Lexi Thompson spoke at the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout on Tuesday and discussed her now infamous four-stroke penalty from the first major of the year at the ANA Inspiration earlier in April.

Thompson mis-replaced her ball on the green, moving it slightly askew of her ball marker and was assessed a penalty during the final round even though it took place in the third round. The reason the penalty was assessed so late in the week (she was given two strokes for the mis-replacement and two for signing an incorrect scorecard) was that a TV viewer emailed the tournament on Sunday. Thompson went on to lose in a playoff.

"Been an interesting three weeks," said Thompson. "It's been really hard on me, especially the first week back. A little less sleep than usual, but I've just been spending a lot of time with my family and friends and working out a bunch, and just taking time for myself just trying to regroup myself and get back to practicing a lot."

Thompson explained a few times that she has seen the video but did not intend to move her ball like the video showed. 

"Thought about tapping it in, but I was pretty mad after my first putt because I put a terrible stroke on it," explained Thompson. 

"So my dad always told me I've missed a lot of putts by just going up and tapping them in. I've stubbed a few and done all that. So let's just relax, mark the putt, this is a major championship, you don't need to go up and miss this little putt. So I went and marked it and just took my time, took my practice stroke and took a deep breath and made sure I made it.

"I have seen the video and I can see where they're coming from with it. It might have been, I guess, me rotating the ball. But like I said, I've always played by the Rules of Golf. Growing up with two older brothers, they were always on me for playing by the Rules of Golf. 

"There's no need for me to improve anything. Those greens were absolutely perfect and the whole week there was nothing in my line to be moving it from or anything. So I have no reason behind it. I did not mean it at all. 

"It was not my intention at all. I went up, marked it. Like I said, I did not want to go up and rush that putt.  And the way I mark my ball, I mark my ball with a dot and that's where I focus my eyes on where I want to make contact. So when I went to mark it, I just rotated my ball to line up my dot to where my putter would make contact."

Thompson broke down when she was asked what the most difficult part of the last month has been. 

"The hardest part, just going through it," she said before pausing for a long stretch.  

"You know, that's one of my favorite tournaments and it's always a dream of mine to just see myself jumping into Poppy's Pond. I mean, I've worked my whole life to have my name on major championship trophies, especially that one. 

"It's a very special week for me with all the history behind it and, you know, I played amazing that week. I don't think I've ever played any better. Just for that to happen, it was just -- it was kind of a nightmare. But it was still a very special week, it always is."

A new rule to help alleviate the power of TV viewers was put into place this week by the USGA and R&A, but Thompson said she has not studied it yet.