Lexi Thompson lined up her final putt through tears Friday at the Evian Championship.After stubbing a chip that barely traveled 6 inches at the 18th hole and making bogey, she signed for a 4-over-par 75 to miss her second cut in three starts.She wiped away more tears standing next to her caddie as fellow competitors putted out.It was Thompsons first missed cut in a major in five years, since she failed to make the weekend playing at the Ricoh Womens British Open at St. Andrews.It was a troubling closing scene at Evian for the highest ranked American in the Rolex Womens World Rankings, coming in the wake of the heartfelt manner in which she publicly shared her reasons for skipping the Ricoh Womens British Open last month.After taking a months break this summer, she confided her struggles to media in Indianapolis in her return to the tour. She said she struggled to be strong and hide the emotional pain she felt dealing with so many difficult challenges while in the public spotlight last year. She said it took a toll.You can only stay strong for so long and hide it, Thompson said at the Indy Women in Tech Championship. I think it just kind of all hit me coming into this year.Thompson, 23, also shared how she sought the help of therapists while away, how shes trying to build a life that isnt all about golf.Im not a robot out here, Thompson said. I need to have a life.
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LPGA Hall of Famer Judy Rankin was in the analysts role and on air for Golf Channel when Thompson finished Friday. She watched Thompson struggle with her emotions.I just feel like her nervous system is really on edge, and its a very hard way to play golf, Rankin said in the telecast.Last year might have been the best and worst of Thompsons career. She endured a wave of emotional highs and lows.At the start of 2017, she lost the ANA Inspiration in a playoff after being controversially hit with a four-shot penalty in the final round. She watched her mother wage a second battle with cancer, and she dealt with the death of a grandmother.At years end, Thompson missed a short putt that could have led to her ascending to Rolex world No. 1 for the first time and being named Rolex Player of the Year. Amid all of that, she won twice and finished second six times, prompting the Golf Writers Association of America to name her the Female Player of the Year. She also won the LPGAs Vare Trophy for low scoring average.Thompson is winless this year.I think there is a buildup of a whole lot of things that we are not privy to, Rankin said. Its enough to know she has said there are all kinds of things going on. She is such a talented player and fighting the game this year.
Inbee Park (69) is three back, with In Gee Chun (70) and Morgan Pressel (68) four back. Park is in position to try to win her eighth major championship title and end any debate over whether she has won the career Grand Slam. She won the Evian Championship in 2012, the year before it became a major.
Emotional Lexi Thompson misses Evian cut after flubbed chip
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The most dramatic moment of Friday's coverage of the Evian Championship came on the 18th green after Lexi Thompson flubbed a chip shot that barely moved. Thompson swung at the air in disgust after the miscue. Her eyes immediately welled up with tears as she walked over toward her caddie. The tears kept coming as Thompson holed out for bogey.
Lexi Thompson misses cut in tears at Evian after flubbing
Emotional Lexi fights back tears after Evian missed cut
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