[Photo: Dylan Buell]
Lexi Thompson failed to qualify for the US Women’s Open earlier this month, missing the major for the first time since 2007. Now the 31-year-old also will be absent from the LPGA’s latest major, this week’s KPMG Women’s PGA at Hazeltine National in Minnesota, withdrawing late on Sunday (US time).
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The PGA of America did not cite a specific reason, but Thompson pulled out of the Meijer LPGA Classic last week due to hip pain. “It’s hard to put into words how disappointed I am to have had to withdraw from this week,” Thompson posted on Instagram regarding the Meijer event.
Lexi Thompson has withdrawn from the 2026 KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
Carolina Chacarra is now in the field. #KPMGWomensPGA pic.twitter.com/KkhInn2bNU
— KPMG Women's PGA Championship (@KPMGWomensPGA) June 22, 2026
The 11-time LPGA winner plays a limited schedule on our, having made just six starts so far in 2026. Her best finish of the year was at the LPGA’s first major, the Chevron Championship, in which she finished tied for 12th.
This would have been Thompson’s 16th straight start in the KPMG Women’s PGA. She has made the cut in the event every year other than her debut in 2011, with four top-10 showings. A year ago at PGA Frisco, she finished T-12.
