Three players bid farewell to full-time competition on Sunday at the CME Group Tour Championship: Lexi Thompson, Ally Ewing and Marina Alex. While Thompson and Ewing made their announcements earlier in the season, only Alex’s close circle friends and family knew this would be final season.
Alex, a two-time winner on tour, closed with a 66 to finish tied for 12th while Ewing tied for 16th. A total of 12 players now have decided to step away from full-time competition after this season.
Brittany Lincicome’s announcement three weeks ago that 2024 will be her final full season on the LPGA is just the latest in a long list of players who have made similar decisions this year.
“Winning two majors – two school-teachers raising me to be a pro golfer – and to have eight wins is remarkable,” Lincicome told Golfweek.
There will be faces Lincicome will miss on tour, but the reality is many of her peers have already retired or play sparingly these days.
Here’s a list of players who formally announced their decisions to step away from full-time golf on the LPGA in 2024: