maybe do this as a professional. reporter: but it wouldn t come easily. in middle school, stacy diagnosed with scoliosis. doctors hoped it would correct itself without surgery. a wore a back brace 6 1/2 years, 18 1/2 hours a day. only took it off to play golf, but it didn t work. had to go your honor the knife. do you remember what the day was like when you scheduled the surgery? i thought i was done playing golf. took out one of the ribs to do a fusion, on the side had to move all the organs, lungs, chest tube, all that kind of stuff. reporter: took doctors to insert a rod and screws into the spine and several months of rehab. i couldn t bend for twist for six months, the doctor let me chip and putt a little bit. slowly but surely, the game started to come back, her swing, even got a little better. when your hands are low like that, you tend to hit it left, when my hands got high, i