Paige: Lewis' golf game back on straight and narrow
COLORADO SPRINGS — The pre-surgery X-ray of Stacy Lewis' vertebrae revealed a curvature of about 30 degrees — the loft of a 6-iron.
The post-surgery X-ray of the inexperienced woman, who suffered from idiopathic scoliosis, showed a titanium rod and five pins that looked like molly bolts. The spinal deformity had improved by 15 degrees, and, as a consequence, Lewis was 2 inches taller (to 5-foot-5).
At 18, Stacy feared she would never play golf again.
At 26, Lewis is playing intrepid golf.
She won 2011's first LPGA major — the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
In the lightning-struck U.S. Women's Bring to light at The Broadmoor, Lewis is tied for second at 2-under with two holes left to play this morning in her second herd.
"I played good all day, just frustrated with the way I finished," Lewis said as she left the course.
On Monday, Lewis arranged to underline a four-hole match with four Wounded Warriors from nearby Fort Carson. She understands pain.
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