Name: Michelle Sung Wie
Birth DateL October 11, 1989
Rookie Year on LPGA: PRO
Birth Place: Honolulu, Hawaii
American Home City: Honolulu, HI
Best LPGA Finish: 2nd (twice)
Best LPGA Major Finish: 2nd (2005 McDonald's LPGA
Championship)
Height: 6'1"
2005 LPGA Status: PRO (10/5/2005)
Nicknames: The Big Wiesy
Sponsors: Nike & Sony
How's her English?: Fluent
Hobbies: Reading, drawing, computers
Road to the LPGA: PRO
"I'm not really interested in sports psychology. It
makes me feel like a crazy person."
"I don't think I would say I don't belong here; I do
belong. I belong on the LPGA; I belong on the PGA
(TOUR). I think I belong in both." - following her
performance at the 2004 Sony Open
"I'm happy out of my mind. I like beating a lot of
people." - after winning the 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur
Publinx championship
"Ty Tryon made a lot of money after turning pro, but he
might not have been ready. I don't want to make a lot of
money for a couple of months and then not be ready." -
on her willingness to wait to turn pro (from Business
Week)
"I don’t like going to the mall. I'm not really like the
other girls. I just like to go out on the golf course
and play. Golf is fun and feels really good."
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- Michelle Wie was born on 10 November 1989, the
daughter of BJ and Bo Wie, a professor of transport
policy and a real estate agent.
- Michelle Wie at 11 years old won the Hawaii State
Women's Stroke Play Championship. At 12, Wie became the
youngest player to qualify for an LPGA event.
- Michelle Wie became the youngest player to take
part in a US men's tournament in Hawaii at the 2004 Sony
Open. She was the only woman in the field and said,
"Playing in the Sony Open was the greatest experience
I've ever had."
- According to an interview with the BBC sports
academy website Michelle Wie's role models are Tiger
Woods, Ernie Els and Annika Sorenstam.
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