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She led the Ducks at every tournament after that and now hopes to lead the team to a pros perous postseason. The senior attributes her 360-de gree turn to a golf club that can make or break a golfer: the putter. As she practiced for the last time before the postseason Fri day, White stood on a practice green at the Eugene Country Club and drained five .six foot putts in a row. “I got a new putter and got my putting going, which I had kind of been struggling with for awhile,” White said. “Now, it’s just giving me a lot of confidence going into Pac-lOs.” White’s legacy at Oregon will last much longer than a few 15 foot putts. She was the only under classman starter on a senior-laden team in 1999-2000 and finished ROUILLARD 60th in the country last season, af ter a ranking of 96th in 1998-99. She is currently ranked 35th in the nation. But those accomplishments don’t tap into the biggest impact she has on the team: her leader ship on and off the course. “She’s not only our captain but Her experience and her knowledge of the game, and the fact that she's such a mentally tough player; make her a perfect leader. Shannon Rouillard Oregon head coach she’s definitely a leader by exam ple,” Rouillard said. “She has, throughout the entire season, led this team all the way around, on the golf course and off the golf course, in terms of what she adds to this team.” White has worn the crown as team leader with the ease of a prom queen this season. She strolls down the fairways of the Eugene Country Club, or whatev er course the Ducks may be play ing, with a confidence that all great golfers possess. “Underclassmen see from her what will be expected of them in the future,” Rouillard said. “Her experience and her knowledge of the game, and the fact that she’s such a mentally tough player, make her a perfect leader.” Another quality shared by lead ers, golfers and college students — which White possesses, according to Rouillard — is humility. White is so unpretentious that she won’t even discuss her scores with other players, or her coach, when she’s playing in a tournament. “She thinks that she does better when I don’t know how she’s play ing,” Rouillard said. “I didn’t even realize she was shooting a 68 at Stanford. If she thinks she plays better by not telling me, that’s fine. I really don’t have to worry about Jerilyn.” White doesn’t have much to worry about any more this season, except the Pac-10 Championships, the NCAA Regionals and possibly the NCAA Championships. Unless, of course, that evil num ber 77 shows up again. White just hopes the only num ber she sees at those important postseason tournaments is 67 — and, at the end of the season', the number one, for the national place of the Ducks. Women continued from page 7 who shot an even-par 72 at a course she is “very familiar with,” according to Oregon head coach Shannon Rouillard. “She knows Arizona State’s course very well; she’s played it many times,” Rouillard said. “We had regionals here last year, and she finished birdie-eagle, so she has a lot of good memories of this golf course.” White has a penchant for start ing slow, then finishing strong. White is only three strokes behind the tournament’s leader. CC The last two tournaments we’ve been closing the gap on teams ahead of us. Nancy McDaniel California coach “I just know she’s going to tear it up and play real well,” Rouillard said. Other Oregon finishers Monday included senior Claire Hunter (77, 34th), sophomore Megan Heckeroth (78, 39th), senior Dawn Berry (79, 45th) and junior Kathy Cho (80, 47th). The Ducks could overtake some teams in front of them with a strong round today. Eighth-place Oregon State is three strokes ahead of Oregon, seventh-place Washing ton is seven stokes up and sixth place UCLA is eight strokes in front of the Ducks. The Pac-10 teams will continue play with one 18-hole round today and one tomorrow.
