Thankfully for Thompson, the US were still able to get the job done with Lilia Vu holing the winning putt shortly after.
There was extra significance in this year’s Solheim Cup, with Thompson set to retire from full-time golf at the end of the year. She has now made seven appearances in the competitions, winning 10 matches along the way.
And speaking on Golf Channel after the US’s victory, Brandel Chamblee spoke of his admiration for Thompson and praised her decision to call time on this stage of her career.
“I think most everybody, I would think, was pretty surprised when she announced her retirement because she’s still so young and still so competitive. She was eighth on the money list just a couple of years ago, she had a top 10 in a major this year,” he said.
Lexi Thompson of The United States Team plays her tee shot on the third hole in the singles matches on the final day of the 2024 Solheim Cup at The…
“But it takes a lot of courage to admit that perhaps your best golf is behind you, or maybe you don’t have the all-consuming fire to get out there every single week which is necessary to compete at the highest level. It takes a lot of courage to be able to admit that, and whatever the next chapter has in store for her, the whole world of golf wishes her all the best because she’s handled the ups very well, but also all those downs and all that scrutiny, I think she’s handled it with a lot of grace.
Brandel Chamblee says what he ‘never saw’ Lexi Thompson do during her career as she closes in on retiring following USA’s Solheim Cup win
“I never saw her throw clubs or bellyache or moan about it, and she’s had a lot of different things happen to her that are unbelievable; four shot penalty in a major when it looked like it was yours to win and nobody else was going to take it. Just out of nowhere, she had some short misses that are big scar tissues, she never moaned about it or bellyached about it, she handled it with a lot of grace.”
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