[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I feel really bad about what happened to Lexi Thompson, but I don't believe that the tournament committee had any option other then to do what they did. All players and all penalties must be treat equally in order to protect the field. Once a player is allowed to replace a ball an eighth of an inch out of position then a player will claim that a half inch out is only a bit more. At what point do they declare it to be a penalty.

I hope that Lexi gets over this because it could really damage her career if she allows it to affect her.

One thing that she could do is to make light of it and capitalize on a great marketing opportunity. She should license and sell the Lexi Thompson official ball marker. She'd make a bit of money and maybe help herself through this tough time.