Even before they became "Moms on Tour," women golf professionals didn't let rain, wind nor being pregnant keep them from their appointed rounds.

Just ask Pat Hurst, who was 7 1/2 months pregnant when she played in the Tyco ADT Championship before giving birth to her second child, Reilly Ann, in early 2002.

Not that it was child's play, mind you.

"Walking was difficult. You get tired with the extra weight," Hurst said. "To go out and play when you're pregnant is fine. Your mind is on something else, which is sometimes good."

It is not as uncommon to see golfers in advanced stages of pregnancy still out there competing as one might think, Hurst added.

Talk about for the love of the game.

Jackie Gallagher-Smith hit a bucket of balls with a 7-iron the day before she gave birth to her son, O'Connor.

Janice Moodie was five months pregnant and played in only 10 events last year before giving birth. (Ten is the maximum number allowed to still get a medical exemption).

She said pregnancy didn't hurt her game. In fact, she had her only top-10 finish while pregnant. "It made my swing a little flatter but I still hit it pretty good," she said. But using a long belly putter was a bit awkward.

"I had to cut it down about three inches, an inch at a time. It kept bumping my belly and I'd have an odd kick every now and then. So that was a little difficult," said Moodie, whose belly putter length "is back to what it was."

Laura Diaz played in the 2005 Solheim Cup when she was five months pregnant. But she doesn't have the distinction of being the first one on the U.S. team. The honor belongs to Tammie Green, who was very pregnant in the 1998 Solheim Cup.

Diaz, however, did defeat Europe's Iben Tinning in what surely must have been a Solheim Cup first as it featured a battle of moms-to-be.

Patricia Meunier-Lebouc, five months pregnant, went 2-0 for the victorious European team in the 2003 Solheim Cup in Sweden and 6 1/2 months when she played her final tournament that year.

"I wasn't pushing myself," said the 35-year-old from France. "No, no, because I was enjoying myself and taking it easy. I didn't practice much. I just wanted to be out there. I would have stopped if it was too much. But I managed. That's how strong we can be. You have to deal with it and find a way to make it happen."

However, adds Meunier-Lebouc, morning sickness is a misnomer. "It's all day long."

Leta Lindley stopped playing after four months during both of her pregnancies, partly because it caused her to lose around 20 yards in distance on her drives. "I couldn't afford to sacrifice 20 yards. I'm short enough as it is."

The latest of the 30 moms on tour is Catriona Mathew, who gave birth to daughter Katie in December. She's still recovering and isn't here for the LPGA stops at Turtle Bay and Ko Olina. It's a comeback that's obviously more difficult than a bounce-back birdie.

Hee-won Han, who is five months pregnant, is the only one of three expectant mothers on the LPGA Tour playing in the Hawai'i events, including the Fields Open in Hawai'i that starts today.

Fellow South Korean golfers kept trying to rub Han's belly without success at the putting green this week.

A six-time winner on the LPGA Tour, Han will be a pioneer of sorts because she will be the first of the many talented golfers straight from her native country to be a mother. Pearl Sinn-Bonnani, who has a 3-year-old daughter, was born in South Korea but grew up in California as a youngster.

"Hee-won doesn't even look pregnant," marveled Nancy Scranton, the only active tour member with twins. She stopped playing golf on the advice of her doctor after five months because she was carrying twins, according to Scranton.

Han still plans to play until next month's Kraft Nabisco Championship, the LPGA's first major. And, if all goes well, she'll return in time for an event in late October.

Han said she talked "about baby things" to some of the others who played while they were pregnant, including Moodie.

Being on the mommy-track hasn't stopped any of the women pros from a successful golf career.

Juli Inkster recorded 16 of her 31 LPGA victories after being a mother of two daughters, who are now in their teens.

"She's Super Mom," Scranton said.