Kerr had a determined look on her face on the first tee. While her fellow-competitors have struggled with the heavy rough and small greens of the extended Locust Hill CC course this week, she has sailed through and built the biggest 54-hole cushion in LPGA Championship history. But she isn't accepting any victories until the last putt falls this afternoon. And there are other records within Kerr's reach today: the largest victory margin in LPGA major championship history is 14 strokes, set by Louise Suggs at the 1949 U.S. Open. The biggest victory margin at the LPGA Championship came courtesy of Betsy King in 1992: 11 strokes, well within striking distance for Kerr.
"It's very important [to me to get my name in the record books]," Kerr said Saturday. "One of the ways that we are going to get more American girls playing golf and out on tour is to have an American winning. I'm fine with carrying that burden. It doesn't bother me. That's how I got involved with the game. I was watching Patty Sheehan, Juli Inkster, Nancy Lopez, Beth Daniel, all of the greats winning tournaments, and that's what inspired me to get into golf. If there wasn't TV, and I didn't watch them on TV, I would never be sitting here."
You heard the woman. If you want your daughter to see an American winning a major, plop her in front of the TV and tune it to Golf Channel around 4 o'clock ET this afternoon.
--Stina Sternberg
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