Why Lexi Thompson FAILED To Become The Best Female Golfer Ever..

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Late in 2010, Lexi submitted a request to the LPGA to allow her to compete in 12 tournaments instead of the six allowed to non-members. Her request was denied, but a change in LPGA rules authorized her to participate in more than 12 tournaments the following year. The change of rules helped her write history. At just 16 years old, Thompson did the incredible by becoming the youngest winner on both the LPGA and Ladies European Tours. She beat the LPGA Tour rookie at the time, Tiffany Joe, by a five-stroke margin.
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[@markroath98]

Whatever the naysayers say about Lexi Thompson, she is pure class. I enjoy watching her play golf. I like how she compliments other players for good play, and her willingness to sign autographs for admiring fans. Kudos to Ms. Thompson both as a person and an excellent golfer.

[@pjpredhomme7699]

people can argue about whether or not her performance may be diminishing but you cannot have any differing opinion on how she conducts herself a class young lady all the way

[@timneitzel6703]

Screw anyone who doubts the career she has had. Still a great golfer and one hell of a career

[@johnarnold893]

I agree, not everyone can be #1 in the world. Lexi was 31st last year and 6th the year before. That is a major achievement in such a competitive sport that has a certain amount of luck getting that little ball in the hole from hundreds of yards away.

[@derrickmontford7838]

its articles like this one that affected her mental stability. How about we interview the author of this story and hold them to task for how they may have ruined their careers. Leave her the heck alone.

[@Vast0ne]

Thank you for stating exactly what I wanted to. Going to block this ESN Golf to be sure to never see this type of trash again

[@LexiThompson-tp4vf]

Hi, prettyface, i know this is like a dream to you.Thank you for being a fan

[@gerrymcintosh4477]

Lexi is total class. I wish her well. 🇨🇦💝🇺🇸🙏👍

[@MikeK02048]

I watched Lexi come off the last green yesterday at the FM Championship at TPC Boston. She hung around and signed autographs and took pictures with all the kids and adults that wanted them. And she stayed genuinely friendly and smiling throughout, making small talk with folks. I understand her issues with the lifestyle and her desire to retire. But I wish she wouldn't retire. I think she still has lots more championship golf left in her. And it's really great to see nice people like her being role models for our youth.

[@tomtom9879]

That 4 stroke penalty by viewer tip was just disgusting! 🤮 - It gave reputation for golf as more of a game of pointless rules and not a game of sports!!!

[@ESNGOLF]

Totally agree! let golf be golf!

[@angelounelli2515]

Could you imagine at the end or during a baseball game, hockey game, football game or basketball game this type of thing happened? Total BS. Golf is supposed to be a game of honesty not catch the mistake.

[@MelvinLew]

The 4 stole penalty given through information by a viewer and not an LPGA official was uncalled for and ser a bad precedent. How about viewers calling missed fouls in basketball games and missed penalties on football games. Want to do away with professional referees and officials?

[@jeffphakenewz8556]

Lexi paid a heavy price; but it led to a change in the asinine rules. In 1968, a player cost himself the Masters victory by signing the wrong scorecard. But listening to TV viewers to review isolated rules applications - after the fact - was always ludicrous.

[@MrCoursemanager]

I have been lucky enough to see Lexi playing in the UK. She is an incredible player and a joy to watch. She is so friendly and engages with the spectators. Lexi is a winner for me and I will continue to follow her game. 2024 is going to be good for her, I'm sure.

[@aliikane]

I think it is same situation as Michelle Wie. Negative publicity just rattled her confidence and negatively affected her game. She is still extremely talented and very young, so she can bounce back.

[@jammerbammer3029]

What is the purpose of elevating the background music to the foreground? This is becoming more pronounced in videos and I think it detracts from the content.

[@lduranceau8046]

I think that the video makers want to achieve some kind of dramatic effect, emphasizing Lexi's downward trend. But it fails. Make the music more uplifting throughout the video, svp.

[@elYoko337]

They are all about dramatic effect. Just listen to the words they choose.

[@Philoyouknow]

World class. An amazing woman.

[@mtl-ss1538]

Wow 3 majors, 3 olympic medals LPGA hall of fame - Wonderful win -soon to be Dame Lydia.!!! well earned for a famous & now legend Kiwi.!!!

[@v205]

Still better than working at a 9 to 5 job. 😁

[@ignatiusjk]

Screw them Alexis Noel Thompson !!!!! These losers couldn't break 90 let alone shoot in the 60's on the toughest courses around. So, take it from me (Jimbo) keep playing and quit it when it's no fun anymore you'll still walk away a HOF champion.

[@Macattack11639]

Umm i break 90 and im quite sure i could make a 3 foot putt better than her. So yeah

[@anilvirginia]

Why parents think their prodigies need to forgo normal childhoods to fulfill their promise is beyond me. Happiness and normalcy and mental health go before anything else. I think Lexi Thompson has done amazing considering how much pressure was placed on her as a young person and how abnormal her upbringing was.

[@garysimons1608]

She is a sweet person. All us Marshals at the Toledo stop just love her. This year Friday will be Lexi Thompson day at the Toledo Dana Open. Why? Because Toledo loves her!

[@dandydon6049]

That’s the best advice Tiger could give her ?

[@lduranceau8046]

I can do better.

[@oldmcdonald3376]

keep it in your pants and dont drunk or hungover. just kiddin

[@darrenbyrne5345]

Don't take people's opinions as facts.

[@oldmcdonald3376]

its in her. she just has to find. she has to fall in love with the game again

[@Debidawg]

I’ve always liked her and have seen her in person golfing in the Solheim Cup. I lost respect for her finding out years ago that she’s a T supporter and regularly golf’s at his courses. She has golfed with him dozens of times and states she is”forever grateful of her friendship with him.”

[@LiamHoyo]

Same 😊

[@Macattack11639]

The D in TDS stands for delusional. Not really a good quality. Good to know that Teflon Don lives rent free in your head

[@phillipbrown8571]

I love Lexi she is such a great golfer and comes across so nice ❤️

[@jimwetzel1635]

Mmmmm ... $14M career winnings (so far) puts Lexi at #10 on the all-time money list. If she never hit another golf ball, not exactly what I'd call a "ruined" career. I wouldn't mind ruining my career that way.

[@bryankobara477]

Lexi didnt fail. Michelle Wie didnt fail. "Sports Writers and Analysts" would put pressure on a teenager to be the next best thing. Thats why when you're put under a microscope there pressure all the time from playing to being a normal kid.

[@stringbender247]

Letting some idiot call in a penalty while sitting on the couch watching when your own staff and other players didn't see an infraction will always be one of the dumbest things in professional golf and it should have never happened. No other sport on earth lets random people call in and change someone's entire career.

[@larrylebowski8386]

I’m still in love with her.

[@justlikedeem]

Same

[@alphaomega8373]

Lexi Thompson, 29, set to retire after the 2024 LPGA season

[@jeffphakenewz8556]

Every time I play with other amateur golfers, I have to laugh to myself when some pick up their ball on the green after one putt. Meaning they'll always have a maximum 2-putt on their scorecards. Over the course of 18 holes, their scorecards are total BS. I watch I lot of PGA and LPGA events on TV, especially since I had retired. The pros miss very makeable putts. Putting has a tremendous impact on one's scorecard. Lexi's struggles has highlighted that even more.

[@RezRydatwo3]

She might just need to step back and drop the sticks for a while, get away from the course and especially the media.

[@MLH0214]

I can't begin to imagine the amount of pressure the MEDIA places on Lexi all the time. Yes, she has had setbacks but she has had massive success. Lexi is an incredible athlete and if she gets back to mastering the basis, she will win another major. BTW, whoever that viewer was that called in the rules violation that cost her a major can kiss her backside.

[@livinaftermidnight9651]

There should be NO retroactive penalties due to viewer comments. The card was accepted by the LPGA and should have been upheld in Lexi's favor.

[@typhillips490]

Bananas and peanut butter on wheat bread sound like a beer to me. 😂😅😂

[@norcalboy2572]

It's hardly just Thompson. Before the 2023 season, I looked back at the major tournaments held in the US and Britain, and I think our women had won 10 of the last 41 tournaments. We have the development, we have the skill to be right there at the end of majors. But up until last year, for the last decade, our women in contention late in majors haven't been able to close the deal like we used to.

[@jackarmstrong1838]

1. She cant putt. 2. She cant hit a wedge under pressure. Other than that, she is one of the top 5 players in the world....other than that.

[@tobysettle8595]

Complete useless blather!! This is all you people have to do?

[@justlikedeem]

What do you mean Toby?

[@tobysettle8595]

@@justlikedeemWhat I mean is, if I need to explain, Lexi is a very successful professional golfer. She has 11 wins on the LPGA tour and is 10th on the all time LPGA earnings list. This video is pure mean spirited shit talking. Surely there are better things to focus on in golf, no?

[@lwood5375]

What makes the greats great is putting

[@garydavis8213]

TV Karen’s: hate em and especially hate the fact that these phone calls are accepted. Rules officials are all over these courses. If those officials don’t call a penalty, that should be the end of it. Karen the couch potato shouldn’t be allowed to have a say.

[@clvecooledge2407]

Why would anyone subscribe to a channel that lies about the subject ruined her career her career has been very successful she still is a winner .I dont think you know how hard golf is even for professionals .

[@breakandrun70]

I've been following Lexi ever since she started playing on the LPGA. She soon became my favourite LPGA player. It is a shame that she got that four stroke penalty, she may have turned out to be a better player. I see a lot worse infractions on the PGA tour. I even see players granted relief where they should not, just depends what player it is. (John Rahm) That's all I got, See Ya!

[@stuartjago8124]

How can anyone use the word fail, she is class on and off the course.

[@plusfour1]

Golf is hard. She wouldn't be the first to retire over the yips. It's a shame when it happens. Maybe she should try a long putter

[@richo2501]

In relation to the ANA incident......she brought it all on herself. She cheated. There is no way of sugar coating it. Don't know why she did it but there is NO professional golfer out there (or most honest amateurs) that would replace their ball THAT FAR from where it was originally marked. And as far as her career? Possibly the worst putter on a professional tour (even worse than when Ernie Els had his problems for a while there) and THE ugliest swing in the womens game EVER! Sorry, I'm sure she's got her fans as do all golfers but she's copped flack for good reason. But at the end of the day, so do most professional sports people that don't live up to expectations. That's life in the public eye, get over it or you'll be miserable your whole life and for what? Golf? Nah, it's just a game and it's earnt her a good living. She's got nothing to complain or be upset about. There's very few who end up with the career in professional sports they were after. To have one at all is amazing, especially one where you'll never have to work a real job a day in your life. She's done alright.

[@teribiniecki4820]

She should ask Jack for advice. I'm sure it won't have bananas in it!

[@Primus54]

Love Lexi, but I’d say there are a few things that have set back her career. 1). She has significantly reduced the number of events she plays compared to when she was at her peak. It takes more than skill to win, it takes being in a competitive environment often. 2). She seems distracted by her many sponsorships and developing her own line of merchandise. 3). I think she’s overtraining in the gym. I get wanting to be in great shape and strong, but gym training can become an addiction that takes time away from honing the skills on the golf course, not to mention increasing the chance of injury and wear and tear on the body. I think Tiger Woods overtrained which has led to many injuries.

[@thomastrain7311]

She hasn't ruined her career.

[@petteremberson]

''Suffered''??. 4 stroke penalty not her fault then?. Scandalous rule decision-No it was a rule which she broke, nothing scandalous about it, apart from her doing it. I caught a 2 handicapper doing the same, all for an inch. She didn't win the Solheim cup 5 times-it's a team event and she was part of the team.

[@jonlanier_]

She is the Greg Norman of WPGA.

[@dfai1134]

Lexi Thompson's problem is that her golf swing is uncontrolled and doesn't hold up under pressure. When you're literally jumping off the ground, you will not be consistent. She doesn't want to change and she doesn't win.

[@gerrymcintosh4477]

Hogan would roll over in his grave to see many modern players swing the club including Lexi unfortunately.

[@gibsonguitarplayer]

Exactly. She jumps up upon impact

[@glenwood9190]

Ever watched Scottie Scheffler

[@mbrownie22]

@@glenwood9190yes he’s the number #1 player in the world and his ball striking is elite

[@kenrehill8775]

So 10th on the all time winnings list rates as a fail? Odd point of view.

[@scottmallender9738]

That was total bs about ball placement, we’re taking about 1/3 of an inch? No golfer makes exact 18+ Marks, everytime out…

[@phillp7777]

luv Maxfli.. luv great legggs Lexi.. GoodLuck u can do it

[@vicO1323]

She never had a childhood. Now she needs therapy to deal with her depression and loneliness.

[@Madskillsuniversity]

I love Lexi! She is awesome, no matter what she does. Wish her the best. Unfortunately, a lot of American LPGA players are not as good as their Asian coutner parts. They also do not have the media and pressure that American Golfers do in general. Tiger always had those blinders on, but the same failure happens to American male Golfers, for whatever reason. Remember how Jordan Spieth was suppose to be the next TW?

[@williammurray8060]

Don't see anything here

[@user-nq9gz4xf7f]

She cant putt as simple as that. I understand putting woes, but she is still a great golfer and a great sportswoman.

[@RonKelmell]

New era golfers don't seem to have to dig their game out of the dirt for years on the practice tee. That made golfers 'hard' a couple of generations ago. Modern golfers need to study the careers of men like Trevino and Hogan, Even Nicklaus 'paid dues' for his years assaulting 'the king', Palmer. In short, new era players are soft, not hard and tough.

[@JamesThurman-c8v]

Loud, Loud music. why? A thum down for this.

[@westelkhunts1974]

Her mental game was kinda very weak! Missing some of the easiest putts in winning situations

[@KenSutton-n9q]

She was a lousy putter and not a pressure player she blew a five stroke lead in a major heading to the back nine

[@highlanderthegreat]

to do what she has done is great, but to make it up another level, you have to / need to TAKE ON A NEW MIND SET. put other thing aside, maybe not do as many commercials not have any social life for the next few years as well, spend more practice time on certain areas of her game and do that for say 2 or 3 years so she gains 1 to maybe 2 strokes better, at that level that is an out of this world improvement.

[@Jrook158-h4z]

What a crock the premise of this entire video was. The notion that Thompson's poor play is somehow tied to external or uncontrollable factors is silly on its face. She doesn't need a new caddie, she needs a new swing coach as her swing is painful to watch and no surprise it breaks down under pressure. And IMHO her basic problem is that she, like too many athletes in recent years, focuses more on her "branding" and PR, more so than fundamentals. And finally, Thompson reminds me of Tom Weiskopf who was regarded as having a $million swing but a $.10 cent head. But at least he had a $million swing. IMHO Thompson has also been handled a lot of career building benefits like positions on the Solheim Cup team, Olympic team and invites to PGA events she didn't fully earn. The game moves on and its time to give the younger more accomplished and competitive players receive the attention they have earned through their play. And IMHO her new endorsement deal with Maxfli was probably not their first choice in terms of players, but rather a player who is most likely getting scratched off a lot of endorsement deal lists. Again, due to her play which is something the best branding and self promotion can't fix.

[@billhayes5581]

The Usual Suspects at it again.

[@MrMonoyo]

I take it that it's not permitted to wear a wristband?

[@Eat-MyGoal]

6:58 This has got to be a troll video. It has to be 🤣🤣

[@ESNGOLF]

You don't like peanut butter and banana?🥲

[@Jrook158-h4z]

Really solid 2024 so far and seems like she is limiting her play as she did in 2023 to avoid an even worse record. But so far she has competed in 6 events. Missed the cut in 4 of them and finished T16 and T3 in the remaining two. It is pretty sad to watch any athlete being comfortable with the such undeserved attention and consideration. Her performance so far places her at the bottom of the pack in terms of results. So as a wise person once said, you are no better than your performance and deserve nothing more than that performance EARNS.

[@raygrant9768]

I think she should of got a new caddy

[@charleslamborn8979]

DID SHE REALLY FAIL? OR DID OTHER FACTORS HAVE HER FALL SHORT? STILL ONE OF THE BEST OF HER AGE!! DID ACHIEVE!! ONLY ONE IS AT THE TOP! EVERYONE ELSE ( GRAT! BUT CAN YOU REALLY SAY FAIL??????)????

[@mrgolf67]

She will win a major this year 2024 !

[@daryldettmer9160]

I dont think she is a great putter .. tee to greeen yes very good

[@cbrico929]

Horrible headline 😕

[@milwscruffy]

If she could putt, she would be unbeatable.

[@ESNGOLF]

So sad

[@michael1257]

Maybe Lexi Just Needs A Break From Golf.

[@218ylredA]

Lonelyness and golf go together.

[@mikehoward9211]

why she failed to become the best? simple, she wasn't good enough!! no excuses.

[@SpencerStaunton]

peaks and troughs,she will peak again got too much class and ability not to

[@DanB-b7g]

She's got a major swing flaw you rarely see with you pros. Early extension due to loss of spine tilt.

[@ctotheb7775]

She's got a swing that works for her.

[@DanB-b7g]

Till a point where it doesn't. You either own your swing or you fix it. Either way can fail. I'm just pointing out a major flaw that is a limitation to her game.

[@michaelgillies9075]

@@DanB-b7gplease show us your pga/liv golf stats then couch potato,oh that’s right u have none so STFU Na stop being a hypocrite

[@davidlogan7216]

"Do you like watching LPGA Golfers as much as I do" "A sexist would say" Gutfeld I have to admit I knew nothing about Lexi Thomas' success until the recent Night Golf Skins match. She was extremely impressive. Let's compare the author's bank accounts with Lexi's 2.6 thousand subscribers. LOL you're not knocking it out of the park.

[@ranlitt3201]

Tiger told her to eat bannanas and peabut butter but nothing about PEDS?

[@brianwang5630]

lol peanut butter sandwich

[@gandyrick6425]

She tried to cheat and got caught. She should be grateful that she only received 2 shots for signing an incorrect scorecard, instead of being disqualified.

[@sawhill729]

Yes she did cheat. Now we have the Lexi rule so you're allowed to cheat.

[@richardbrennan2913]

Her swing is too steep and putts poorly.

[@kerriknight]

Another tale of wasted youth ............

[@JamesBrey-i8y]

What medication is she on 🤔 side effects 🤔

[@gh4121-b5n]

She can’t Putt, end of story.