Q 13

PLAYBOY: Is Jan Stephenson too much for one man?

Jan Stephenson: Yeah, there's no doubt about it: I'm a handful. It's very difficult for one man to handle all the "me"s. I couldn't have a man who wouldn't want to participate in my career in some way. Otherwise, I'd never see him, and it's fun to share. When I win, I want everyone to feel as good as I do. When I'm down, I need a man.

Q 14

PLAYBOY: Your private life has been making news for quite a while. What's going on?

Jan Stephenson: That's a good question. I was married last September in Fort Worth to Eddie Vossler, after my marriage to Larry Kolb was annulled. Eddie and I had been living together for years, but one day I said, "I'm gone. I'm mad. Bye, I'm leaving." I figured that if we didn't have a piece of paper saying we were married, we didn't need a piece of paper saying we were divorced. I thought it would really hurt Eddie if I married someone else, and I married Larry.

The whole thing had started when Eddie hired Larry to help me with our business. Larry turned around and, I believe, took advantage of us. He had me convinced that he absolutely adored me. I'd just broken my foot, so my golf was gone. I had to restructure my life. Larry said he'd be my valet and he'd cook for me. I'd get up to go to practice and he'd cook breakfast and do my laundry. He was basically a servant. I thought, This is great; this would be great as a marriage. He said all he wanted was to marry me. So I thought, I'll agree to marry him just to keep him quiet. I was thinking maybe it wouldn't be so bad. I tried to make the best of it, but I couldn't stand him. He drove me crazy.

The marriage was annulled. The judge recognized the fact that Eddie and I had had a common-law marriage. Larry refused to accept that, mainly because he thought that if our splitting were declared a divorce, he could get half of what I'd earned. I'd quit before I'd let him have a penny. His appeal was denied. He could reappeal the annulment, but I don't think he will. I always thought he had it planned that way from the beginning. He got lucky with timing. He loves publicity. And he had misled me about Eddie.

Q 15

PLAYBOY: Why do golfers dress so badly?

Jan Stephenson: Golf is so old-fashioned. People are getting more modern, but the golf clothing hasn't come along with it. It's really sad. Tennis clothes are beautiful. I hate to wear golf clothes. The colors are horrible. It really takes away from the game.

Q 16

PLAYBOY: How do you give yourself strokes?

Jan Stephenson: I have an insecurity problem. When I look in the mirror with no make-up on, I think, I'm no big deal. It really concerns me that I'm not good-looking. When I want to give myself a stroke, I dress up, go out and somebody will tell me I look great. That'll pump me up pretty good.

Q 17

PLAYBOY: Are overweight people kidding themselves when they golf for exercise?

Jan Stephenson: No. Admittedly, if you stop for a hot dog and potato chips and you drink beer all the way around, then you're kidding yourself. But even with a golf cart, it's unbelievable exercise. You're out there for five hours--so you're not eating for five hours--and with the swinging, the bending over, you burn about 350 calories an hour. Running, maybe you burn 700 in an hour--but that's a lot of running. Golf stretches your stomach muscles. It's not strenuous. It doesn't build tight muscles, but it builds long ones.

Q 18

PLAYBOY: Do your breasts ever get in the way of your swing?

Jan Stephenson: No, not at all. I don't notice them at all.

Q 19

PLAYBOY: How does a guy get to carry your clubs?

Jan Stephenson: He has to keep his mouth shut. I may bend a little for men off the golf course, but when I'm on the course, I'm the boss. My dad is caddying me now, and he never says a word about golf. But that wasn't always true. Once, I threw some grass up and asked him, "The grass is downwind, isn't it?" He said, "It's against the wind." He was looking at the flag blowing toward us and I was throwing the grass up at the tee. Well, the wind was swirling. We were a little behind and it was time to tee off, so I took a club according to his advice and it flew to the green. The wind was coming downwind. I blew the hole, chipped it up almost in the hole and--on purpose--missed the putt to show him that it was his mistake. Sometimes, I'll ask, "Which way is that wind?" and he won't say a word.

Q 20

PLAYBOY: OK, once and for all, what's the difference between a hook and a slice?

Jan Stephenson: I would prefer to be a hooker any time. Most people are slicers; that is, they hit the ball left to right, because they're in bad positions. A hook--where the ball veers right to left--comes from a powerful position and you're still going to get a lot of land. If you slice the ball, you're doing a lot more wrong. If I were a slicer, I'd be dead. So it's good to be a hooker.