European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Doily Magazine this in t an easy profession. Golfer Nancy Lopez making it in my mind i feel i can win any tournament i  by Jim Cou United press International n Ancy Lopez the Bright new face on Theus. Women s professional Golf tour Wear san Eye catching engagement ring she received last nov. 22.the wedding is a Long Way off though tentatively planned for sept. 15, 1979. But even Lopez in t sure about that  Fiance is Ron Benedetti. 22, an Asphalt company Salesman in Houston whom she met while they were Stu dents at the University of Tulsa. Benedetti was a Pitcher on the school s baseball team and a Good one but did get drafted. Lopez of course was a Star Amateur golfer. Personable and outgoing the Brilliant Lyga Rookie makes in Clear she wants to get married and Start her family As quickly As possible but that won t be possible Bill she s established herself on the women s tour. She Las made a spectacular Start finishing first or second in five of her first 10 Lyga  is very understanding about my career. He knows How much it Means to me to be out Here playing Golf right now. Ron says hell Wail As Long As i  we do get married i know i la want to spend More time at Home. I definitely want to Start my family before i m 30. After we re married and have children it s Tard to say what s cuing to happen with my career but Judy Rankin is married and has a child and a i been the Best player out Here the past two  Carner and Donna Young Are married and icy be been Able to have outstanding Golf careers too but 1 know it s not easy being a Wile and a Mother and a professional golfer All at the same time. The mexican America from r0 �kfir35s Bill Best teacher. Consequently Golf is going to stay the no 1 a Only in a we fur the Lime being anyway. Runner up in three events including the . Open last year alter joining the women s tour in july Lopez posted Back to Back triumphs this season in the Bent tree classic at Sarasota Fla. And the Sun Star classic in los  be completely honest Lopez noted i never thought i d be this successful this fast. When i first started out i did t know when i d win. I wanted to gel experience and i wanted to play the Best i could. My goal was to finish in the top 10 each week. Winning in Florida was very important. It took a lot of pressure off me. Debbie Austin went her first nine years without winning before winning five times last year. When i won for the first Lime it erased a lot of questions in my own  in t an easy profession but my game has come along so much better than i Ever dreamed it would. U Svery important to think positive out Here and i m extremely positive right now. In my mind i feel i can win any tournament i  with two wins and three seconds in her first 10 Lyga starts followed by some lesser finishes Lopez Sud Denly find herself at a prime attraction on the 38-event, n 5 million women s tour. There will be pressure of course from tournament sponsors for her to play in every single Lyga event this year. It s a pressure she exclaims that she will not succumb to especially since the Lyga has expanded its number of 72-Hole events from 10 last year to 15 this year. I d love to finish As the top Monty Winner his year but i Don t know if i la be Able to do it because Xvi Long to Kip a Toi of Lourna Kiiu. I la probably Puy Tab Ulm Loun Arleou and that May no Besought Opportunity to earn enough Money. But i a Dob a than ton by " m Mun Meau and not feel tired and worn  Lopez came onto the Lyga circuit As one of the most accomplished . Women Amateur golfers in history a left he University of Tulsa at the end of her Sopho Trelear of Wule she figured she had Little m. To con Quer in Amateur Golf. Tuesday april 25, 1978 in 1976, for example she won the trans National Western Amateur and National collegiate Champion  ail those glowing credentials there still was a question about her swing before she turned professional. Lopez took up the game at age 9 under the Tutelage other father Domingo a three handicapper. By the time she was 11, she could beat  dad she smiled gave me a club and told me to swing and put the Ball in the note. My swing is  and unorthodox. Just about everybody has told me my swing was unorthodox but it s not unorthodox to me. Before i became a professional a lot of teaching pros would Tel me i d never get anywhere with my swing. They Don t Lell me that  Lopez has deliberately stayed away from the teaching pros because she does t want to tamper with her swing. The leaching pros she says Only confuse her. Although Lopez does t have the looks of Lyga Glam our girls Laura Baugh and Jan sle Phonson. She is attractive in a wholesome natural  she won the Sun Star classic in los Angeles she weighed 145 pounds. In an Effort to gel Down to 130, she Lias Given up meat bread and Candy  dad used to Lell me 10 More pounds 10 More Yards Well i got up to 165 and i was Hilling really badly. That s when i decided he was wrong since then i be Dis covered your Liming gels belter when you lose  Lopez father was on hand to Sec her win Al los an Geles. He also accompanied her to Australia for the australian open the previous week. Her Mother died Al 52 last sept. 29 and it was a devas Tating blow. For awhile Lopez did t even want to play Golf. When she started this year her goal was f 100.000. The women s tour did t have its first 1100,000 player until Rankin broke the six figure Money Barrier in 1976 that was a big goal she admitted but whal do you have to lose by setting your sights High " the stars and stripes Pogo 13