Club of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 2, 2019. Thompson won the ShopRite LPGA Classic outside of Atlantic City, New Jersey, on June 9, New Jersey.

Lexi Thompson began the year as a champion at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions in the T7th division, finishing T7th. Thompson was caught by another official moving a tuft of grass behind her ball with her team in August; it was later determined that her behavior had not been changed, as the grass returned to its original position and she did not receive any penalty. She went on to miss the interview.

Thompson was president of the United States Women's Open in June 2021, which took place in San Francisco, California, at The Olympic Club. Thompson led by five strokes in the final round, towards the end of her front nine. On the back nine, she shot a five-over-par 41 and missed out on a playoff by a single stroke.

She earned $79,951 at the Meijer LPGA Classic on June 19, putting her fifth on the all-time career money list, racking up to tenth in 230 events over ten years, beginning with her LPGA debut in 2012.

LPGA Tour career summary

Official as of August 25, 2022, 2022, includes matchplay and other events that did not have a cut before 2012, because Thompson was not an LPGA participant.2 Official 2012 earnings include T14 finishes at the Honda LPGA Thailand. LPGA rules state that players who gain admission to a sponsor's exemption are unofficial.

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