‘Want All My Children To Continue With What Their Dreams’: Despite Battling Chronic Cancer, Judy Thompson Spoke Inspiring Words for Lexi Thompson and Her 2 Siblings

2017 was not an easy year for Lexi Thompson. She lost a chance to win her second major title at the ANA Inspiration (the Chevron Championship) in April after being assessed a four-shot penalty mid-round for an infringement she had committed a day before. And a couple of months later, her mother, Judy Thompson, was diagnosed with uterine cancer.


It was more than tough for Lexi to watch her mother go through such pain. 

However, the determination of Judy Thompson to not let her children give up their career path due to her illness helped the golfer to play again. 

What did Judy say?

“I want all my children to continue with what their dreams are,” the LPGA player’s mother said while attending her daughter’s event at the US Women’s Open in July, a month after her operation. “Life can’t stop,” she added. 

Judy Thompson was previously diagnosed with Breast Cancer.

It was not the first time Judy Thompson was diagnosed with cancer. She had breast cancer 11 years before she got uterine cancer. The medical process would have made 1-time major champion’s mother wait another couple months after the diagnosis before getting treatment.



When another LPGA Tour player became the guardian angel of the mother of Lexi Thompson.

With the help of another LPGA player, Morgan Pressel, she got the treatment and could remove the cancer in only a week. Notably, Pressel lost her mother to breast cancer when she was only 15 and had started a foundation to raise awareness and money to fight it. Although she was battling a chronic disease, Judy Thomspon didn’t want Thompson and her siblings to not focus on their careers. 



How many siblings does the LPGA player have? 

Lexi Thompson, the 11-time LPGA Tour champion, is the youngest among the three children of Judy and Scott Thompson. She has two brothers, Nicholas and Curtis Thompson, all of them professional golfers. 

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