LPGA Tour pro Lexi Thompson makes shock announcement that she is quitting golf!

At 29 years old, LPGA Tour pro Lexi Thompson has announced she is quitting golf at the end of the 2024 LPGA season.

Thompson had a career defined by a powerful game and will play in her 18th US Women's Open, starting on the 30th of May. Playing her 18th US Women's Open at 29 speaks to her already long and illustrious career in the sport.

According to The Guardian, Thompson qualified for the US Women's Open at 12 years old in 2007, making her the youngest person to compete in the event at the time.

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After breaking onto the scene at an extremely young age, she set a record for the youngest player to win on the LPGA Tour, winning the Navistar PGA Classic at 16.

According to BBC Sport, Thompson said: "While it is never easy to say goodbye, it is indeed time. I'm excited to enjoy the remainder of the year as there are still goals I want to accomplish."

"This sport has taught me a lot, and I've learned so much along the way and built so many friendships and relationships. I'm looking forward to what life has in store."

Thompson has won 15 times since turning professional in 2010 and secured her only major championship victory at the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship (Chevron Championship).

The American has also represented her country on the biggest stage, competing in two Olympic Games and six Solheim Cups for Team USA.

She became the seventh woman to compete in a men's PGA Tour event, participating in the 2023 Shriners Children's Open but missed the cut by two strokes.

For all her supreme power on the ladies' tour, Thompson has not won on the LPGA for nearly five years. She did win a ladies European Tour event in 2022. Will it change in her 18th US Women's Open?

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