Emotional Lexi fights back tears after Evian missed cut

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Lexi Thompson lined up her final putt through tears Friday at the Evian Championship.

After stubbing a chip that barely traveled 6 inches at the 18th hole and making bogey, she signed for a 4-over-par 75 to miss her second cut in three starts.

She wiped away more tears standing next to her caddie as fellow competitors putted out.

It was Thompson’s first missed cut in a major in five years, since she failed to make the weekend playing at the Ricoh Women’s British Open at St. Andrews.

It was a troubling closing scene at Evian for the highest ranked American in the Rolex Women’s World Rankings, coming in the wake of the heartfelt manner in which she publicly shared her reasons for…