Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, July 23, 1994 TAG: 9407230020
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LAKE ORION, MICH. LENGTH: Medium
Still, she was all smiles after her second-round 72 at the U.S. Women's Open at the Indianwood Golf and Country Club. At 3-under 139, Andrews is seven strokes behind leader Helen Alfredsson.
"I feel like I'm still right in there," the fourth-year pro said.
Andrews, who grew up in Lynchburg and now resides in Pinehurst, N.C., started with three birdies, making putts of 6, 20 and 5 feet, to get to 7-under, one behind Alfredsson. She was two behind heading into No. 9, when her day suddenly took a sour turn.
She shanked a 5-wood off the tee at the 339-yard hole, the ball going out of bounds to the right. Her next shot came up short in a bunker, and a bad pitch and two putts gave her a triple bogey 7.
An old stress fracture on the vertebra, she said, had picked a bad time to reintroduce itself. She'd gone from two back to five back.
"I've had back problems on and off for a couple of years and it was really bad this morning," she said. "It usually causes me one bad shot a round and the tee shot on No. 9 was it today. When I turned behind the ball, I kind of got stuck and couldn't get through the ball.
"My reaction after the triple was that I was still even at 35, same as I was Thursday, [when she shot 67]," she said. "I just had to go out and make some birdies like I did the day before.
"I wasn't going to let one bad shot ruin me."
She finished with a 37 on the back despite more aggravation on No. 17. Just as she was about to putt, a photographer distracted her by clicking his camera.
Despite the pain and frustration, Andrews says she isn't finished.
"I know I can win with this back pain," said Andrews, who has three wins this year and is third on the money list with $351,702. "I just have to put aside the pain and swing."
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