Lexi Thompson

In Gee Chun started and ended Sunday atop the Women's PGA Championship leaderboard, capturing her third career major. In between, it wasn't so...

It's the second time in as many years that Thompson has lost a lead on the final day of a major; she held a five-stroke lead on Sunday at the 2021 U.S. Women's Open before finishing third. Chun led the tournament after every round, firing an 8-under 64 on the first day and finishing with a 5-under-par 283 for the week. She led by two strokes on the back nine, but struggles with the putter led to an erratic finish.

In Gee Chun rallied after losing the rest of her once-sizeable lead, overcoming a bogey-filled front nine to win the Women's PGA Championship when Lexi Thompson ...

Thompson was just short and right of the green in two shots but took four from there to make bogey, while Chun rolled in her birdie putt after a long wait. When Thompson birdied 15 and Lee bogeyed 17, the Australian was three behind. Thompson hasn't won an LPGA Tour event since 2019, and her lone major victory came as a teenager at Mission Hills in the California desert in 2014. She lost a five-stroke lead during the final round of last year’s U.S. Women’s Open at Olympic Club. Thompson was two strokes ahead of her after the front nine, but Thompson's putting problems were just beginning. Then she bogeyed the par-5 16th while Chun made birdie, leaving the two players tied with two holes remaining.

In Gee Chun claimed a one-shot victory at the Women's PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club after Lexi Thompson bogeyed two of her final three ...

Maybe she'll break the duck there and get another major under her belt because this one definitely got away." At Congressional Country Club, the American had enjoyed a two-shot outright lead, before struggling with her short game. For Thompson, it's another finale to a competition that will keep her up at night.

Chun In-gee held her nerve on a dramatic final day to snatch victory from Lexi Thompson at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on Sunday.

Chun, meanwhile, regained her composure and went back to five under with a birdie at the 16th. Northern Ireland’s Stephanie Meadow finished in a tie for 10th on level par after a 74. Thompson looked to have taken firm control when she birdied the 11th to lead by two with seven to play but her problems began with a five at the par-four 12th.

In the final round at Congressional, Chun regained the lead for good at No. 17 and claimed the third major title of her career.

Chun absorbed a second bogey at No. 4, where Thompson ascended into first place for the first time in the tournament with a routine par. A 15-footer for a birdie dropped at No. 3, one hole after Chun made her first of four bogeys on the outward nine. Thompson’s approach there landed in the right fairway, several paces short of the green, and she chipped to four feet. “Probably give her a huge confidence boost,” Lee said when asked what the win would mean for her close friend. Her birdie bid grazed the right edge of the cup but did not fall, leaving a tap-in. The ball stopped four feet past the hole, and she pushed that par bid with another uneasy stroke, allowing Chun to take the lead for good. This time, a two-stroke advantage evaporated, with agonizing misses for par at Nos. 16 and 17 preventing Thompson again from securing the second major title of her career. Two putts later, Thompson had carded her third bogey on the back nine. A bogey at No. 17 dampened the mood. She putted from there, connecting with too much velocity and sending the ball 15 feet beyond the hole. Lee shot a 2-under 70, including five birdies, after opening the final round on a wind-swept afternoon by bogeying her first two holes. Several paces off the green stood Lexi Thompson, who moments earlier had hugged her caddie, Will Davidson, after she missed a 12-foot birdie putt that would have put her in position for a playoff.

BETHESDA, Md. — In Gee Chun rallied after losing her once-sizeable lead, overcoming a bogey-filled front nine to win the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on ...

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Holding a two-shot lead Sunday at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, Lexi Thompson left herself 2 feet for par at Congressional's par-4 14th hole – and it didn' ...

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Lexi Thompson of the United States plays an approach shot during the final round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club on June 26, ...

That year, Thompson birdied four of five hoes down the stretch to earn a one-shot victory, shooting 1-under 283 at Westfield Group Country Club in Westfield Center, Ohio. She also won the event two years later at age 14. SHORT SHOTS: Jeongeun Lee5 finished off her tournament in style, holing her approach with a wedge for an eagle-2 at the difficult par-4 18th hole. So she certainly has been knocking on the door. For the second consecutive week, Lexi Thompson had a back-nine lead on Sunday but fell short of bringing home a trophy. Thompson declined to speak with the media following Sunday’s final round and was visibly upset with the day’s result. On Saturday, following a round of 70 that included a 3-under 33 on the back nine – five shots better than Sunday – she had vowed that she would not be spending the final round trying to find and look at leaderboards.

A brutal Sunday at the KPMG Women's PGA didn't end for Lexi Thompson when the last putt dropped. She was fined for slow play after her loss.

She finished one shot back of Chun in a share of second with Minjee Lee. BETHESDA, Md. — A brutal Sunday at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship didn't end for Lexi Thompson when the last putt dropped. Lexi Thompson hit with slow-play fine after gut-wrenching loss at KPMG Women's PGA Championship

Lexi Thompson had a brutal choke during the final round of the Women's PGA Championship on Sunday. She led by two strokes with three holes left and let it slip ...

"Watching Lexi Thompson putt right now is the golfing equivalent of witnessing a 20-car pile-up. Carnage," another fan said. She led by two strokes with three holes left and let it slip away.

In Gee Chun won the KPMG Women's PGA on Sunday, while Lexi Thompson endured yet another heartbreak at a major.

After all the fans were tended to, Thompson hopped on a shuttle and headed for the parking lot. Chun tapped in her par putt and walked to the 18th tee with a one-shot advantage. She wandered over to the fans reaching over the bike racks and signed as many items as were shoved her way. It was another missed opportunity — and this one seemed to sting the worst. The ball traveled up the slope and began curving toward the hole as Thompson made a gesture with her hand. Chun handled the nerves on 18 like a pro. However, at the 17th, her putter cost her the tournament. At the 14th, Thompson missed a putt inside two feet — this time for par — that started her downward spiral. When the scorecard-signing ritual was complete, she thanked the official, exchanged pleasantries with her playing parters and walked out to the fans gathered in hopes of snagging an autograph. Playing alongside Thompson in the final grouping, Chun couldn’t match her competitor’s dream start and dropped two shots on those same holes. As she looked down at her scorecard, tear drops trickled down her nose and splashed onto the paper in front of her. “I’m going out tomorrow playing like I have the last three days — playing relaxed, playing free, and just focusing on my game,” she said.

Following her runner-up finish at the KPMG, Lexi Thompson was fined $2000 by the LPGA for slow play,

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The putter let down Lexi Thompson again in a big moment and In Gee Chun was able to claim her third major championship.

Thompson will do well to listen to the person who was holding the trophy she wanted at the end of a grueling week. Impressively, she has worked her way into the top 10 on tour in strokes gained/putting—a position she could have only dreamt of being in before this year. Last year, she lost a five-stroke lead during the final round of the U.S. Women’s Open at The Olympic Club. And since the last of her 11 career LPGA victories, the 2019 ShopRite LPGA Classic, she has had nine runner-up finishes. Chun said she’s been battling depression and that last week she broke down while talking to her sister on the phone. But Chun proved it’s possible to treat yourself with gentleness when you’re in the heat of battle for five-plus hour, four days in a row. Chun treats herself with extreme kindness and patience on the golf course, while simultaneously being a relentless competitor. “When I heard what she said, I didn't want to quit the golf. Even Nelly Korda, one of the longest players in the game, had to hit 7-wood into a green with her approach on one par 5. As the week went on, the course began to dry out, and Chun grew her lead to six shots after two rounds. The 27-year-old from South Korea had taken an early lead on Thursday with a stunning eight-under 64 to open the tournament, five shots clear of the field. With a clutch five-foot par putt on 18 to seal her one-shot win over Thompson and Minjee Lee, Chun was overcome with emotion. On the 16th, still up two, Thompson missed another short putt, while Chun made birdie.

The American was handed a $2000 fine for slow play during the final round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.

She went on to lose in a playoff that year to So-yeon Ryu. She played her last eight holes in five-over-par at last year's US Women's Open to miss out on a playoff by one, after agonisingly losing the ANA Inspiration in 2017 after receiving a controversial four stroke penalty during the final round. It's unknown if Choi and Chun were also handed fines.

As if yet another major heartbreak wasn't enough, Lexi Thompson was dealt a slow-play fine shortly after her round finished on Sunday.

The group was put on the clock with two holes left on Sunday, and Golfweek reported that Choi and Thompson were both told after their rounds that they were fined for slow play. The decision to put the final group on the clock at a major wasn’t one that sat well with Justin Thomas. Thompson was playing in the final group at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship alongside Hye-Jin Choi and In Gee Chun, who went on to win her third major title.

Lexi Thompson held a two-shot lead during the final round Sunday at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, but made four bogeys in a six-hole stretch at ...

Thompson tied for second place with U.S. Women’s Open winner Minjee Lee. Thompson’s father, Scott, confirmed the news to Golfweek Choi was not in the mix at the time and stumbled to a 76 and tied for fifth place with four others.

Lexi Thompson, who finished second on Sunday, is hardly alone among big names on the LPGA who haven't won a major in quite some time.

And yet, she has won eight times since then on the LPGA. Danielle Kang clipped Brooke Henderson at the 2017 KPMG Women’s PGA for her lone major title. But the KPMG Women's PGA loss at Congressional certainly ranks a solid third on Thompson's list of major heartbreaks. Here's a list of notables: Since winning her second major title in 2016, Ko has finished in the top 5 at majors on five occasions. Lexi Thompson's 57th major start will long be remembered as one of her most painful losses.

South Korea's Chun In-gee won the PGA Championship on -5, one ahead of the American Lexi Thompson at Congressional in Maryland.

Then she bogeyed the par-five 16th while Chun made birdie, leaving the two players tied with two holes remaining. Thompson was two strokes ahead of her after the front nine, but her putting problems were just beginning. The 27-year-old Floridian botched a par putt from a couple of feet on the 14th, but a birdie on 15 restored her lead to two.

A brutal Sunday at the KPMG Women's PGA didn't end for Lexi Thompson when the last putt dropped.

She finished one shot back of Chun in a share of second with Minjee Lee. Thompson was playing in the final group alongside Choi and eventual winner In Gee Chun. The group was put on the clock with two holes remaining Sunday. The last 30 minutes of coverage of Saturday’s round was bumped off of NBC to CNBC after the last group took 5 hours and 45 minutes to complete their round.