Regardless of not enjoying on this 12 months’s Solheim Cup, Jessica Korda has come to Lexi Thompson’s protection.
After Friday’s fourball spherical, by which Thompson and Lilia Vu misplaced to Leona Maguire and Georgia Corridor, Thompson and U.S. Captain Stacy Lewis obtained testy within the press convention.
Their frustrations arose from a query directed towards Thompson about her third shot on the par-5 18th.
With the match all-square, Thompson confronted a troublesome third shot subsequent to the 18th inexperienced. If she obtained up and down, she and Vu would possible tie Maguire and Corridor on the very least, thus incomes a half level for the Individuals.
However Thompson shanked it badly, hitting a shot that amateurs are possible used to seeing.
Afterwards, she didn’t need to focus on it.
“I don’t must touch upon the chip,” Thompson mentioned. “It was a foul lie, and I didn’t hit an excellent chip, but it surely was just about inconceivable.”
So, after seeing some hostile reactions to Thompson’s feedback on-line, Korda posted this on X, previously often known as Twitter:
So unhappy seeing golf media , but once more, shred Lexi. It’s straightforward writing about different folks’s errors. It’s
Golf, dangerous photographs happen- give the lady a break. She grows the sport greater than anybody on tour… And she or he’s a terrific participant!!— Jessica Korda (@Thejessicakorda) September 23, 2023
“So unhappy seeing golf media, but once more, shred Lexi,” Korda wrote. “It’s straightforward writing about different folks’s errors. It’s Golf; dangerous photographs happen- give the lady a break. She grows the sport greater than anybody on tour… And she or he’s a terrific participant!!”
She then added one other publish: “And earlier than somebody can come after me for this – remark for those who’ve performed below this sort of stress. A shot like that makes your coronary heart sink into your abdomen. Put your self in these footwear. Dwell in entrance of hundreds. [Let me know] the way you’d really feel.”
Certainly, Thompson felt large stress. She is enjoying for her crew, her captains, and her nation.
But, reporters have jobs to do, too. They’ve the appropriate to ask about what occurred on 18, because it proved to be probably the most pivotal level of the competitors on Friday.
Kudos to Korda for defending her pal and former Solheim Cup teammate. However once more, Thompson and Lewis should face the music and reply that query instantly.
Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By means of. You’ll be able to observe him on Twitter @jack_milko for extra golf protection. Make sure you take a look at @_PlayingThrough too.
