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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Amy Tennery

American golfer Danielle Kang reveals she is competing in US Women’s Open with ‘tumour in her spine’

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American Danielle Kang finished just above the cut line Friday at the U.S. Women’s Open but said she was pleased just to be playing after it was revealed that she is competing in the golf major with a tumor in her spine.

Kang’s brother, Alex, posted a video of the six-times LPGA Tour winner from Southern Pines, North Carolina, to Instagram this week with the caption “only person I know to be playing with a tumor in her spine ... So determined.”

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