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Counting on the money list
Leta Lindley, 28, is in her sixth season on the LPGA Tour. She had her best year in 1999 with a tie for second, as well as four other top 10 finishes. In 1997, she finished second at the LPGA Championship, losing to Chris Johnson on the second hold of a sudden-death playoff. She was a four-time All-American at the University of Arizona and set an NCAA record for lowest 54-hole score (nine under par). Check out Lindley's diary each Wednesday on CNNSI.com.
October 17,
2000
It has been nice having some time off. It has been very windy here, but I'm hoping, since I've been playing in the wind a fair bit, that I'll never be afraid of playing in blustery conditions again. I've been practicing a lot and I played a couple times last week. I'll play more this week as I prepare for Korea and Japan.
I leave on Sunday, Oct. 22, for Korea. The tournament there is not on the LPGA schedule, so it's not official money, but it will be a good warmup for the following week's tournament in Japan, which is an official event. I think it will help to have been over there for a week, with the time change, and to have played competitively, which others won't have done for awhile. I'm looking forward to it. I've never been there before, so that is exciting. I hired Jon Yarbrough, who worked for me in Sacramento this year. He'll be caddying for me in Korea and Japan. I feel like Matt and I had a really big breakthrough last week. Of course, it was a simple thing. Matt picked up on the fact that I was putting most of my weight on my heels instead of evenly distributing it across my feet. I've been sort of sitting down in my stance, with my weight on my backside -- which you don't really want beecause it pulls your swing inside -- even though I was fighting through it and forcing the motion. Picking up on that has made a big difference. I played a Pro-Am in Las Vegas earlier this week, and I didn't hook one shot! I didn't even feel like I was going to hook one, which was a really good feeling. The simple things can make such a difference in your golf swing. You have to build from a good foundation, and sometimes you have to go back and make sure you're on track with your basics. I think that's a good lesson for everyone to remember. Even pros have to go back to the basics. So, about this Pro-Am. It was VH1's "Save the Music" Pro-Am and it was really fun. I was sitting on the bus, talking to Bret Michaels, the lead singer from Poison, and then the members of Smash Mouth walked by. You would just be walking along, and there would go Dweezil Zappa and Will Smith and Lisa Loeb, all these people you see on TV. But then you talk to them and realize they are normal people. I got to play with Jane Seymour and her husband, James Keach. I'm a big fan of hers so that was a lot of fun. I also went to a Hootie and the Blowfish concert. It was a very different kind of event; there was a real kicked-back atmosphere. It's also nice because saving music programs in schools a neat cause. It was a welcome break. So, I'm off to Korea in a few days and then to Japan. This should be interesting. Japan is the last event of the year, and I need to stay in the top 30 of the money list -- I'm No. 30 right now -- to get to play in the Tour Championship. That has been a pretty big goal for me, so keep your fingers crossed.
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Leta
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