DALY CITY, Calif. – It isn’t as if Suzann Pettersen turned into the LPGA’s version of Greta Garbo.
It isn’t as if she became a recluse with the birth of her first child, Herman Alexander, nine months ago, but she has virtually disappeared from tour life for a year-and-a-half now. She has disappeared from the fabric of tournament life in a way that has left fellow tour pros uncertain what her future holds in the game.
She’s a tour mystery.
Nobody here at the Mediheal Championship is quite sure what Pettersen’s plans are, where her career is headed, whether she is so devoted to her new life as a mom that she’s content to become a part-time player and give up some of the lofty aspirations she once coveted, or whether there’s an epic comeback quietly in the making.