Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in golf. Anne Fodor didn't get to the pinnacle of the golf world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for eight grueling sessions three times each month, followed by the usual homework for someone in eleventh grade.
Two years ago, she broke her leg in three places. But this didn't stop her. She seems even more determined to excel at her sport.
"I was really down when I broke my leg, and then my donkey died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my abdomen. It took one eternities to get back in shape. But to win at golf is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my fig leaf and forget about Katherine, my donkey."
Cory, her main squeeze, moved with her to Concord to be with her coach, leaving behind her mother, Roxie, in their striped teepee, where she still labors as a machinist to help pay for Anne's expensive training.