thompson held a two—shot lead in the tournament when she was told. she only found out with six holes to play, and the infringement happened a full 2a hours beforehand. she was left in tears when she was approached by a rules official. calling it ridiculous, she was handed a four—stroke penalty, losing her lead and eventually the title as well in a play—off. the decision hasn't gone down too well. finally, lexi thompson herself took to instagram a few hours ago, saying, "well, it was an emotional day here for me, first off i do want to say what i had done was 100% not intentional at all, i didn't realise i had done that." i played amazing today, probably the best i have played all week. i wasn't expecting that on whatever hole it was, i did not intentionally do that. so to the officials or whoever called in, that was not my purpose. i didn't realise i did that. but you know, ifought hard coming in, i didn't give up, i knew i could still win. but so many players played great, congratulations micro. rather understandably upset. the lpga have defende