After Lexi Thompson was penalised four strokes at the ANA Inspiration, golfers, journalists and celebrities took to social media to have their say
How Social Media Reacted To Lexi Thompson’s Four Stroke Penalty
Take a look at some of the tweets from golfers, journalists and celebrities after Lexi Thompson was penalised four strokes during the ANA Inspiration.
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Lexi was leading by two shots after 12 holes before being told that she was being penalised for incorrectly marking her ball on the 17th green the previous day.
She was penalised two shots for misplacing her ball and two strokes for then signing for a wrong score. It’s after a TV viewer got in touch with the LPGA.
Golf shooting itself in the foot again with Lexi ruling. TV viewers have no place in running of a tournament, and this was yesterday! Joke.
— Iain Carter (@iaincartergolf) April 3, 2017
Viewers at home should not be officials wearing stripes. Let's go @Lexi, win this thing anyway.
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) April 3, 2017
Who the F#*k is sitting at home zooming in on that stuff??
— Shane Lowry (@ShaneLowryGolf) April 3, 2017
You know all this rules confusion could have been averted if Lexi just mastered the art of marking and replacing the ball in the same spot.
— Lee Westwood (@WestwoodLee) April 3, 2017
Another rough day for the deep dark complex rules of golf. Simplification cannot come quick enough.
— Graeme McDowell (@Graeme_McDowell) April 3, 2017
👏👏👏@Lexi is SO CLASSY. Handled that with grace and fight. Career defining moment. https://t.co/CEzHlckCpE
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) April 3, 2017
A Lexi thought…does anyone think she would/could insist on not being penalised after being shown footage? Was pretty clear breach..#moveon
— John Huggan (@johnhuggan) April 3, 2017
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Today I witnessed @Lexi define the name of the tournament. Her class, grace, and guts were nothing short of being truly inspirational.
— Jerry Foltz (@JerryFoltzGC) April 3, 2017
Unbelievable. Such a shame for @Lexi. The guy eating cheetos at home shouldn't have a say in the outcome. https://t.co/zCxG8apLzH
— Smylie Kaufman (@SmylieKaufman10) April 3, 2017
Heartbreaking for @Lexi – a complete shambles and a robbed champion. Such a shame #ANAInspiration
— Anna Whiteley (@AnnaWhiteley) April 3, 2017
Such a bummer. Gutted for @Lexi. Played her heart out and fought back so hard.. She deserved the W!
— Justin Thomas (@JustinThomas34) April 3, 2017
This whole @Lexi rules debacle is so bad for golf. Just makes the establishment look like a bunch of over officious fools. #lpga
— Jimmy Roberts (@JimmyRobertsNBC) April 3, 2017
Come on @Lexi you can do it!!!!!
We really need to do something about people being able to call in. Especially days later 😥😡. Poor girl— Brittany Lincicome (@Brittany1golf) April 3, 2017
Finally on #LexiThompson – we want to attract people TO the game, not ward them off with this kind of circus. Thompson was class though btw.
— Georgie Bingham (@georgiebingham) April 3, 2017
All-around, this blows. If there's any silver lining, @Lexi Thompson made millions of new fans today with her unprecedented grit and heart.
— Stina Sternberg (@StinaSternberg) April 3, 2017