Lexi Thompson retiring from full-time golf schedule at end of season

RETIRING: Lexi Thompson will step down from full-time golf at the end of the season. Pic credit: AP Photo/Matt Rourke.

Lexi Thompson has announced she will retire from full-time golf at the end of the season.

Thompson, 29, an 11-time LPGA Tour winner who appeared in the Solheim Cup six times, said in an audio letter on Instagram that she will be "stepping away from a full professional golf schedule" at the end of 2024.