Michelle Wie wins U.S. Open

ESPN ^ | 6/22/14

[hole_n_one]

PINEHURST, N.C. -- The road Michelle Wie took to a U.S. Women's Open title was unlike any other, and suddenly insignificant. Whether this was a long time coming was the least of her cares.

The biggest star in women's golf had her name on the biggest trophy.

She never looked happier.

"Oh my God, I can't even think straight," Wie said Sunday after a two-shot victory over Stacy Lewis to claim her first major.

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The final three holes at Pinehurst No. 2 were filled with ups and downs that Wie knows as well as anyone in golf. She responded with a performance worthy of the hype that had been heaped on her since she was a teenager.

With a three-shot lead on the 16th hole, Wie nearly threw it all away with one poor decision, only keeping the lead by making a nervy 5-foot putt for double bogey. And right when it looked as though this would end badly, the 24-year-old from Hawaii responded with the putt of her life that made her a Women's Open champion.

Facing a 25-foot birdie putt on 17 that was fast and dangerous, Wie pumped her fist when it fell, then pounded her fist twice to celebrate the moment.

[hole_n_one]

From Wie's Twitter account.......

All buckled in.....

[hole_n_one]

Please move to proper forum.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

The lady can play golf!

[aposiopetic]

It’s got to be a huge relief no longer to be discussed in terms of “potential” and to have moved the discussion on to hardware. Good for her!

[rainee]

She sure can play & she’s crazy tall..

[yarddog]

Is she the one with the odd painting on her lower leg? If so I saw her make one shot whild channel surfing.

As luck would have it, she made a maybe 30 footer. That is the only shot I saw.

[GeronL]

painting on her leg?

[MichaelCorleone]

Ms. Wie was always my favorite female golfer. Congratulations to her - she deserves it.

[GeronL]

was Choi Na-Yeon in that tournament, how did she do??

[hole_n_one]

The "painting" on her leg is strategically placed tape to keep her muscles aligned due to a hyper extended knee.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

She doesn’t take herself too seriously. When asked about the Kinesio tape she had on her left leg — two long camouflage pieces on her thigh, pink stripes wrapped behind and on both sides of her kneecap and two more camo strips down her calf and along one side — Wie said she "thinks" it makes her leg feel better, helping with inflammation. But it serves another purpose as well.

"I just think it looks cool, too," she said. "Makes me look really hard."

source: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/06/20/3952444/michelle-wie-resists-looking-forward.html#storylink=cpy

[FlJoePa]

Kinesio tape. She's got a bad wheel.

[GeronL]

now that makes more sense

[yarddog]

I thought it was a new golfing style.

[hole_n_one]

Tied for 13th.............

Leaderboard

[GeronL]

but Choi Na-Yeon has the cartoonish club covers....

so cute

[GeronL]

Na-Yeon won it in 2012 I think

[Mears]

I wish my car was as clean as that one.

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[Vendome]

Her wheels look incredible.

I would totally hit that...