After missing all of last year following surgery on both hips and grueling rehabilitation, Steinhauer stole the show in the opening round of the reborn ShopRite event with a near-flawless 7-under 64 on Friday on the Bay Course at Seaview.
"It's not easy to get up and get into the gym and to do these tedious little exercises and spend the hours in there," Steinhauer said. "But when I got frustrated or down, I just said, 'What's the alternative? Do you want to get out there and play?' So that would just get me excited. I would imagine being back out on tour, and that would get me excited."
Nothing was more thrilling than the opening round of the $1.5 million tournament in the shadow of Atlantic City, an event that folded in the fall of 2006 after 21 years in a dispute over dates with LPGA leadership.
Sherri Steinhauer grabs ShopRite LPGA lead with 64
