Emotionally, that is.
“Jenny Money,” as they call her in the LPGA ranks, can take a punch, so to speak. With golf so much more about losing than it is winning, it might be Feng’s greatest asset. As temperamentally even-keeled as she is good humored, Feng is built for the emotional rigors of tour life.
That’s what her longtime coach has come to admire about her.
“She is so mentally strong,” said Gary Gilchrist, who has taught Feng for 10 years, since she first came to his golf academy as a 17-year-old junior. “Absolutely, she’s one of the mentally strongest players in the game.