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'I Lost A Ton Of Power, Nearly 20 MPH Ball Speed And Cried' - Alison Lee On The Cost Of Her Golf Comeback

Alison Lee.

American golfer Alison Lee made her highly anticipated return to elite competition at the recent Aramco China Championship at Mission Hills. Despite welcoming her son, Levi, only six months prior, Lee was back on the global stage, chasing her dream with a renewed sense of purpose and a deeper well of resilience.

“Levi is such a sweet baby,” she said, smiling. “I couldn’t say the same for the first three months, but now he’s six months, he’s a dream. He sleeps 12 hours, which changed my life. I was playing golf again, travelling again, living my dream and being a mum. It’s really rewarding.”Lee's return to competition, following an emergency C-section, was anything but easy. The physical toll had been immediate. “The first few days, I couldn’t walk,” she recalled. “

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