Paula Creamer Could Have Been a Cheerleader
As a toddler, Paula Creamer loved to tumble down fairways instead of hitting and chasing little white golf balls. Gymnastics and acrobatic dance, naturally, became her sports of choice.
Shortly after blowing out 10 candles on her birthday cake, however, the golf bug bit. Two years later, she was forced to choose between golf and cheerleading (and by extension, gymnastics) because the practice schedules at her school overlapped.
“My dad asked me if I wanted to cheer for other people or have people cheer for me,” Creamer says.
Golf won out. By her 13th birthday she was the top-ranked girl golfer in California and eventually won 19 national amateur titles. By 18 she was in the winner’s circle on the LPGA tour.
Now 21 and coming off a season in which she was one of three players to win multiple tournaments, Creamer is the promising face of a red, white and blue group of young, likeable and attractive players who are winning tournaments and generating buzz.
by Steve Demeglio(USA Today)
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