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Oh, so close LPGA's Kane trying to enter winner's circle
Posted: Friday December 17, 1999 12:24 AM
By Jim Huber, CNN/SI PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- If a smile can be your umbrella, as the old song proposed, Lorie Kane will likely be protected from the storms for all times. Though it is the remnant, most likely, of her days as a synchronized swimmer when she had to burst from the water grinning ear-to-ear, it has been some solace to her these first four seasons on the LPGA Tour. "I've had a great year, had a great number of years," she says. "The last three have been wonderful. The only thing that stands out is that I haven't won a golf tournament As she finishes this season and looks ahead to the next century, there is either a sense of hope or desperation for no one has come closer to winning the past few seasons, without. Her numbers are David Duvalish, before he finally learned how to win. She finished second eight times over the last three seasons with 25 top-10 finishes. In the last two years alone, she has finished in the top three 13 times. But not one victory yet and she allows it to prey on her mind.
"I use that for my benefit," Kane said. "Couple weeks ago when we played our tour championship in Vegas, I wanted to feel the way I felt at the JAL, the Big Apple Classic. I felt very confident there. I knew what I wanted to do. I played 77 holes with Sherry Steinhauer and she made a great 25-footer almost in the dark to win. I had chances and I think you need to use those experiences to help you." You wonder just how frustrating it gets, finishing so close and yet so far. "I buried that word a long time ago," Kane said. "I try not to dwell on the things that went wrong and really focus on the good things that happen. The eight tournaments that I finished second and the few I didn't come close enough, I look at those and think, 'Well, I can get better. If I keep improving, then I'll win.' And she gives herself every single opportunity to do so. Playing as much as anybody on tour the last two seasons. She has competed in 62 events, missing just one cut. Knowing it is simply a matter of time. "Well, I think it has to be," said Kane. "Either everybody's gonna stay home one week and I'm gonna have a chance or everything will fall into place. Amy Alcott told me when we were in Portland this year, she said, 'Lorie, your time will come. I have visions of you winning a tournament early in the New Year.' "I won't give up until, you know, I win a lot of golf tournaments."
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