{"id":34437,"date":"2022-06-03T01:22:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T01:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lexi-thompson-has-found-thinking-less-about-golf-has-made-her-golf-better\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T01:22:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T01:22:07","slug":"lexi-thompson-has-found-thinking-less-about-golf-has-made-her-golf-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lexi-thompson-has-found-thinking-less-about-golf-has-made-her-golf-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Lexi Thompson has found thinking less about golf has made her golf better"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paolo UggettiESPN <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina – Lexi Thompson can’t open up a Band-Aid. On the 18th tee box in the middle of a humid, 95-degree day during the first round at the US Women’s Open, the sixth-ranked player in the world is going through a relatable problem: the back of her shoe is digging into her heel and the white glove on her left hand is not letting her get the relief she needs.<\/p>\n
Thompson laughs at herself. Her caddy di lei, Will Davidson, chuckles and helps her peel it off. It’s not the first or the last time the two share a moment of levity in the middle of her opening-round 68 at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club. By the time Thompson sinks a birdie putt on the final, eighth hole, her own smile her speaks volumes. The last time she finished a round at this tournament, she lost a 5-shot lead on the back nine and the chance to win her first US Women’s Open.<\/p>\n
“As far as last year, it’s over with,” Thompson said after the round. “I took it, I learned from it. … I know my game is in a good spot.”<\/p>\n
Over the past year, Thompson has found what works for her. She is devoting more time to her di lei interests di lei outside of golf, such as fitness, unplugging with her family and slowly realizing that better golf, for her, may mean having to think less about golf. Even while, well, playing golf.<\/p>\n