Angela Stanford likes to put her trust in caddies
American Angela Stanford had a solid finish at the Navistar LPGA Classic 2012, but she will need to play with more consistency if she wants to win another Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tournament
after her stunning triumph at HSBC Women’s Champions 2012.
Stanford may have crafted a solid professional career thanks to resilience and hard work, but she likes to give credit of her success to her caddies. Having had lots of caddy changes this season, the American
star has taken on board her old bagman, Dan, and she is clearly thrilled about that.
Sharing her thoughts at the end of the third round of Navistar LPGA Classic 2012 on Saturday, Stanford said that changing caddies is not unusual, and she has also done the same. She pointed out that she has
been very lucky as her caddies have played a pivotal role not just in golf, but her personal life as well.
“You know, I've always said you need different caddies in different parts of your career. You know, my caddie that I had right before Dan, he was great for me,” the American star said.
“The thing that Dan does is there's just a calmness about him, and I think the world of Dan as a person because the things that he's gone through in his life. He's just a tremendous Christian. I mean, it's
just good for me to have somebody there that he just has a calmness about him and he's a very positive person”.
Stanford had also attributed her solid performance at the HSBC Women’s Champions 2012 to her previous caddie, Brian. She said that her bagman had been with her every step of the way while she was slugging it
out on the course.
Stanford fired a 67 on Thursday at Navistar LPGA Classic 2012, played Prattville, Alabama, to stay ahead of most of her archrivals. She moved into the next rounds with a more solid approach and kept ramping
up trouble on other contenders by making solid shots on the fairways and greens.
Having grabbed the third position along with South Korean M.J. Hur and Haeji Kang, the LPGA titan has come out to stand next to popular players like current world number one Yani Tseng, Stacy Lewis of the United
States and world number three Na Yeon Choi of South Korea.
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