HOUSTON – Cristie Kerr expected the pain. She was determined to play Thursday in the U.S. Women's Open just six days after dislocating three ribs when her golf cart slammed into a pole in darkness.The surprise was when she broke down in tears after an even-par 71.Kerr took bogey on her opening hole at Cypress Creek when she anticipated pain in her chest, flinched on a sand wedge and chunked it.
She pressed on with two birdies, two bogeys and plenty of chances.The chest pain came from the accident. She can't remember if it hit the steering wheel early Friday morning last week at the Volunteers of America Classic outside Dallas.