Lexi Thompson to RETIRE from golf at the end of the season

Lexi Thompson will retire from golf at the end of the season.

The 29-year-old is set to play in her 18th US Open this week - after making her debut at the tournament as a 12-year-old.

Thompson is due to speak at 2:30pm ET on Tuesday, where she is expected to announce her decision to walk away.

Thompson was 12 when she qualified for the 2007 U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles, at the time the youngest ever to qualify.

She also set an LPGA Tour record as the youngest winner when she captured the Navistar LPGA Classic at age 16. Both records since have been broken.

Lexi Thompson will retire from golf at the end of the season

As a 12-year-old, Thompson became the then-youngest qualifier in U.S. Women’s Open history

Thompson's sole major title arrived at the 2014 ANA Inspiration (now Chevron Championship)

Thompson won 15 times on the LPGA Tour, but only one major at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, California. 

She was a runner-up in four other majors, most notably being penalized four shots in the final round of the 2017 Kraft Nabisco from a rules violation the day before, and losing a five-shot lead at The Olympic Club in the 2021 U.S. Women's Open.

She grew up playing with her brothers, two of whom reached the PGA Tour, and was renowned for her power. 

Thompson accepted an exemption last year to play the PGA Tour event in Las Vegas, where she kept fans in suspense briefly about making the cut until fading.

For all her prodigious power, Thompson has gone nearly five years since her last LPGA victory, though she did win a Ladies European Tour event funded by Saudi-based Aramco in the fall of 2022.