Birthday: October 11, 1989Rookie Year on LPGA: 2009
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii
American Home City: Honolulu, HI
LPGA Wins: 2
Best LPGA Major Finish: 2nd (2005 McDonald's LPGA Championship)
Nicknames: The Big Wiesy
Sponsors: Nike, Sony
Michelle Wie is a phenomenal, powerful golfer who regularly hits the ball nearly three hundred yards off the tee, about fifty yards farther than the average professional woman golfer. At nearly six feet tall and about 150 pounds, she has the strength and skills to match many professional players, including a number of men. In January of 2004 she competed in a men's event, the Sony Open, part of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) tour. While she missed the second-round cut by just one stroke, she did end up beating forty-six men. During the summer of 2004 she was part of the U.S. team that won the prestigious Curtis Cup. In 2003 she won the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links championship. While Wie has had a promising career so far, the reason for her headline-making status is not simply her accomplishments on the course: Wie is one of the most famous women golfers in the world because she became a world-class golfer before the age of fifteen. Sports Illustrated 's Michael Bamberger pinpointed the source of Wie's success in a 2003 article: "Her swing is a dream. No 150-pound golfer, male or female, has ever made hitting a three-hundred-yard drive look so effortless."
Michelle Wie
Michelle Wie
Michelle Wie
Michelle Wie
Michelle Wie
Michelle Wie
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