There's nothing typical about Lexi Thompson
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Lexi Thompson -- upstanding your typical 16-year-old girl next door with an LPGA triumph, a lucrative endorsement contract and, some people say, the future of American women's golf resting on her shoulders -- is pleading her occurrence.
With genuine sincerity, Thompson proclaims affection for all things that fill out a 16-year-old a 16-year-old. Insatiable thirst for music, texting and Facebook? Check. Sleepovers with friends at which bit of skirt talk touches all mandatory subjects -- boys, sports, movies, clothes, shopping and boys -- and lingers hunger into the night? Check.
There's even her occasional groundings. "Yeah, I've had my phone enchanted away," Thompson said with a giggle before refusing to divulge the infraction. "Facebook, too."
And don't think of chores.
"I do laundry for my mom when she's at work," Thompson said. "I empty the dishwasher. Anything. If my mom calls me up and tells me to do something, I'll do it."
She produces an admirable falling-out. If all evidence were not to the contrary, the effort might be enough to suggest the youngest of Scott and Judy Thompson's three children could be precisely another typical mall-exploring teen in the South Florida community of Coral Springs.
Source: ESPN