Photos: LPGA star Lexi Thompson, who will retire at 29, through the years

Thompson is expected to announce today that she plans to retire at the end of the LPGA campaign.

Lexi Thompson has been a staple of American golf for nearly two decades.

Playing in her first U.S. Open at just 12 years old, Thompson has become one of the biggest LPGA stars the game has ever seen. She’s been dominant at every level of golf there is.

A full-time LPGA member in 2014, Thompson has racked up 15 professional wins including a major; the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship.

Among her milestones, she was the youngest winner on the LPGA when she won the Navistar LPGA Classic at just 16 years old in 2011.

On May 28, 2024, however, she announced that she would be retiring at season’s end. Thompson has represented the U.S. on six different Solheim Cup teams and has a chance to play in one more later this season.