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LPGA explores having players twitter during rounds
Original at Golf.com
• Thu, May 28
NY During an LPGA summit in early May, the Tour encouraged players to join Twitter and other social networking sites to better interact with their younger followers. Christina Kim, Michelle Wie, Anna Rawson, Natalie Gulbis, Paula Creamer and Morgan ...
Does Michelle Wie have a thing for tall basketball centers?
Original at The Golf
• Thu, May 28
OH This past week, Michelle Wie has tweeted about her affection for Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic. In anticipation of going to Game 4, Michelle Wie tweeted to another LPGA golfer: "mmmm yes I will be looking at that fine athlete [Dwight Howard] from ...
LPGA Tour Championship is a go; host site secured
Original at USA Today
• Tue, May 26
The tournament is one of three LPGA tour events owned by IMG, which also operates the Ricoh Women's British Open and represents LPGA stars Paula Creamer, Michelle Wie, Natalie Gulbis, Morgan Pressel and Yani Tseng. "When the problems happened with the ...
2009 Rockets: The Motion Picture
Original at The Dream Shake
• Tue, May 26
TX Yao: Has Michelle Wie been contacted about auditioning? The Men's PGA Tour hasn't worked out too well for Michelle yet so why not the NBA? T-Mac: This is a tough one.. Shavar Ross from Diff'rent Strokes and Family Matters has expressed interest. ...
Rules are made to be ... completely baffling
Original at FOXSports.com
• Tue, May 26
2005 LPGA Samsung World Championship — Michelle Wie was disqualified for taking an improper drop. A sports writer reported the infraction the next day, long after Wie had turned in an incorrect card. 2007 Honda Classic — Mark Wilson's caddy wrongfully ...
Lucky break lands Spoehr head job at Tatnuck
Original at Worcester Telegram
• Sun, May 24
MA Michelle Wie won the event in 2003 at age 15 to become the youngest female or male to win a USGA event for adults. Four more recognizable names played Red Tail on Thursday, New England Patriots Tedy Bruschi, Stephen Gostkowski, Dan Koppen and Wes ...
Big crowds showing up for big field
Original at Corning Leader
• Fri, May 22
NY While Karine Icher leads the tournament with a record-setting score of 14-under through two rounds, a number of the LPGA Tour's headline names are lurking near the top. Tour rookie Michelle Wie is only 19, yet is among one of the tour's most well-known ...
Wie shoots 67; will make cut at Corning Classic
Original at Honolulu Star-Bulletin
• Fri, May 22
• 7 related articles
HI By Star-Bulletin staff Honolulu's Michelle Wie will play through to the weekend at the LPGA Corning Classic in Corning, NY, by shooting a 5-under 67 today to move to 4-under 140 for the tournament. She bettered the cut by one. The Punahou School ...
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Watch out for that tree, Wie
Original at Elmira Star
• Thu, May 21
At the age of 10, she became the youngest to qualify for the USGA Women's Amateur Public Links Championship, in 2000. She first competed in a LPGA event at the 2002 LPGA Takefuji Classic, when she became the youngest player to qualify for a LPGA event ...
Michelle Wie is More Phil Than Tiger
Original at The FanHouse - AOL
• Mon, May 18
NY I think we can all agree that the praising of Michelle Wie was premature, as most young obsessions tend to be. The golfing world was introduced to a girl, not a women, and hoped that Wie would do to the LPGA what Tiger Woods did to the PGA Tour. ...
Michelle Wie is the LPGA's Phil Mickelson
Original at Golf.com
• Mon, May 18
Michelle Wie, in Phil Mickelsonesque fashion, thrills and ... The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Michelle is just Wie bit from top of money list The Desert Sun It's time Wie escape her no-win situation Honolulu Advertiser WorldGolf.com - Yahoo! Sports
Wie moves into contention at Sybase Classic
Original at Houston Chronicle
• Sat, May 16
There are plenty of other challengers though, including recent major winner Brittany Lincicome, eight-time LPGA winner Paul Creamer and probably the most famous non-winner on tour, 19-year-old Michelle Wie. Pettersen of Norway and Oh of South Korea ...
Wie off the cart path, on a career path
Original at FOXSports.com
• Thu, May 14
The path her parents chose for her was all a pathetic mistake -- one that wasn't corrected until she finally went to the LPGA Tour's Qualifying School last winter and qualified the hard way to get her tour card. "One of my proudest moments," Wie said ...
O'Connor named to Hall of Fame
Original at Edmonton Sun
• Thu, May 14
• 6 related articles
Canada ANNES, England -- Michelle Wie will play at the Women's British Open this summer. The LPGA Tour rookie confirmed she will be in the field at Royal Lytham on July 30-Aug. 2. The 19-year-old Wie finished third at the Women's British Open in 2005. ...
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University of Washington slashes athletic budget
Original at Philadelphia Daily News
• Thu, May 14
PA Speaking from the site of the LPGA Sybase Classic in Clifton, NJ, Michelle Wie said she hopes to win a PGA tournament and play in the Masters. * Top-ranked Rafael Nadal powered into the third round of the Madrid Open with a convincing, 6-3, ...
LPGA: Riding out the storm
Original at Golfweek.com
• Mon, May 11
Florida LPGA officials won't take a stab at that query. But they're understandably bullish, contending they've got a great product to sell, if not the best in tour history. With a star-studded rookie class, including Michelle Wie – a proven TV-ratings booster ...
Wie says 'the past'holds little interest
Original at Richmond Times Dispatch
• Sun, May 10
By Staff Reports Michelle Wie, a full-fledged LPGA rookie after earning her tour card in the most recent qualifying school, seemed to bristle when asked whether she would make any changes if permitted to re-do the past few years. ... Wie will play Women's British Open Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Ochoa arrives with new caddie
Original at Richmond Times Dispatch
• Wed, May 6
VA Michelle Wie, on who might have an advantage if wet weather persists and the course remains soggy: "Maybe the player with the best rain gear." The LPGA and the Golf Channel have reached a 10-year agreement, effective in 2010, that gives the cable ...
Wie could boost the LPGA Tour if she could manage a breakthrough
Original at google.com
• Wed, May 6
Imagine the buzz for Michelle Wie's first tour win. "Wouldn't hurt," Hall of Famer Judy Rankin said. The sophomore at Stanford has long been the most hyped player in women's golf, a phenom before she was a teenager who tried using competition against ...
Wie survives cut at Lotte Mart Women's Open
Original at Honolulu Star-Bulletin
• Thu, Apr 16
• 2 related articles
HI By Star-Bulletin staff Honolulu's Michelle Wie barely made the cut at the Lotte Mart Women's Open at the Sky Hill Jeju Country Club in South Korea. The Stanford University sophomore shot a 3-over 75 in today's second round and landed on the cutline at ...
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Facts & faces
Original at Albany Times Union
• Thu, Apr 2
• 18 related articles
Facts & faces NY Michelle Wie finished the opening round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, Calif., the first major of the LPGA Tour season, at 1-under 71. Brittany Lincicome shot a 6-under 66 to take the lead and Angela Stanford was one stroke back, ...
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Michelle Wie Takes New Direction
Original at ScoresPro
• Thu, Mar 19
Cyprus Michelle Wie, the popular teenager on the LPGA tour has found a new manager to take charge of her career. Willaim Morris was Wie first agency when she turned pro. She signed with William Morris because of their low commission cuts. ...
Sports Briefs
Original at www2.canada.com
• Thu, Mar 12
WIE SIGNS WITH NEW REP Michelle Wie signed with IMG, whose other golf clients include Tiger Woods and Annika Sorenstam, a person with knowledge of the agreement said. Wie and her family agreed to the new representation after she split with the William ...
One Blogger’s 2009 Golf Predictions
Original at ARMCHAIR GOLF
• Fri, Dec 12
By armchairgolfer@gmail.com (The Armchair Golfer) But Miranda … well … she picked Angel Cabrera to win the 2007 U.S. Open. Seriously. • Michelle Wie won’t win • Greg Norman will miss the cut at the Masters • Padraig Harrington will disappoint in the majors • Lorena Ochoa will slow down in the win department
Newest Card-Carrying Members of LPGA Tour
Original at ARMCHAIR GOLF
• Mon, Dec 8
By armchairgolfer@gmail.com (The Armchair Golfer) Stacy Lewis (The Woodlands, Texas) Amy Yang (Seoul, South Korea) Anna Grzebien (Marragansett, R.I.) Beth Bader (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) Sophie Giquel (Lyon, France) Shiho Oyama (Japan) Lisa Strom (North Wales, Pa.) Michelle Wie (Honolulu, Hawaii) Mollie Fankhauser (Columbus, Ohio)
Podcast: Michelle Wie ditches Stanford for LPGA Tour; Bivens celebrates. Also, unusual golf rules and easy driver drills
Original at WorldGolf.com
• Sun, Dec 7
By golfforbeginners@aol.com Don’t forget to check out our Holiday golf gift-giving guide! Click here to listen.“I finally feel like I really earned it!” claimed a relieved Michelle Wie after realizing that she had, in fact, secured a place on the LPGA Tour for the 2009 season. This time there was no exemption, ...
Michelle Wie Gains Her 2009 LPGA Tour Card
Original at The FanHouse - AOL
• Sun, Dec 7
All Michelle Wie needed to do today to gain full status on the LPGA Tour was not throw up on herself, a golf term some use for completely falling apart on the course. She didn't play her best, shooting a two-over 74 in the fifth and final round of LPGA Qualifying school, but it was all she needed t...
Wow. Michelle Wie Goes Birdie Crazy, Leads LPGA Q-School After Two Rounds
Original at The FanHouse - AOL
• Thu, Dec 4
So this is what all the Michelle Wie hype was about. Wie was in a t-6 after her first round 3-under 69 yesterday. The 90-hole event cuts to 70 players and ties after 72 holes are complete, and the top 20 finishers after the fifth day get full exemption onto the LPGA Tour for 2009.
Michelle Wie Off to Solid Start at Q-School, Opens With Three-Under 69
Original at The FanHouse - AOL
• Wed, Dec 3
If you make the cut, you're guaranteed some exemption into the LPGA, with the top-20 getting full exemptions. Wie is currently t-6 which obviously has her well above the cut line. Like I've said in the past, golf is all about your comfort level and it appears at Q-School, Wie is as comfortable...
Podcast: Sorenstam career cut short, Wie redux. Will Thanksgiving pay off for Mickelson? Also, Kodak's $1 million challenge, play automatic golf and hit woods like a pro
Original at WorldGolf.com
• Mon, Nov 24
By golfforbeginners@aol.com The new season will show a loss of three tournaments (to 31) as well as a drop of over $5 million in prize money. To further the bad news, this year’s ending was lackluster at best as top golfers Sorenstam, Ochoa and Pressel all packed their bags early leaving the Asians to save face at the event.
Podcast: Golf writers on McCain-Palin, tips from noted golf instructor Chuck Evans, Christianson on the Groove Tube putter
Original at TravelGolf.com
• Mon, Oct 27
By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner “The one area where John McCain really dominates as far as getting the vote among golfers is those who get into angry fits of rage following a bad shot and either hurl their club into the water, smash it against a tree or bash it against a cart,” says William K. Wolfrum. “That’s McCain’s base, re...
Opinion: Briefs: Penguins, Therrien agree on deal
Original at DetNews.com
• Fri, Jul 18
Sydney Morning Herald MI - Jul 18, 2008 LPGA: Michelle Wie is in a four-way tie for second at the State Farm Classic in Springfield, Ill., one stroke behind Christina Kim . Wie shot a 7-under 65, ... Johnson, Flanagan share lead at PGA tourney Las Vegas Review - Journal all 729 news articles
US Women's Open sectional qualifying
Original at Minneapolis Star Tribune
• Sat, Jun 7
MN - The biggest story among all the sectionals will be former phenom Michelle Wie, the 18-year-old who had seven top-10 finishes in the majors before beginning ...
Podcast: Tiger Woods' daughter begins early training to defeat Michelle Wie by age ten. Also, how to lower your score at the driving range
Original at WorldGolf.com
• Mon, Dec 10
By golfforbeginners@aol.com And, if by the time she's ten Sam takes to golf, she might have the opportunity to play veteran Michelle Wie for a winner-take-all LPGA tournament (I'm sure the LPGA will offer Sam an exemption!) Our golf tips focus on how Tiger Woods prepares for a tournament at the driving range.
Podcast: Natalie Gulbis outmaneuvered by Michelle Wie, the importance of the impact zone and the divot
Original at WorldGolf.com
• Mon, Oct 8
By golfforbeginners@aol.com Gulbis would have been the twentieth entrant, if not for Michelle Wie's special exemption. Annika Sorenstam recently turned down a special invitation given to an active World Golf Hall of Fame member (and five-time winner of this event) because she didn't want to take a spot from a deserv...
Podcast: Mickelson surpasses Tiger Woods, Michelle Wie proves publicity trumps merit, easy slice fixes and other quick tips
Original at WorldGolf.com
• Tue, Sep 4
By golfforbeginners@aol.com This week, Golf for Beginners cheered Mickelson to victory. We also discuss (click to listen) the interest the new 2008 HSBC Womens Champions event has in Michelle Wie, offering her an exemption in spite of the fact that all of the women golfers were offered a position based on their top-th...
Podcast: Is Michelle wie delusional, lag putt debate and how to hit fairway woods from different lies
Original at WorldGolf.com
• Mon, Aug 27
By golfforbeginners@aol.com Can it really be just a single year since Michelle Wie admirably challenged the ladies on tour, finishing among the top five in three major events? Is this the same teenager who thumbed her nose up at the LPGA, believing that her future would be better served playing against the men on the PG...
Podcast: Tiger Woods cancels Barclays claiming fatigue, Michelle Wie wilts, easy golf tips from Sorenstam and Adam Scott
Original at WorldGolf.com
• Mon, Aug 20
By golfforbeginners@aol.com Another golfer who appears to have "wilted" under tournament pressure is Michelle Wie. This week on Golf for Beginners, in addition to the latest about Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie, we also include easy golf tips from Annika Sorenstam and Adam Scott. A flagstick ruling also comes into ques...
Podcast: Michelle Wie plunges below top fifty(?), Tiger Woods helps Annika Sorenstam at British Open and putting tips from Leadbetter, Toski and ReinmuthOriginal at WorldGolf.com
• Mon, Aug 6
By golfforbeginners@aol.com Annika Sorenstam did not let her tiger out of the tank at the Ricoh Women's British Open even with the assistance of Woods' yardage book in her back pocket. Instead, Lorena Ochoa made easy work of the rest of the ladies in the field, going wire-to-wire and proving she is the best female golfer...
Podcast: Wie flops again: new excuses needed for British Open, links golf tips and correct grip pressure
Original at WorldGolf.com
• Mon, Jul 30
By golfforbeginners@aol.com Next stop for the LPGA (and Michelle Wie) is St. Andrews G.C. for the Ricoh Women's British Open. The Old Course is considered by some to be the "home of golf" and a links-style course, completely different than the parklike grounds of the Evian Masters Golf Club in France. This challenge will ce...
Podcast: Wie hopes to play 'freely' in Evian return
Original at AZ Central.com
• Thu, Jul 26
EVIANLESBAINS, France Michelle Wie hopes a return to the French Alps will get her game back on track.
We Aren't Scared, Are Wie?
Original at Blogcritics
• Fri, Jun 29
By Geeves Play at this year's U.S. Women's Open has been suspended mid-second round due to rain, so Michelle has not teed off yet, but she opened with an 82. That was Michelle's 22nd consecutive round over par, and at the current pace of play, she will need to break her streak, and par, by at least a few stro...
Wie has rugged US Open start with 82 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at hosted.ap.org
• Thu, Jun 28
Wie has rugged US Open start with 82 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AP Photo/Gerry Broome SOUTHERN PINES, NC (AP) -- Michelle Wie was in good company at the US Women's Open, but in the worst ...
Wie has rugged start at Open with an 82 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at hosted.ap.org
• Thu, Jun 28
Wie has rugged start at Open with an 82 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - I know I'ma better player than this," Wie said. Perhaps even more shocking was the player one shot worse - Karrie Webb, a seven-time major champion who won ...
Michelle Wie's wrist okay for U.S. Women's Open but not for John Deere Classic?
Original at WorldGolf.com
• Wed, Jun 20
By golfforbeginners@aol.com It's looking as if David Leadbetter was right when he noted that Michelle Wie was going to concentrate on the LPGA Tour. She should have more success there, eventually, once she regains her confidence and her wrist has healed. But, Wie will never become the golfer she should be until she is fr...
Surprising Min leads LPGA Championship - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at hosted.ap.org
• Sat, Jun 9
Surprising Min leads LPGA Championship Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Michelle Wie was anything but that. The 17-year-old from Hawaii finished before the leaders even arrived at Bulle Rock, and left unanswered was whether she ...
In response to: Michelle Wie offers no apology for first round Ginn Tribute withdrawal
Original at WorldGolf.com
• Wed, Jun 6
By Joe R [Visitor] With the WIe group they do whatever they want and blame everyone else if they are criticised at all. Can you imagine anyone else having a parent talk to the caddie or make suggestions on rules during competition? It is shocking they have so little regard for the Rules and game of golf. For anyon...
Podcast: Michelle Wie "Dancing with the Stars" at the Samsung, hybrid tip and an email asks lefty or righty?
Original at WorldGolf.com
• Mon, May 21
By golfforbeginners@aol.com This podcast is supported by Pioneer Golf and Florida Golf Travel. Click here to listen. Will Michelle Wie accept an invitation to the Samsung World Championship in October, "Dancing with the Stars" of the LPGA's finest? Let's see how Wie fares at the inaugural Ginn Tribute next week! The P...
Opinion: Michelle Wie's ranking tumbles, Tiger Woods' negative self talk, The Shoe Tool and more!
Original at WorldGolf.com
• Mon, Mar 19
By golfforbeginners@aol.com Michelle Wie has fallen to seventeenth position dropping beneath rival Morgan Pressel in the latest Rolex Rankings. Although her cast has been removed, it is unknown if Wie's wrist will be in perfect working condition for the Kraft Nabisco, the first LPGA major of 2007.
Wie needs to learn how to win first
Original at Newsday
• Sun, Jan 14
NY - Jan 14, 2007 A lot of people watched and wondered a few years ago whether Michelle Wie, too young to drive unless she was using a 3-wood, could tee up with the big boys ...