Lexi Thompson's Open Championship nearly came to a heartbreaking finish. USA Lexi Thompson’s reaction said it all. When a golfer hits a tee shot that could find trouble, they stare it down intently.
When a golfer hits a tee shot that is, without question, absolutely dead? They head straight to the bag to grab another ball. It’s the equivalent of a pitcher giving up such a monster home run that he turns to the umpire before it’s even cleared the fence: One more Rawlings, please. Thompson’s home run came in the second round of the AIG Women’s Open on the 17th at St.
Andrews, a brutish par-4 that’s among the world’s most famous holes and most challenging holes. She chose driver off the tee but blocked it too far right, over the iconic Old Course Hotel, where (to extend the baseball analogy) it cleared the fence. By the time the ball had landed Thompson was already back at her bag .
One more Maxfli, please. It seemed like perhaps the damage had already been done. Thompson arrived at No.
17 at 3 over par. The cut line was at 4 over. Suddenly she was hitting her third shot from the tee on the toughest hole on the course.
Thompson switched from driver to fairway wood. She played away from trouble, sending it left into the fescue instead. There were layers of pain built into this misery.
Not only was Thompson headed for a brutal missed cut; this was a brutal missed cut stemming from an O.B. tee shot on her 35th hole.
This was a brutal missed cut in the final major of th.