Paula Creamer back in Bay Area in rebuild mode

As she stood alongside the 16th green Thursday, waiting for her fellow competitors to complete the hole, Paula Creamer pulled the collar of her jacket over most of her face. She was trying to shield herself from a cold, biting wind at Lake Merced. Nope, this isn’t Florida anymore. Creamer still can cope with a chilly day by the bay. She went six months without playing a competitive round of golf, stretching from mid-September to mid-March — wondering how her surgically repaired left wrist would respond, occasionally fearing the injury might become career-ending. So this latest Bay Area homecoming carried special satisfaction. Not because she played especially well — she shot even-par 72 in the