She was leading a tournament in the final round with in the last month. I don't know what happened. The LPGA tour is littered with great golfers retiring very young. Loraine Ochoua for one she wanted a family
There's SO MUCH MORE PRESSURE on the ladies' Pro Tours than on the Men's. (I've been involved with both) Ladies can be lethal to one another. Dudes, we don't even know when it's happening. It's savage to be aware of. I don't envy the female Pro Golfers like I do the men. The ladies can feel as if they have to sit in the corner of the room for fear of having their back exposed. Because they do !
I'm a lifelong Golf Pro. Lexi has been a fantastic Professional. Her intensity and competitive fire are admirable at minimum. That deal with marking the golf ball, that was BS. It is impossible to return the ball to the precise correct location. We all just do our best to be close and honor "the spirit of the rule". Frankly it's my opinion that the lack of respect for the value of the spirit of honorable competition has done irreparable harm to our society. An athlete needs to feel an obligation to place the spirit of fair competition above all else and consider it an honor to declare an appropriate penalty on oneself. Basketball Players FLOP. Football players sincerely attempt to hurt one another. Baseball players involve themselves in outrageous screaming matches with umpires. In Golf we declare an error when it is observed whether it be on ourselves or our opponent. We use phrases like "The rules of Golf were not intended to harm or attack the player." "It's better to be good to play with than to play good." "The rules of Golf have a foundation of intent". We don't only have rules in golf, we have etiquette.
Maybe we need a new rule that allows local rules officials to decide if an infraction was a benefit to the player's round or just a mistake that didn't help the player.
Actually, she will mostly be remembered by blowing a 5 stroke lead in the US Open and failure to win in over 5 years. So at the end of the day it was her inability to manage the 6 inches between the ears the separates great athletes from the others. Annika won over 80 times on the LPGA in contrast to Lexi's 11 wins. So let's be clear she isn't one of the best in her peer group and clearly not even in the discussion of the top LPGA players.
Lexi has every right to her decision to retire. Hope she enjoys all her days, now she can relax and go about her life, not being under any pressure. She has earned that much. Good luck Lexi!
I'm sure you live a squeaky clean life don't you? You never fluffed your ball or moved it out of a divot? You know nothing about this woman and should be embarrassed by your own ignorance.
Simple, Lexi wasn't mentally strong enough to deal with the adversity. The truth is the differential between good and great athletes isn't skill, but mental strength. Since she retired early that is the only assumption I can make
She was leading a tournament in the final round with in the last month. I don't know what happened. The LPGA tour is littered with great golfers retiring very young. Loraine Ochoua for one she wanted a family
There's SO MUCH MORE PRESSURE on the ladies' Pro Tours than on the Men's.
(I've been involved with both)
Ladies can be lethal to one another.
Dudes, we don't even know when it's happening.
It's savage to be aware of.
I don't envy the female Pro Golfers like I do the men.
The ladies can feel as if they have to sit in the corner of the room for fear of having their back exposed.
Because they do !
And the media >s just as responsible. ..
This youtube channel being one of them. Lexi didn't give the "real" reason when she chose to have a press conference announcement?
Shame on the person who made this video. Lexi will see this and have to relive it over again. Let it go please. For her.
I'm a lifelong Golf Pro.
Lexi has been a fantastic Professional. Her intensity and competitive fire are admirable at minimum.
That deal with marking the golf ball, that was BS.
It is impossible to return the ball to the precise correct location.
We all just do our best to be close and honor "the spirit of the rule".
Frankly it's my opinion that the lack of respect for the value of the spirit of honorable competition has done irreparable harm to our society.
An athlete needs to feel an obligation to place the spirit of fair competition above all else and consider it an honor to declare an appropriate penalty on oneself.
Basketball Players FLOP.
Football players sincerely attempt to hurt one another.
Baseball players involve themselves in outrageous screaming matches with umpires.
In Golf we declare an error when it is observed whether it be on ourselves or our opponent.
We use phrases like
"The rules of Golf were not intended to harm or attack the player."
"It's better to be good to play with than to play good."
"The rules of Golf have a foundation of intent".
We don't only have rules in golf, we have etiquette.
Maybe we need a new rule that allows local rules officials to decide if an infraction was a benefit to the player's round or just a mistake that didn't help the player.
Actually, she will mostly be remembered by blowing a 5 stroke lead in the US Open and failure to win in over 5 years. So at the end of the day it was her inability to manage the 6 inches between the ears the separates great athletes from the others. Annika won over 80 times on the LPGA in contrast to Lexi's 11 wins. So let's be clear she isn't one of the best in her peer group and clearly not even in the discussion of the top LPGA players.
What other sport officials allow a call-in tv viewers comment effect penalty strokes being added? Total BS by the LPGA and the PGA!!!
Such a mental game
Lexi has every right to her decision to retire.
Hope she enjoys all her days, now she can relax and go about her life, not being under any pressure.
She has earned that much.
Good luck Lexi!
A Young woman's first concern is elsewhere than golf.She surely has other big plans.
She will be back
Never liked her, questionable on the rules and always the victim.
I'm sure you live a squeaky clean life don't you? You never fluffed your ball or moved it out of a divot? You know nothing about this woman and should be embarrassed by your own ignorance.
This must be an AI voice. Put ting instead of putting
“Her pudding issues”
She has not won since 2019, and well her short game is bad and she cant hit a fairway no more....
I have pudding issues also
You don't know the reason
Simple, Lexi wasn't mentally strong enough to deal with the adversity. The truth is the differential between good and great athletes isn't skill, but mental strength. Since she retired early that is the only assumption I can make