Julia Lopez Ramirez has had an eventful rookie season thus far. One of the longest players on tour – she led the tour tour in driving distance earlier this year at 287.25 yards – is hitting it a bit shorter after undergoing an emergency appendectomy.
The Spaniard thought she'd contracted food poisoning while playing in China last month because the pain came on immediately after dinner. She played the first two rounds in considerable pain and, looking back, was grateful to miss the cut.
When Lopez Ramirez returned home, she immediately went to the doctor and had surgery the same day.