Back in 2014, a 19-year-old Lexi Thompson stood on the 18th green at Mission Hills Country Club, hoisting the Kraft Nabisco Championship trophy above her head. The victory made her the youngest major champion since 1986. Her final-round 68 was flawless—bogey-free and brilliant. That moment represented everything golf meant to her: pure competition, relentless pursuit, and the drive to win. Then came her most heartbreaking moment: semi-retirement from 2025. She knew this would come with less competition, but didn’t know what it would mean mentally.

“It’s been hard to shut off my mind kind of a bit and being like, all right, it’s OK to take a few days off here and there,” Thompson confessed to Vanessa .

She was sharing her unfiltered thoughts about stepping back from that intensity i

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