Lexi Thompson responded to slow play criticism at the U.S. Women's Open, clarifying her stance as LPGA pace-of-play issues persisted.

Lexi Thompson gets plenty of attention whenever she plays but it was all amplified last week as she was grouped with Nelly Korda and Charley Hull.

As Carol Semple Thompson sat on a couch inside Oakmont Country Club overlooking the ninth green, she reminisced about the game she’s loved her entire life. She was never in it for the green — she was in it for the greens.