LPGA Tour Pro Kristy McPherson on overcoming juvenile arthritis and trusting in Jesus
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Kristy McPherson is an LPGA Tour Pro who has had 17 career top-10 finishes in her 19 year career. She played college golf at South Carolina University and earned seven victories in her four year college career. She was awarded the Honda Inspiration Award which is given to a collegiate athlete "who has overcome hardship and was able to return to play at the collegiate level."
Growing up, McPherson was diagnosed with Still's Disease at age 11 (juvenile idiopathic arthritis) and was confined mostly to bed and unable to walk for a year, she was told she would no longer be able to compete in any sport that required jumping or running. Kristy overcame that and in 2008, she recorded six top-10 finishes, and finished 47th on the official money list. In 2009, McPherson recorded a T-2 in a LPGA major, the Kraft Nabisco Championship, followed by a T-5 three months later at the next major, the LPGA Championship.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Kristy about overcoming Still's Disease, living for Jesus, being baptized, and her professional golf future.
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| 1:23.2 | This is Sports Spectrum, the intersection of sports and faith, where we bring Jesus back into the |
| 1:29.2 | conversation. Here's your host, Jason Romano. And welcome everyone to the show. I am Jason. This is |
| 1:35.6 | the Sports Spectrum podcast. I'm so glad that you're tuning in to our show, that you're checking in |
| 1:40.8 | with us today, to hear Christy McPherson's story. And it's a great one. It's coming up in just a second. First, if you want to email me, if you want to reach us here at Sports Spectrum, there's a couple ways to do it. Email is the best way. You can email me, Jason at Sportspectrum.com. That is my email address, Jason at Sportspectrum.com if you have a guest idea a show topic a |
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