Who is Lexi Thompson? 

Lexi Thompson is a female pro-golfer who competes on the LPGA and Ladies European Tour. She turned pro on June 16, 2010. At that time, she signed deals with Red Bull and Cobra-PUMA Golf. Her rookie year on the LPGA Tour was 2012. In a career spanning over a decade, Thompson has had many successful moments. Let us dive deeper to find out all about her illustrious career and her personal life. 

Lexi Thompson’s Early Life 

Alexis Noel Thompson was born on February 10, 1995, in Coral Springs, Florida. She showed an interest in golf at a very young age. Her brothers, Nicholas and Curtis, are also professional golfers who have appeared on the PGA Tour and the Korn Ferry Tour. Thompson was home-schooled and told an interviewer in September 2012 that she had graduated a "few months ago."

Lexi Thompson’s Family and Relationship

Lexi Thompson seems to share a good relationship with the entire family. There have been various instances in the past when her brothers and her father have caddied for her. Both of the LPGA star’s brothers are professional golfers. Curtis competes on the Korn Ferry Tour and earned his PGA Tour card in November 2023. Nicholas Thompson, the eldest of the three siblings, has competed on the PGA Tour and the Korn Ferry Tour while making 114/229 cuts. 

Lexi Thompson’s mother is a cancer survivor. She was diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2017. Her father is a businessperson. Not much is known about her love life, and it is believed that the golfer is presently single.

Lexi Thompson’s Net Worth in 2024

In her time on the LPGA Tour, Lexi Thomspon has earned $13,948,601 from competing. In 2022, as per Forbes, she became the highest-paid female athlete with $5.9 million. In 2024, as per Celebrity Net Worth, her net worth is estimated to be around $2 million. 

Lexi Thompson’s Amateur Career

Lexi Thompson’s startling amateur journey started in 2007. The major highlights of Thompson's amateur career are winning the Westfield Junior PGA Championship and becoming the youngest winner in Junior PGA Championship history. She also won the Aldila Junior Classic to become the second-youngest winner in the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA). She emerged victorious at the 2008 U.S. Girls Junior and represented the USA in the 2010 Curtis Cup. In 2010, Thompson played as an amateur for the first half of the year and turned pro after remaining undefeated in the Curtis Cup.

Lexi Thompson’s Pro Career 

Thompson kicked off her professional golf career on June 16, 2010. Initially, she had to rely on sponsor exemptions to compete in tournaments as she hadn't earned the status of an LPGA Tour member just yet. Her first sponsor's exemption came at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, where she missed the cut by four strokes.

That year, she competed in the qualifiers for the US Women's Open and made her place in the field for the major. She eventually finished T10 in the competition and collected her first-ever professional check. Just two weeks later, she finished T2 at the Evian Masters and surged to 75th place on the Women's World Golf Rankings.

Thompson also played on the Fuzian Tour as a pro. She won her first ever LPGA event, the Navistar LPGA Classic, in 2011, when she was just 16 years old. She then became the youngest female player to achieve this feat. Lydia Ko later broke this record. Later that year, she emerged as the winner at the Dubai Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour (LET). This victory made her the youngest professional winner on the LET circuit.

Thompson had petitioned the LPGA to waive the rule that LPGA members must be at least 18 years of age. She was successful and entered the 2011 LPGA Qualifying School for Tour membership in 2012. After her 2011 Navistar LPGA Classic win, she petitioned the Tour for membership based on her win. Her request was approved, and she became an LPGA Tour member in 2012.

Thomas has gone on to script eleven wins on the LPGA Tour. Her most recent triumph came at the ShopRite LPGA Classic on June 9, 2019. On the Ladies European Tour, she has won twice, and she has had two other victories, one of which came on the Japan Tour in 2016.

So far, Thompson has nabbed one major title. It came at the 2014 Chevron Championship (then Kraft Nabisco Championship) when she was just 19 years of age. She had beaten Michelle Wie West by three strokes to claim the prestigious title. The victory also helped her take home an incredible $300,000 in earnings!

Lexi Thompson’s Partnerships and Endorsements

Along with sensational career earnings of around $14 million, Lexi Thompson is also an entrepreneur and has her own brand, Lexi Skin. She presently has many partnership and endorsement deals with renowned and lucrative brands such as Bridgestone, Rolex, Volkswagen Group, Bentley, Cobra-PUMA Golf, RedBull, iCapitla, UKG, Rocket Mortgage, Velocity Global, DEX Imaging, Club Champion, LocaliQ, Life Fitness, and Accelerator Active Energy. For the 2024 season, she also signed with Maxfli and will play with Maxfli Tour Ball. 

Lexi Thompson’s US national team appearances

Lexi Thompson has made several appearances for her country, both as an amateur and a professional. Before going pro, she was part of victorious teams at the 2008 Junior Ryder Cup, 2009 Junior Solheim Cup, and 2010 Curtis Cup.

As a professional, she has been part of six Solheim Cup squads in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023. Out of these six times, Team USA won twice in 2015 and 2017.

She was also a member of the International Crown squad in 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2023.

Lexi Thompson’s Major Achievements and Awards

In 2007, Lexi Thompson won in a USGA qualifier to earn a spot in the field at the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open. At that time, she was just 12 years, four months, and one day old. She became the youngest-ever qualifier for the event, surpassing Morgan Pressel’s record. She held the record until 2014. 

In 2011, she won the Dubai Ladies Masters Championship on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Classic. Her wins made her the youngest winner in LET and LPGA Tour history at 16 years, 7 months, and 8 days old.

In 2017, she won the LPGA Vare Trophy and was also the top spot holder in the Race to CME Globe. 

In 2023, Lexi Thompson debuted on the PGA Tour and became the seventh woman in history to compete on the PGA Tour when she played in that year’s Shriners Open. She also won the Founders Award at the 2023 LPGA Rolex Awards. 

Lexi Thompson Social Causes

Though Lexi Thompson does not have a charity of her own, that does not stop her from engaging in philanthropic activities. In 2017, she quite literally took a plunge with the SEAL Legacy Foundation to form a new charitable partnership. As a result, she founded the “Lexi Legacy Challenge.” 

Thompson used to wear pink on Saturdays to reflect her long-time support of women's breast cancer, and after she partnered with the SEAL Legacy Foundation, she would wear blue camouflage on Sundays to reflect her support. Talking about her partnership to reflect the importance of SEALs, she said, “I am excited about the Legacy Challenge and hope to help raise money for SEALs and their families, but also to help raise awareness for all of those that have selflessly served in all branches of the US military.”

Lexi Thompson is also a part of Girls Golf, a combined program by the USGA and the LPGA Foundation. She serves as a national spokeswoman for LPGA*USGA Girls Golf and helps the organization spread #girlpower by representing one of the five Es: empower, enrich, engage, exercise, and energize.

Lexi Thompson’s Social Media Accounts

Lexi Thompson is active on social media, and often shares about a lot of things. Her social media handles where she can be reached are: