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Given a sporting chance, women could manage a team full of men: Norman Chad
Original at Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Sun, Dec 27
These days, we are fascinated by the prospect of Michelle Wie perhaps playing on the PGA Tour or, as Stern suggests, a female Michael Jordan making her way ... and more »
Economic woes dominated year
Original at Honolulu Advertiser
• Sat, Dec 26
In sports, Michelle Wie finally earned PGA victory No. 1 while University of Hawai'i women's volleyball coach Dave Shoji notched career win No. 1000. ... and more »
Buffalo's Reed will not play in game at Atlanta due to ankle injury - Gaea Times
Original at Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Technology Blog
• Sat, Dec 26
Buffalo's Reed will not play in game at Atlanta due to ankle injury Gaea Times (blog) November 19th, 2009 Wie withdraws from LPGA event with ankle injuryRICHMOND, Texas — Michelle Wie withdrew from the LPGA Tour Championship on Thursday after ... and more »
UNDATED: lead to 3-2.
Original at The Ledger
• Sat, Dec 26
• 2 related articles
15 - Michelle Wie earned her first win on the LPGA Tour, closing with a 3-under 69 to finish two strokes ahead of Paula Creamer in the Lorena Ochoa ...
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2009: St. Damien, President Obama and hard times
Original at Victoria Advocate
• Fri, Dec 25
Also in November, Hawaii's Michelle Wie recorded her first LPGA Tour victory at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational. In December, waves grew so large along Oahu's ... and more »
Tiger dwarfs plenty of '09 memories
Original at google.com
• Tue, Dec 22
Hindustan Times Michelle Wie winning more tournaments than Vijay Singh. Too bad so few people will remember. Because the year effectively ended Dec. ... Woods incident overshadows a magical year in golfGlobe and Mail Tiger's silence far from goldenTheChronicleHerald.ca
CVS golf tournament moves back a week, hands out $1.3 million to charities
Original at Providence Journal
• Mon, Dec 21
Michelle Wie is somebody that we're going to try and get,” Andrade said. ``Michelle, Lorena Ochoa, how about a Nancy Lopez? Annika (Sorenstam) would she ...
0Christmas shopping for tour golf
Original at Golf Channel
• Mon, Dec 21
For Michelle Wie, strong ankles . . . to lift and carry the LPGA to new heights. For first-year LPGA commissioner Michael Whan, a Wie winning streak ... and more »
Wie 10th in world ranking
Original at Honolulu Star-Bulletin
• Fri, Dec 18
By Star-Bulletin staff Honolulu's Michelle Wie moved back into the top 10 of the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings released earlier this week with a score ... and more »
5 Secrets to Holing More Putts
Original at Golf.com
• Thu, Dec 17
That's why we've had such success with Annika Sorenstam, Michelle Wie, Phil Mickelson and other big-name golfers. Our goal is to simply get golfers ... and more »
Blumenherst a desert player to watch
Original at The Desert Sun
• Wed, Dec 16
In recent years, for instance, the sectional was the first step to full LPGA membership for players like Paula Creamer, Morgan Pressel and Michelle Wie. ...
Golf in shock as Tiger takes indefinite break
Original at google.com
• Sat, Dec 12
Although Michelle Wie refused to comment at the Dubai Ladies Masters on what she said was a private matter for Woods, former top-ranked LPGA star Annika ... National briefs: Golfers deny talkSalisbury Post Tiger Woods to take 'indefinite' leave from golfBrownsville Herald
Michelle Wie six shots off the pace as light rain hits Dubai (11 December 2009)
Original at Dubai City Guide
• Fri, Dec 11
She has won two LPGA titles including the LPGA Championship, which is a Major. "I have had a really good year so far. One more round before I get to go on ...
Michelle Wie digs in around Majlis
Original at National
• Wed, Dec 9
DUBAI // Michelle Wie made a solid start in her attempt to justify top billing in the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters, with the tall American finishing the ... Wie keeps mums in her sightsAFP Honolulu Advertiser -Khaleej Times -GulfNews
Wie finds time for Dubai golf amid finals week
Original at USA Today
• Tue, Dec 8
Wie faces a strong field in the tournament, which starts Wednesday and is the season-ending event on the Ladies European Tour. LPGA Championship winner Anna ... Michelle Wie Tests Ankle at Dubai Ladies MastersAbout - News & Issues (blog) American for title? Wie not!GulfNews
Wie takes time out from exams for some golf at Dubai Ladies Masters
Original at google.com
• Tue, Dec 8
She faces a strong field in the tournament, which starts Wednesday and is the season-ending event on the Ladies European Tour. LPGA Championship winner Anna ... Michelle Wie Tests Ankle at Dubai Ladies MastersAbout - News & Issues (blog) American for title? Wie not!GulfNews
1-year extension likely for Sony Open in Hawaii golf tournament
Original at Honolulu Advertiser
• Mon, Nov 30
Michelle Wie and Tadd Fujikawa also have competed and created their share of buzz. Wie shot a 68 in 2004 — the lowest ever by a woman in a PGA Tour event ... and more »
Michelle Wie Takes Top Prize, Winning LPGA Tour Event - Celebrity Gossip Show
Original at celebritygossipshow.com
• Thu, Nov 26
Michelle Wie Takes Top Prize, Winning LPGA Tour Event Celebrity Gossip Show (blog) Foo man, this site is so silly picture is from 2003 and Adriana never have boob job, she... Gary Humffreys Well sounds cool to me, way to step out of the ... and more »
Newsobserver.com top five
Original at News & Observer
• Thu, Nov 19
News & Observer Michelle Wie is gone, putting all the attention on Lorena Ochoa's player of the year fight with Jiyai Shin at the LPGA Tour Championship in Richmond, Texas. ... and more »
Halftime: Belichick coaching tree has termites
Original at USA Today
• Mon, Nov 16
After her first LPGA win, Michelle Wie no longer can be called the Anna Kournikova of golf, and she also is one excited twitterer today. ... and more »
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 ...
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 ...
Wie hopes to make waves in debut
Original at Elmira Star
• Tue, May 19
Wie is just 19 years old and is technically a rookie on the LPGA Tour, but she ranks with Annika Sorenstam and Nancy Lopez among the highest-profile names to play at the Corning Classic. Her appearance at Corning came just in time, with this year's ...
Pettersen, Oh hold lead at Sybase after third round
Original at FOXSports.com
• Sat, May 16
Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie shot 69s and were three shots behind the leaders in the $2 million tournament. Hee Young Park was four shots off the pace after a 67. The 21-year-old South Korean is looking for her first LPGA victory. ...
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 Now a Lock for Kraft Nabisco
Original at Golf Channel
• Wed, Feb 18
Turns out all the finger-nail biting surrounding whether Michelle Wie would qualify for the LPGA’s first 2009 major, the Kraft Nabisco Championship, was a lot of wasted angst. Even though Wie is now a card-carrying member of the LPGA, ...
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
• 3 related articles
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...
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...
LPGA Makes Bold, Reckless Statement
Original at sennosportsbiz (WordPress)
• Tue, Aug 26
By mjsenno Tour officials rode Annika Sorenstam for the past decade and counted on Michelle Wie to become the LPGA answer to Tiger Woods. With Sorenstam retiring at the end of this season and Wie just struggling to make cuts, LPGA popularity is plummetting. The tour recently cancelled a 2009 event bec...
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: 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: 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 You can call it what you want: a crisis of confidence, an irritable injury bug, bad karma, whatever you like, but the fact of the matter remains, Michelle Wie just isn't doing so great lately. This string of bad mojo, or whatever it may be, started about a month ago at the Ginn Tribute, a tourna...
Wie has rugged US Open start with 82 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at AP Top
• 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 AP Top
• 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 I wonder, does Morgan Pressel consider herself the "Tiger Woods" or the "Phil Mickelson" in that equation? I would bet that she thinks Wie is akin to Mickelson, right down to that wrist injury both suffered from recently and herself more of a Tiger since her victory at the Kraft Nabisco Cha...
Surprising Min leads LPGA Championship - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at AP Top
• 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...
In response to: Michelle Wie accepts invite to play John Deere Classic
Original at WorldGolf.com
• Fri, May 25
By Will [Visitor] I think Michelle should accept the exemption after all she has accomplished everything she can on the LPGA tour. She has so many top 5 finishes that they might as well just hand her the 4th place check before the events begin. She has completely dominated her female competition and really has...
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 ...