PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Recently Mariah Stackhouse was flipping through some old photos, and she came across a few of herself playing golf when she was just a little kid.
And it dawned on her that even though she's making her debut as a professional in the Portland Classic, she'd been working toward this goal for a long time.
''Just looking at that span and knowing how much I've grown and how much has changed in my life, it's pretty - I guess 'special' is the word,'' she said, ''and I feel fortunate to have made it this far.