The LPGA Tour has lost nine veteran players under the age of 40, including four major champions, who have decided to retire from full competition.
Lexi Thompson, whose playing career is marked as much by the majors that got away as the one major she won, announced in late May this would be her final year playing a full season. What that means remains a mystery, even to the 29-year-old Thompson.
“I may tee it up a few times next year,” she said, specifically citing the Chevron Championship, her lone major victory 10 years ago when it was the Kraft Nabisco and held in the California desert. “A matter of when and what tournaments, I don’t know. I am just going to take time for myself and take it day by day.”