Word: pressel
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...Morgan Pressel might have been a tennis player. It was in her genes. Her mother was a teaching pro, and her uncle is Aaron Krickstein, the Bollettieri Academy--bred kid who reached No. 6 in the world. But tennis is no longer the only sport affording women a nice living, and Pressel's decision to practice bunker shots over drop shots at age 8 is starting to pay off. She's currently third on the 2007 LPGA money list, with $432,833, after winning the Kraft Nabisco Championship this month, becoming the youngest woman, at 18, to take a golf...
...goods: the LPGA field is deep and young. Of the top 10 women on the 2007 LPGA money list, only two are older than 27; the remaining eight have an average age of 22. In addition to Pressel and grand dame Annika Sorenstam, today's talent includes a 21-year-old blond, blue-eyed beauty who just won her second major (Brittany Lincicome); a young Mexican (Lorena Ochoa) on the verge of dethroning longtime No. 1 Sorenstam; a teen phenom, now 20, with a penchant for pink (Paula Creamer); a Japanese rock star trailed by a swarm of photographers...
...kids on the tour, thoughts of retirement are worth a giggle. Pressel had other issues. The week after her big victory, she played poorly--Lincicome won the Ginn Open. But one bad week isn't going to set her back. "That girl is tougher than a nickel steak," says golf pro McNamara. And so is Boss Bivens. They are ready to tee up a new game...
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