Big Momma

[TourSpoon]

I was on the range the other day and former LPGA superstar JoAnne Carner takes the station next to me. She is 70 years old and was hitting a wedge about 60 yards just nipping it perfectly with incredible tempo.

She tees off the first and stripes it down the middle from the whites. I see her a few holes later on a par 5 and she is about 60 yards out and pulls out that same wedge and hits it just under the hole for an uphill putt. I was amazed at her ability to hit it so pure.

Anyway, I go home and look her up and see that she has 43 LPGA victories with 2 US Opens and 5 US Amateurs. Her last event that she made the cut in was the 2004 Chik-Fil-A at age 64. Let me tell you that even at 70, Big Momma can still play.

[JWL1957]

Some of the younger guys on here should look her up to see what a TRUE professional golfer should be like. Big Momma was the LPGA for quite a few years. There were other ladies that won more........ but none loved like Big Momma. Her personality was second to none. She was worth going to a tourney just to see her on the practice range, constanly yapping at the spectators and cutting up with everyone.

I'll never forget her telling the spectators one day at the "Boston Five Classic" that she hated early tee times because it took her about 6-7 cups of coffee to get her heart pumping before teeing off. She was alot of fun to watch.