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 Lee was eating at the Golden Arches when she kicked a chair and hurt one of her toes. When she looked down, she didn’t like what she saw. “I saw blood coming out,” she said. The timing couldn’t have been worse. Lee was days away from playing in the Junior World tournament, an event she won the past two years. A third consecutive victory would put the Valencia resident in elite company, since only Jan Kotoshirodo, Lorena Ochoa and Tiger Woods had gone back-to-back-to-back in the tournament’s 37-year history. Now, with her toe injured, it wouldn’t be an easy task. She could barely walk a golf course, let alone wear golf shoes. She also couldn’t make the same full swing that landed her a photo spread in Golf Digest two years ago and the title of “Best Little Swing in America.” With walking and swinging out of the question, she was limited to practicing her short game. It paid off with an even-par 62 during the first round. “I didn’t miss any short putts,” she said. After two more days of excellent play (including a 58), Lee, who wore open-toed golf sandals during the tournament, was in her familiar spot atop the leaderboard for the third consecutive year. Lee only started playing golf four years ago when her father, John, introduced her to the game. The family also drove to San Diego County five times this year to introduce Lee to the Welk Resort course in preparation for the tournament. “He concentrates too much on me to play,” Lee said about her dad, who now leaves his clubs at home so he can focus on his daughter’s game. Lee also gets instructional attention each week at the Tregnan Golf Academy in Los Angeles. “Alison is incredibly talented, hard working and a delight to have in class,” said Paula Olsen, Tregnan’s director of instruction. “Over the past four years Alison has developed into a true champion in every sense of the word. She is a role model for the other students here at the academy.” Lee also won her third consecutive U.S. Kids Southern California State Championship this year, which bodes well for a bright future in golf. “I want to go to college,” she said, noting that she regularly comes home with A’s on her report card. n |
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