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Michelle Wie
Personal Information
Birth (1989-10-11) October 11, 1989 (age 35) Honolulu, Hawaii USA
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Nationality  United States
Residence Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
College n/a
Career
Turned Pro 2005
Current tour none
Professional wins 0
Best Results in Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco T3: 2006
LPGA Championship 2nd: 2005
U.S. Women's Open T3: 2006
Women's British Open T3: 2005
Awards
Laureus World Newcomer of the Year 2004

Michelle Sung Wie (Korean Wie Seong-mi Hangul: 위성미 Hanja: 魏聖美, born October 11, 1989 in Honolulu, Hawaii)(IPA pronunciation of surname: [wi][1]) is an American professional golfer who has gained fame for her controversial attempts to make a cut at a PGA Tour event using sponsor's exemptions. In 2006, she was named in a Time magazine article, "one of 100 people who shape our world."[2] She has been accepted to Stanford University and has said she will be enrolling in fall 2007.[3]

Early years

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Korean-born parents, Wie began playing golf at the age of four. At age 11, she shot a personal-best 64 from the 5,400-yard tees at the Olomana Golf Links course in Hawaii. That year, Wie became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship and advanced into match play at the Women's U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship.[4]

2002–2004: Amateur career

In 2002, Wie won the Hawaii State Open Women's Division by thirteen shots over LPGA player Cindy Rarick and became the youngest player to qualify for an LPGA event, the Takefuji Classic where she missed the cut.

A year later, she became the youngest player to make a cut in an LPGA event at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, shooting a 66 in the 3rd round, tying the amateur record for a women's major championship, and placing her in the final group alongside Annika Sörenstam and eventual winner, Patricia Meunier-Lebouc. A few months later, Wie earned an historic victory at the Women's Amateur Public Links tournament, becoming the youngest person ever, male or female, to win a USGA adult event. In 2004 Wie became the fourth female, and the youngest ever, to play in a PGA Tour event at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Playing on a sponsor's exemption, she shot 72-68 to finish at even par, missing the cut by one stroke.

That year, Wie became the youngest woman ever to play on the victorious U.S. Curtis Cup team. She went on to finish fourth in the Kraft Nabisco Championship. If she had played the 2004 season as a professional, she would have earned over US$250,000 from her tournament results.

2005: Turning pro

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Michelle Wie at the 2005 Samsung World Championship

Wie has long attracted attention for her height, which reached 6 foot 1 inch by her mid teens. Both her parents are above average height, her mother, Hyun Kyong is 5 ft 7 and her father is 6 ft 2 inches which is significantly higher than the Korean average[citation needed]. Equally garnering as much attention is the rare length of her drives as well as the form of her golf swing. When Wie was fourteen, professional golfer Ernie Els remarked, "Give her another couple years to get stronger, she can play on the PGA Tour." At sixteen, Wie had an average drive of about 280 yards. Her size and use of Els as a model have led sports media to call her The Big Wiesy, a play on Els' nickname of The Big Easy. Fred Couples said, "When you see her hit a golf ball … there's nothing that prepares you for it. It's just the scariest thing you've ever seen." Arnold Palmer stated in 2003 that "she's probably going to influence the golfing scene as much as Tiger, or more. She's going to attract people that even Tiger didn't attract, young people, both boys and girls, and families."

Wie started her 2005 season by again accepting a sponsor's invitation to play in the PGA Tour Sony Open in Hawaii where she again missed the cut. She then played the LPGA Tour, finishing second at SBS Open at Turtle Bay. That June, she placed second at the LPGA Championship. She became the first female golfer to qualify for a USGA national men's tournament, when she tied for first place in a 36-hole qualifier for the U.S. Amateur Public Links. At the U.S. Women's Open, she finished the third round in a three-way tie for the lead, but scored an 82 in the final round, and finished tied for 23. The week after, she played in the John Deere Classic in her third attempt to make the cut at a PGA Tour event, missing the cut by two strokes.[5]

In the Men's Public Links, Wie made the top 64 in the stroke play rounds to qualify for match play.[6] She lost in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Clay Ogden. She then played in the Evian Masters, a major on the Ladies European Tour and a regular LPGA event, and finished in a tie for second. The week after, she finished tied for third at the Women's British Open, the fourth and final major of the year.

On October 5, 2005, a week before her 16th birthday, Wie announced in Hawaii that she was turning professional, reportedly signing sponsorship contracts with Nike and Sony worth more than US$10,000,000 per year. At the same time she announced a pledge of US$500,000 for Hurricane Katrina relief.

Professional career

Wie cannot officially become a member of the LPGA Tour until her 18th birthday, unless she petitions for an exception as some players, including Morgan Pressel and Aree Song have previously done. She has not chosen to file such a petition. As a non LPGA member, she is limited to playing in no more than six LPGA events per year on sponsor exemptions. She can play in an unlimited number of non-LPGA events, including the US Women's Open and Weetabix British Open. Her earnings do not appear on the official ADT money list, she is not eligible for Rolex year end honors and her statistics do not appear on the official list. As a professional, she is allowed to collect prize money.

2005

Wie played her first professional event in the LPGA Samsung World Championship, where she played on a sponsor's invitation. Initially credited with a fourth-place finish and US$ 53,000, she was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard. A journalist reported she had illegally dropped the ball closer to the hole than its original lie the day after she completed her third round.

Wie played her second professional event at the Casio World Open on the Japan Golf Tour and shot four over par to miss the cut.

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Michelle Wie hits a tee shot at the 2005 Samsung World Championship.

2006

Her third professional start was in January 2006, at the PGA TOUR Sony Open at her home course at the Waialae Country Club, Hawaii; she missed the cut again, this time by four strokes.

In February 2006, the initial Rolex World Golf Rankings placed Wie third in the world, behind Annika Sörenstam and Paula Creamer. As of July 31, 2006, Wie ranked second behind Sörenstam. To remain in the rankings, she needed to accumulate a minimum of 15 world-wide professional women's tournaments in the preceding twenty-four months. She dropped off the rankings for a brief time during the spring of 2006. However, the procedure for calculating the Rolex Rankings was revised, effective immediately, on August 3, 2006. The "minimum tournament" requirement was eliminated, but a minimum divisor of 35 tournaments for calculating a player's ranking was added, meaning that any player who had accumulated points in fewer than 35 tournaments would have her ranking calculated as if she had played in 35. After the change, Wie's ranking dropped to 7th.[7]

To open her first season on the LPGA, she earned US$73,227 for a third place finish in the Fields Open in Hawaii finishing one stroke off the lead, and US$108,222 for finishing in a tie for third in the Kraft Nabisco Championship, where she again finished one stroke off the lead.

In May 2006, Wie platyed the Asian Tour SK Telecom Open becoming the second woman (after Se Ri Pak) to make the cut at a men's tournament in South Korea. Wie reportedly received US$700,000 in appearance fees at an event that offered US$600,000 in total prize money. In all, she reportedly netted US$5 million in appearance and endorsement money for the two-week trip.[8]

On May 16, according to the sponsoring United States Golf Association, Wie was the first female medalist in a local qualifier for the Men's U.S. Open. Weeks later, she competed against 152 players (135 professionals, including 48 PGA Tour players) in the final stage of U.S. Open qualifying at Summit, NJ vying for one of 16 available spots in the men's U.S. Open at Winged Foot G.C. Wie finished 59th and did not advance.

In June, Wie tied for 5th in the LPGA Championship, finishing two strokes off the lead, and tied for 3rd in the US Women's Open again finishing two strokes off the lead. In July, she played in the LPGA vHSBC Women's World Match Play Championship where she lost in the quarterfinals 4 and 3 to eventual champion Brittany Lincicome.[9]

July saw Wie play in the PGA John Deere Classic finishing the first round at 6 over par. On day two, her score rose to 8 over par for the tournament and 10 shots above the projected cut line. She withdrew from the tournament after the 9th hole, citing heat exhaustion.[10] Two weeks later, she returned to the LPGA Tour, finishing in a tie for second at the Evian Masters, where she finished one stroke off the lead, and then finished tied for 26th at the Weetabix British Open, where she drew controversy again for grounding her club in a bunker, resulting in a two-stroke penalty.[9] In a post-round interview, Wie said that she was not familiar with the rules and "knew the rule wrong."[11]

In September, she competed in the Omega European Masters on the men's European Tour where she finished last among the 156 competitors, 15 strokes over par for the first two rounds, missing the cut by 14 strokes.[12][13] She still managed to draw large crowds; tournament organizers reported that many of the 9,500 spectators on the first day came to see Wie.[14]

A week later she made her third appearance of 2006 on the PGA TOUR at the 84 Lumber Classic. Wie finished 14 over par after two rounds, 23 strokes behind the leaders, the highest score for the first two rounds. Wie finished out 2006 by competing in the Samsung World Championship on the LPGA Tour, where she finished in 17th place in the 20-player field, 21 strokes behind the leader.

In her last event of 2006, Wie competed again at the Casio World Open on the men's Japan Golf Tour. She finished last among the professional players, some 27 shots behind the leaders. With the conclusion of the Casio tournament, Wie had played 14 consecutive rounds of tournament golf without breaking par – eight on the LPGA Tour, two on the European Tour, two on the PGA TOUR and two on the Japan Golf Tour.[9]

By the end of 2006, her first full year as a professional, she had missed the cut in 11 out of 12 tries against men, and remained winless in all 33 professional women's tournaments she had entered, the last 9 as a professional. [9] In her 33 starts in LPGA events, she played 23 LPGA events since the start of 2004 up to end of 2006, and had 19 top-20 finishes in those 23 events, with three finishes outside the top 20 and one disqualification when in 4th position.[9]

2007

In January Wie accepted her fourth consecutive sponsor's exemption to the PGA TOUR's Sony Open in Hawaii. She missed the cut by 14 strokes, finishing third from last in the 144-player field, 25 strokes behind the second-round leader.

Wie's next competition was at the LPGA's Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika. After a four-month absence and reported injuries to both wrists, Wie shot 14-over par through 16 holes in the first round on May 31 before withdrawing.[15] Prior to the withdrawal, LPGA rules officials were seen discussing the Rule of 88, which states that a non-LPGA member who shoots a score of 88 is forced to withdraw and is subsequently banned from LPGA co-sponsored events for the remainder of the year. Neither Wie nor the LPGA officials stated that her withdrawal was in response to the Rule of 88 and Wie said that she withdrew because she "tweaked [her] wrist in the middle of the round a bit."[16][17] Some observers questioned this claim. One of Wie's playing partners, Alena Sharp, said, "She wasn't holding her wrist. I think she just had a bad day. If it was her wrist, why wait until the last two holes [to withdraw]?"[18] Her other playing partner Janice Moodie confirmed that Wie had indeed tweaked her wrist. Moodie stated that she heard Wie say "Ouch!" after hitting her tee shot on the first hole, which was the group's 10th of the day. Wie said that was when she began feeling the pain. Moodie said "She didn't swing as hard from that point on." Moodie also added, "She was great to play with. Very friendly and respectful."[19] Both Sharp and Wie's other playing partner, Janice Moodie, also questioned the involvement of Wie's father, B.J., who they said appeared to give Wie advice during the course of play which is against the rules and would result in a two-stroke penalty. However, after Wie withdrew, this became a moot point. [20]

The next week, Wie played in the LPGA championship, a major on the LPGA tour. After a 2nd round 74, she made the cut. Wie slumped to an 83 in her third round. After a late decision whether she would participate in the 4th round citing her injury again, she decided to play, shooting a 4th round 79.[21] Although finishing last of those who made the cut, 35 strokes behind the eventual winner, she continued her run of cuts made at LPGA majors which went to 13 cuts made in 13 LPGA majors played. [9]

At the end of June, Wie entered the US Women's Open but withdrew midway through the second round after hitting her second shot out of the rough on the 10th hole. Her tournament score through 27 holes was 17-over par, 22 strokes behind the second-round leader and 1 stroke behind 12-year old amateur Alexis Thompson. She cited a wrist injury as the reason for withdrawing. [22][23]

At the Evian Masters played July 26-20 , Wie broke her year-long streak of 24 consecutive rounds at or over par by shooting a second-round one-under par 71 that left her in a tie for 28th half-way through the tournament. But she ballooned to a tie for 69th, after shooting 12 over par in the third round. She eventually ended the tournament 20 strokes behind winner Natalie Gulbis in third from last place of those who made the cut.

At the Women's British Open, one week later, Wie shot rounds of 73 and 80, missing the cut by two strokes. It was her first missed cut in an LPGA Tour event since 2003, and her first missed cut in a major.

Wie next played in the Canadian Women's Open, held from August 16-19, where she was invited as a sponsor's exemption. She shot rounds of 75 and 74 on the par 71 course, missing the cut by four strokes.

One week later, Wie played in the Safeway Classic, held in Portland, Oregon from August 24-26. She was again entered as a sponsor's exemption. After shooting rounds of 79 and 75, she missed the cut by six strokes and finished 21 strokes behind the second round leader.

Victories

Professional

  • none to date

Wie played her first professional event while still an amateur in April 2002. As of August 24, 2007, she had played in a total of 53 professional events as either an amateur or a professional: 40 against women on the LPGA Tour and 13 against men: 7 on the PGA TOUR, 2 on the Japan Golf Tour, 1 on the European Tour, 1 on the Asian Tour, 1 on the Nationwide Tour, and 1 on the Canadian Tour.

Amateur

  • November 15–17, 2002: Hawaii State Open, Women's Division (Wie's last stroke-play victory) (67-71-70--208 (8 under), 13 strokes over Cindy Rarick)[24]

Wie won several other Hawaiian local and junior events during the years 2000 through 2002.[25][26]

  • June 17–22, 2003: USGA Women's Amateur Public Links (Stroke play: 73-71--144 (even par); 18-hole matches: 2&1, 2&1, 5&4, 6&5, 5&4; 36-hole final: 1 up over Virada Nirapathpongporn)[27]

She has never won a 72-hole stroke-play event at any level.

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Kraft Nabisco Championship T9 LA 4 LA T14 LA T3 DNP
LPGA Championship DNP DNP 2 LA T5 84
U.S. Women's Open T39 T13 TLA T23 T3 WD
Women's British Open DNP DNP T3 LA T26 CUT

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Professional record and earnings

Year Tournament Tour Finish Earnings ($)
2005 Samsung World Championship LPGA DQ 0
2005 Casio World Open Japan Golf Tour MC 0
2006 Sony Open in Hawaii PGA MC 0
2006 Fields Open in Hawaii LPGA 3 73,227
2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship LPGA T3 108,222
2006 SK Telecom Open Asian Tour T35 4,303
2006 LPGA Championship LPGA T5 57,464
2006 U.S. Women's Open LPGA T3 156,038
2006 HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship LPGA T5 50,000
2006 John Deere Classic PGA WD 0
2006 Evian Masters LPGA T2 255,333
2006 Women's British Open LPGA T26 18,059
2006 Omega European Masters European Tour MC 0
2006 84 Lumber Classic PGA MC 0
2006 Samsung World Championship LPGA 17 12,578
2006 Casio World Open Japan Golf Tour MC 0
2007 Sony Open in Hawaii PGA MC 0
2007 Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika LPGA WD 0
2007 LPGA Championship LPGA 84 3,273
2007 U.S. Women's Open LPGA WD 0
2007 Evian Masters LPGA T69 6,626
2007 Women's British Open LPGA MC 0
2007 Canadian Women's Open LPGA MC 0
2007 Safeway Classic LPGA MC 0

DQ = disqualified
MC = missed halfway cut
WD = withdrew

Golf records

  • The youngest player ever to qualify for an adult USGA-sanctioned tournament – 10 years, 298 days (2000 Women's U.S. Amateur Public Links)
  • The youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA tournament – Age 12 (2002 LPGA Takefuji Classic)
  • The youngest winner (male or female) of an adult USGA-sanctioned tournament – Age 13 (2003 Women's U.S. Amateur Public Links)
  • The youngest player to make a cut in an LPGA tournament and major – Age 13 (2003 Nabisco Championship)
  • The youngest player to play in a PGA Tour event – Age 14 (2004 Sony Open)
  • The lowest round by a female in a PGA Tour event (also the first female to score a sub-70 round in PGA Tour history) – 68 (2004 & 2006 Sony Open)
  • The youngest player to play in Curtis Cup history – Age 14 (2004)
  • The first female to qualify for a USGA championship that is generally played by males at Pittsburgh sectional for the 2005 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship. - Age 15
  • The youngest female to make a cut in any professional male tour event - Age 16 (2006 SK Telecom Open)
  • The first female to make a cut on the Asian Tour - Age 16 (2006 SK Telecom Open)
  • The first female medalist in a men’s U.S. Open qualifying tournament – Age 16 (2006 U.S. Open Local Qualifying at Turtle Bay Hawaii)

Education

Wie graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii in June 2007.[28] On December 19, 2006, she announced that she will be attending Stanford University in the fall of 2007.[29]

Criticism and controversy

Poor performance in men's events

Observers of golf have criticized Wie's efforts to play in PGA TOUR events through sponsors' exemptions. Wie has made only one cut in a men's tournament, and has made no cuts on the PGA TOUR. After missing the cut at the 2007 Sony Open by 14 shots, many sports critics began to doubt whether she ever will.[30] Following Wie's poor performance at the 2007 Sony Open in Hawaii, AP golf writer Doug Ferguson suggested that her nickname be changed from "the Big Wiesy" to a more appropriate moniker, "the Big Queasy."[31] [32]

Use of exemptions

Professional golfers, fans, and media critics have remarked that allowing Wie to compete in PGA events takes away opportunities from more deserving golfers.[33][34][35] However, a tournament sponsor has a maximum of only four completely unrestricted exemptions available, and those exemptions are often used to invite players (including amateurs) who can increase ticket sales and tournament visibility. The first four exemptions offered by a sponsor must be offered to PGA TOUR players or other competitive players.[36]

Caddie turnover

Wie has employed at least nine caddies since her father stopped caddying for her in 2004. She created controversy when, after finishing tied for 26th at the 2006 British Open, her caddie Greg Johnston was fired over the phone by Wie's then-agent Ross Berlin. Johnston said he was "surprised and disappointed" at the firing and at the fact that "no one named Wie gave me the news."[37] Wie employed several other professional caddies after Johnston, and also returned to using her father on at least one occasion as a caddie.

Inappropriate clothing

Some fans and media have commented that Wie has increasingly dressed in inappropriate clothing during golf tournaments. These criticisms began in the summer of 2004 when Wie was 14 years old and increased after Wie began wearing Nike-provided clothing in 2006.[38] [39]

2007 wrist injury

In the first week of February 2007, it was reported that Wie hurt her left wrist in a fall while running, though when family members acting as her spokespeople were asked by the media, they declined either to give any details on the nature of the injury, other than to report that she was wearing a hard cast,[15] or to state what treatment was done, citing privacy.[40] Initially, her public relations staff reported that she would be away from golf for 4 to 6 weeks[41] but this stretched until the end of May. In response to the lack of information and prolonged absence, some golf fans and LPGA players, including Brittany Lincicome, questioned whether Wie and her parents had fabricated the injury in order to give her a reason to take a break from golf.[42] [43] [44]

2007 Ginn Tribute withdrawal

Further questions were raised about her wrist injury claim after Wie's withdrawal from the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika in May 2007. With a score of 14 over par after 16 holes in round one on the par 72 course, Wie was in danger of being banned from all LPGA-sponsored tournaments for the rest of the year if her score reached 88, according to the LPGA's Rule of 88. LPGA officials were seen consulting with Wie's parents and agent who then consulted Wie prior to her teeing off to complete the last two holes. Wie immediately withdrew from the tournament, citing a "tweaked wrist." She denied that the Rule of 88 had anything to do with her with withdrawal. Her playing partners, many fans, and media observers questioned whether Wie was being honest about the reason for her withdrawal.[16][18][20][45][44][28] One of her playing partners Janice Moodie confirmed that Wie had indeed tweaked her wrist in Moodie's opinion. Janice Moodie stated that she heard Wie say "Ouch!" after hitting her tee shot on the first hole, which was the group's 10th of the day. Wie had said that was precisely when she began feeling the pain. Moodie said "She didn't swing as hard from that point on." As for Wie's purported petulance, Moodie added, "She was great to play with. Very friendly and respectful."[19] Tournament host Annika Sorenstam criticized Wie's withdrawal from the Ginn tournament and her subsequent appearance to practice at the LPGA Championship, saying "I just feel there's a little bit of lack of respect and class just to kind of leave a tournament like that and come out and practice here."[46][47] Further criticism was leveled at Wie and her parents accusing them of inappropriate behavior at both the Ginn Tribute tournament and at the LPGA Championship.[48] In response, Wie said, "I don't really feel like I have to apologize for anything. I just have to take care of my body and move forward and only think of positive things."[46]

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See also

Preceded by Laureus World Newcomer of the Year
2004 		Succeeded by
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