A brutal Sunday at the KPMG Women’s PGA didn’t end for Lexi Thompson when the last putt dropped.
Coming off the last hole at Congressional Country Club, Thompson and Hye-Jin Choi were informed by LPGA officials that they’d been fined for slow play. Thompson’s father, Scott, confirmed to Golfweek that the fine was $2,000.
Thompson was playing in the final group alongside Choi and eventual winner In Gee Chun. The group was put on the clock with two holes remaining Sunday.
The last 30 minutes of coverage of Saturday’s round was bumped off of NBC to CNBC after the last group took 5 hours and 45 minutes to complete their round.
Thompson squandered a two-stroke lead with three holes to play at Congressional, extending a victory drought that dates back to 2019. She finished one shot back of Chun in a share of second with Minjee Lee.
Two-time PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas weighed in on Twitter when he heard the final group had been put on the clock.
I’m all for helping slow play, but putting those ladies on the clock with 2 holes left trying to win a major seems like a good read the room situation and don’t put them on the clock 🤷🏽♂️
— Justin Thomas (@JustinThomas34) June 26, 2022
Article originally appeared on: Golfweek.usatoday.com
That is bull shit in its purest form, to fine to players that are playing for a championship no wonder coming down the stretch many players have that in their mind and can’t concentrate on there game, leave them alone and let them play
well if Lexi was fined 2,000 the u.s seniors final P.HARRINGINGTON should be fined double for slow play.they were 2 1/2 holes behind not one word was said,not fair U.S.G.A should look into that.