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Dossier: Kris Tschetter
Posted: Tuesday April 18, 2000 04:23 PM
KRIS TSCHETTER
AGE: 35 DISTINCTION: In February became the 37th player to top $2 million in career earnings. BALLET IS A HOBBY: "I danced all through junior high and high school, then took it up again three years ago to get in better shape. When I'm home, I take classes with little girls. It's fun because they're so sweet to the old lady. Ballet helps my golf. I have to focus. I can't let a mistake fluster me." WHAT WAS BEN HOGAN LIKE?: "While I played at TCU, our family joined Shady Oaks, around 1984. At first everyone warned me not to speak to Mr. Hogan. But I'm from South Dakota [the family moved to Fort Worth when she was 19], where people are less guarded, and after a while I talked to him like I did to everybody else. He loved being treated like that, and he was just my friend. He had a playful streak. I would be hitting balls, and he'd drive by in his cart and throw me a Snickers bar and say, 'That's your lunch,' and drive off with a smile. Mr. Hogan would watch me hit balls and hardly say a word. I was nervous the first time, but after that I'd go into the dining room and ask him to come out. I played with him once, and it was the last time he ever played. It was on the back nine at Shady Oaks. He had trouble with depth perception because of his bad left eye, but he shot par from the back tees. He was still pretty long, and he hit a couple of amazing, low wedges that took one hop and stopped. He was very serious when he played, just like he was when he practiced. One day he was hitting drivers, and when we went out to pick up the balls, they were all in ON GAMBLING WITH CINDY FLOM: "My second or third year on tour, my dad said, 'Kris, you need to get tougher. Can you get in some money games?' I wondered if the veterans would let me in, but Dad said, 'You're 110th on the money list. They'll let you in.' I had heard Cindy gambled, so we started to play every Tuesday. We play for 25, 25 and 50, with automatic two-down presses and one-downs on 9 and ON HAVING HER HUSBAND AS HER SWING COACH AND CADDIE: "It has never been a problem. First, the changes we've worked on have made me 20 yards longer, and I have total trust in him as a teacher. Second, I love the weeks he caddies, but it's only about five or six times a year."
Issue date: April 24, 2000
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