Lewis knows life as a pro is different than life in college

Lewis knows life as a pro is different than life in college

Lewis, 26, earned her can't-miss tag through a great career at the University of Arkansas. She won 12 college events, including the 2007 NCAA Division I individual championship. That same year she finished tied for fifth as an amateur at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. The next year she turned pro and immediately tied for third in the U.S. Women's Open. Lewis was medalist in the LPGA qualifying tournament that year.“I thought Tiger May Still Deny His Private Life coming off that (2008) Open it would be kind of instant success and I'd be rolling right along, but I kind of hit a rut a little bit at the end of my rookie year, and I was kind of lost,” said Lewis, who finally hit the winner's circle Sunday at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. “I was like, ‘What am I doing out here,' and didn't really know what to do.

”Lewis knows life as a pro is different than life in college, where she could rely on coaches and teammates.“It didn't help I was halfway across the world by myself playing in Japan and Korea and all that for the first time, and I wasn't playing good golf,” Lewis said. “And I didn't really have a coach at the time, so I didn't know what I was doing with my swing.”Lewis' parents encouraged her to surround herself with a good coach and a support team. Lewis found swing coach Joe Hallett and began making other changes to her approach.“I had missed three greens in 36 holes and missed the cut. So I knew I needed to do something else,” Lewis said. “My college coach, Shauna Estes-Taylor, she kind of told me about this aim point, which is a greens reading method, and she's like, ‘Let me just show you a little bit and just kind of get a general understanding.' So I learned the basics and I finished top 10 at Arkansas. And I was kind of like, maybe there's something to it.”