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Lexi Thompson’s Management Team Clarifies Her Social Media Hiatus

Last week, Lexi Thompson took to her Instagram account to announce that she was stepping away from social media for the foreseeable future. Her reasoning stemmed from the “hurtful things being said to me lately”.

At the time, it was believed that the hurtful things being said were a result of this picture of Thompson posted on the golf course with President Donald Trump and Rush Limbaugh:

Well, despite that being the popular narrative amongst the media, Lexi’s management team took to social media to clarify the reasoning for her social media break, stating that it had nothing to do with who Thompson plays golf with.

Thompson is competing in this week’s LPGA Mediheal Championship in California.

Dan Hauser

Dan is the co-founder of The Stiff Shaft and the website's Senior Writer. A South Florida native, Dan has been covering golf since 2013 and playing it his entire life. He is still waiting for his first hole-in-one.