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LONDON — The golfer Danielle Kang has a small tattoo on her right index finger to remind her of her parents’ advice to be herself. “Just be,” it reads. But those words took on added meaning after the coronavirus crisis shut down the L.P.G.A. Tour in February, and Kang found herself atop a receding wave.
At the time the schedule was suspended, Kang, 27, had recorded four top-three finishes, including a victory, in her previous five starts. She was No. 4 in the world, as near as she had ever been to the women’s world No.