“Bold Choice’ of Captain Stacy Lewis Shuts Down Critics: Lexi Thompson Does Wonders on Foreign Soil

The Solheim Cup has recently been an active part of every golf enthusiast’s conversations. And now that it is here, the golf world is on its edge, excited to see the events of the coveted battle unfold. The fun has just started, and Lexi Thompson is trying to prove her critics wrong.

The past few days, Thompson has handled the conversations around her career slump gracefully. Courtesy of her Rolex World Ranking, she earned a spot on the American squad but she had feared losing it.

Lexi Thompson gets a chance to redeem herself

So far, Team USA has had a strong start at Finca Cortesin. One of the pairings is Megan Khang and Lexi Thompson, and they are already 3 up through 4 holes. The duo is paired against European rookie pairing in foursomes — Linn Grant and Maja Stark.

A couple of days earlier, a reporter pointed out the format of the Solheim Cup and how Thompson plans to overcome her form-related difficulties concerning that. During the format in question, the players compete for each hole, either winning or losing the hole. The excess strokes of one hole do not impact the whole tournament, and it stands true for both group and single matches.

Lexi responded that the game format does nothing for the pressure building inside her. And her focus is on bringing out her best. US skipper Stacy Lewis appears to have a lot of faith in Lexi Thompson. Golfweek’s Beth Ann Nichols took to Twitter to announce, “Lexi Thompson is off in the first match, paired with Megan Khang in foursomes. Bold choice.”

It is, indeed, a “bold choice.” Many fans have commented about this decision. Let’s delve into that!

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Golf  world reacts to Stacy Lewis’ decision

Out of the total 28 matches played during the Solheim Cup, 8 foursomes and 8 fourball matches are conducted on Friday and Saturday. On the tournament’s final day (Sunday), 12 singles will be played. Talking about Lexi and Megan, the morning segment of the Solheim Cup today (Friday) will see 4 foursomes games, and the afternoon will host 4 four balls sessions.

Many golf enthusiasts had their opinions about the line-up. One of them did not focus on who is on the course, and rather missed their favorite player.

Another is a little concerned after watching Lexi Thompson practice her swings in the lead-up to the game.

Stacy Lewis definitely has some questions lined up for herself during the first interview after Day 1 concludes.

“Fried Egg Golf” ended up divulging a fairly detailed yet important thought about the two players gracing the Spanish soil.

This user has his eyes totally on the match as he takes to Twitter to report the “Early Momemtum”.

Quoting the legend, Arnold Palmer, a golf journalist looked impressed with Stacy Lewis’ call.

A counter to the earlier practice-tweet concerning Thompson is also present in the comment section.

Like many of these fans, are you also impressed with Stacy Lewis’ bold call? Which of these tweets do you most resonate with? Let us know in the comments section below!

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