Born: February 10, 1995, in Coral Springs, Fla.
Nickname: Lexi, short for Alexis
Alexis Thompson pictures
LPGA Wins:
Significant Amateur Wins:
- 4-0-1 record at 2010 Curtis Cup
- 2009 Junior PGA Championship
- 2009 South Atlantic Ladies Amateur
- 2008 U.S. Girls Junior Amateur Championship
- 2007 Junior PGA Championship
Trivia:
- One of Alexis Thompson's brothers, Nicholas, is a professional golfer who has won on the Nationwide Tour and is a member of the PGA Tour.
- In 2007, Thompson set a record as the youngest-ever qualifier to play in the U.S. Women's Open. She was 12 years, four months and one day old when she made it through qualifying.
- Thompson is by two years the youngest-ever winner on the LPGA, claiming the 2011 Navistar LPGA Classic at the age of 16.
About Alexis Thompson:
She turned pro at age 15. She wons on the LPGA Tour at age 16.
Thompson was born in Florida into a family that loves golf. One older brother was a successful junior golfer. And another older brother - Nicholas, who is 12 years Alexis' senior - is a PGA Tour member who has won on the Nationwide Tour.
Thompson, tomboyish as a youngster and tall for her age, grew up in that competitive golf environment. And that competitiveness tranferred into competition and into full bloom in 2007. That year, Lexi survived a USGA qualifier to earn a spot in the field at the 2007 U.S. Women's Open. She was only 12 years, four months and one day old when she qualified, becoming the youngest-ever qualifier - beating a record previously held by Morgan Pressel.
Also in 2007, Thompson won the Aldila Junior Classic, an American Junior Golf Association tournament, becoming the second-youngest AJGA winner ever. And she won the Junior PGA Championship, becoming that event's youngest-ever winner.
In 2008, Thompson played in her second U.S. Women's Open (missing the cut, as she did in 2007), and won her only USGA championship, the U.S. Girls Junior Amateur. She is the second-youngest winner of that tournament (only Aree Song was younger).
In 2009, Thompson won the prestigious South Atlantic Ladies Amateur). She finished 21st, tied for low amateur, at the LPGA major Kraft Nabisco Championship, after receiving a special invitation to play. And she made the cut for the first time at the U.S. Women's Open, finishing 34th.
She played on the American team in the 2010 Curtis Cup, going 4-0-1. Afterward, on June 16, 2010, she announced she was turning pro.
Not much later, Thompson finished runner-up at the 2010 Evian Masters, her best finish so far as a pro.
Late in 2010, Thompson petitioned the LPGA for extra playing opportunities. Although the LPGA denied the request, the tour did waive its 18-year-old minimum-age required to allow Thompson to enter the 2011 LPGA Q-School tournament.
In 2011, Thompson won the Navistar LPGA Classic, becoming the youngest winner in LPGA history.
