"I want to be able to travel and not play golf" - Lexi Thompson details her plans after retirement, including launching her own fitness app
Lexi Thompson shocked the world by announcing earlier this year that she plans to retire when this season ends. As time marches on, she's not walking back her decision. In fact, she's a little excited about the ability to live life without being a professional golfer.
Thompson said (via Bunkered):
“I’m very content with my decision. I think that’s what will make me happiest inside.”
She said that there was overall a little less weight on her shoulders since she made the announcement as it had been weighing on her mind for years. No one else knew, but she had been thinking about this decision for a long time.
Thompson added:
“All of us players, we have our own battles. Everybody does. Everybody has their things they go through and how they deal with them. But everybody deserves to do whatever makes them the happiest."
Now, with a weight off her shoulders, Thompson is free to enjoy things a little more:
“I’m just trying to come out here, sign all the autographs, embrace the fans, and really appreciate them and the sponsors and just be lucky that we’re out here.”
Her post-career plans include launching a new fitness app:
“I’m launching my Lexi Fitness app in the next few weeks. That’ll be up and going very soon, and then next year I want to travel. I want to be able to travel and not play golf."
She said she's "definitely" looking forward to being a tourist and not an athlete when she travels. With her 30th birthday on the horizon, she also said that she plans to get married and settle down with a family. That's Lexi Thompson's "number one" priority.
Lexi Thompson addresses second Major dreams
Lexi Thompson doesn't have much golf left. Every tournament she plays this year is, in principle, her last chance to win it. With the final Major, the AIG Women's Open at St. Andrews, on the immediate horizon, it's her last shot at adding a second Major to her resume.
She said (via Bunkered):
“It would mean the world to me. At the home of golf? It doesn’t get much better than that. But there’s so much golf to be played, and weeks like this you just have to stay in the moment and take one shot at a time, be patient, know there will be bad breaks or some bad shots."
Thompson says that she needs to just get through those struggles with a positive attitude because there's still a lot of golf to be played against a lot of very good players, so she'll just have to see how she fares against Nelly Korda and the rest of the world's best.