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Lexi Thompson announces her retirement

Thompson will retire at the end of the year. The news was first shared by the USGA ahead of this week’s US Women’s Open, where Thompson, 29, will be making her 18th start in the championship.

Tiger Woods receives USGA’s Bob Jones Award

Woods joins fellow Jones winners Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Francis Ouimet, Mickey Wright, Patty Berg, Annika Sorenstam and US president George H.W. Bush.

Merion awarded a third future US Open

The USGA announced Merion will be on a 10-year cadence as US Open host, with the championship set to return in 2040 as well as 2030 and 2050.