How Social Media Reacted To Lexi Thompson's Four Stroke Penalty
After Lexi Thompson was penalised four strokes at the ANA Inspiration, golfers, journalists and celebrities took to social media to have their say
After Lexi Thompson was penalised four strokes at the ANA Inspiration, golfers, journalists and celebrities took to social media to have their say
How Social Media Reacted To Lexi Thompson's Four Stroke Penalty
Take a look at some of the tweets from golfers, journalists and celebrities after Lexi Thompson was penalised four strokes during the ANA Inspiration.
Related: Lexi Thompson penalised four strokes to lose major
Lexi was leading by two shots after 12 holes before being told that she was being penalised for incorrectly marking her ball on the 17th green the previous day.
She was penalised two shots for misplacing her ball and two strokes for then signing for a wrong score. It's after a TV viewer got in touch with the LPGA.
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
Elliott is currently playing:
Driver: Titleist TSR4
3 wood: Titleist TSi2
Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1
Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Ball: Srixon Z Star XV
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