But, golf is not really about winning for Albright, especially today when she will be playing in Newport Beach Country Club’s Seahorse Classic, the two-day member-guest tournament with her sister, Joanne Peacock, who is visiting from New Zealand.
“I’m not really planning on winning this tournament,” said Albright, who grew up in New Zealand and left for the United States when she was 23. “I’m planning to have a good time with my sister.”
It should be a special day for Albright, yet she says she has been valuing each day when dealing with the tumor.
In July of 2007, something just didn’t seem right for Albright. She couldn’t figure out what it was.
Her game was totally off, so she sought help from NBCC pro Paul Hahn. But, together, they could not fix her game.
A visit to the doctor’s office revealed a brain tumor.
“I was a little concerned about reaching 50,” Albright said recently, fighting back tears. “This was not a good thing happening to me.
“But I’ve had an amazing amount of support. Golf is a great sport. I’m thankful for my love of golf. The friends that I have out here, they’ve had so much support for me. It’s been great. It’s just been overwhelming.”
Albright said she visited her doctor at UCLA Medical Center last week and was told that tumor has not grown, and there was possibly a bit of shrinkage. For roughly the next five months, Albright will go through oral chemotherapy. After that treatment, the doctors will probably try something else, she said.
Through it all she plans to keep playing.
