Nothing dampens the mood of a victory celebration like someone getting hurt. To illustrate, look no further than this past weekend's Kraft Nabisco LPGA tournament. Devil Ball Golf's Shane Bacon provides the details:
According to ESPN, Amy Alcott began the tradition of jumping into the pond to celebrate the tournament victory in 1988. We'll have to wait until next year to find out if Carol Lewis' accident ends this tradition.
Stacy Lewis' mom breaks leg during Nabisco celebration [Devil Ball Golf]
One of the best traditions in golf always comes at the first LPGA major of the year, when the winner, and anyone she invites, takes a leap into Poppie's Pond surrounding the 18th green at the Dinah Shore Tournament course.
On Sunday, after Stacy Lewis put the finishing touches on her first LPGA win ever, The Golf Channel caught her inviting people over to jump in the pond with her. As the cameras closed in, Lewis instinctively told her group, that included caddie Travis Wilson, sister Janet, mother Carol and dad Dale, to jump out far, because the first part of the lake is shallow.
[Devil Ball Golf has a great picture of Stacy Lewis and her group in the air about to hit the water.] Sadly, the instructions didn't help Carol, who broke her fibula.
According to ESPN, Amy Alcott began the tradition of jumping into the pond to celebrate the tournament victory in 1988. We'll have to wait until next year to find out if Carol Lewis' accident ends this tradition.
Stacy Lewis' mom breaks leg during Nabisco celebration [Devil Ball Golf]
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