‘Miss You Mimi’: LPGA Star Gets Nostalgic As Fan’s Heartwarming Gesture Makes Lexi Thompson Remember Her Late Grandmother

Lexi Thompson might be a competitive golfer, but she has a soft spot for her family in her heart. The 28-year-old is close to her mother, Judy, who has been through several medical scares before.

Yet one of Thompson’s biggest fans is no more. The LPGA star’s late grandmother, Dorothy Fischi, also affectionately called Mimi, passed away due to natural causes last year. While the golfer grieves her death to this day, she was recently delighted with a frame by one of her fans on the course.

Lexi Thompson shares a heartfelt gift from a dear fan

After taking a longer break than usual to start her proceedings in the brand-new season, Thompson hasn’t hit the ground running. She is currently participating in the Cognizant Founders Cup. Following a score of two-under-par, she’s currently sharing the 25th spot on the leaderboard.

But, despite a poor start, there was a little surprise in store for her at the event. Presumably, during her play on the course, the star golfer was handed a wonderful gift from an enthusiast. The thoughtful memento was a framed picture of Thompson, her mother, Judy, and her late Mimi.

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The 28-year-old was clearly elated after receiving the unexpected present. She posted the frame pictured on her Instagram story, alongside the story behind her gift. “A fan/volunteer just gave this to me,” she wrote, and then paid homage and expressed her heartfelt love for her late grandmother, “Miss you Mimi.”

Did Lexi Thompson’s beloved mother fight twin battles with cancer?

Thompson’s mother, Judy, was a regular spectator at her daughter’s games. Unfortunately, she was forced to take a break from the course after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Though she successfully overcame the life-threatening disease, the subsequent medicines for her cure included Tamoxifen, which resulted in the birth of uterine cancer in her body.

The symptoms began occurring eleven years later, after her daughter’s record-breaking victory at the 2017 Kingsmill Championship. She underwent radiation therapy with Lexi by her side, and soon enough, by the end of the year, she was cancer-free again.

It seems like not going down without a fight is something Thompson perhaps learns from her mother. After all, she too never quits on the course!

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