Free Republic

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.---------snip------- 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...

Wie, who has played in the PGA Tour event at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu every year since 2004, did not receive one of the four sponsor exemptions... she wasn't ready for professional golf. Two of the Sony Open sponsor exemptions will still go to Hawaii teenagers.

Michelle Wie on Friday missed the cut in last place at the European Masters -- 22 shots behind co-leaders Bradley Dredge, Andrew McLardy and Marcel Siem. "I am still in shock. I just couldn't get any of my shots to go," Wie said after a round of 8-over 79. "I don't know why it was. I don't even know what sport I was playing today." Having now missed the cut in nine of the 10 men's events she has played worldwide, Wie will give it another shot next week at the 84 Lumber Classic on the PGA TOUR. Friday, Wie...

Yes, yes, yes, Michelle Wie should have the chance. That isn't the issue. As Jack Nicklaus was just saying: If you've got the game -- man, woman or child -- come on down and give it a shot for the U.S. Open. In the end, this isn't about the rights of the kid, but the responsibilities of the grown-ups to protect a prodigy for the long run. That she has the talent to make the cut in the U.S. Open sectional qualifier on Monday in Summit, N.J., isn't so much the concern than is if the ramifications of success and...

Michelle Wie arrives in South Korea to prepare for men's tournament By JAE-SOON CHANG SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Michelle Wie arrived in South Korea as a professional golfer for the first time Saturday in advance of playing in a men's tournament next week. The 16-year-old Hawaiian, whose parents were born in South Korea, and who many Koreans regard as one of their own, will take part in the Asian Tour's SK Telecom Open from May 4-7 at the Sky 72 Golf Club in Incheon, west of Seoul. It will be the eighth time she's played in a men's tournament....

Michelle Wie Golfs With Role Model Condi Teenage golfer Michelle Wie couldn't believe she played golf with one of her role models, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. "I was like, 'Oh my God, it's the secretary of state. They put me in charge of driving her around" in a golf cart, Wie told Time magazine for its issue on newsstands Monday. "I was like, if I crash, the secretary of state goes down with me," the 16-year-old Hawaiian high school junior said. When asked what she thought of radio host Rush Limbaugh calling her a "triumph of marketing," Wie, the...

*** Make sure to watch the Golf Channel interview below that aired on Game Central last Saturday night ... Tiger Woods for President someday??? ... Rush says probably not. BEGIN TRANSCRIPT (from his Monday Jan. 23rd radio show) Hey, greetings, folks, and welcome! Rush Limbaugh back in the saddle once again after a week away in Palm Springs, California, the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. I want to thank... I tell you, the people out there, I told the people when I left that one of the reasons I was excited to be going out there was that those are my...

PALM DESERT – Michelle Wie's pro debut made her look like an amateur Sunday when she was disqualified for taking a bad drop from the bushes in the third round of the Samsung World Championship. Talk about a rude welcome less than two weeks after turning pro. First, Annika Sorenstam blew away the field to win by eight shots, even with a double bogey on the last hole. Then, the 16-year-old Wie no sooner had signed for a 74 to finish fourth – $53,126 – that LPGA Tour officials took her out to the seventh hole to discuss a drop...

John Sommers II/ReutersMichelle Wie, 15, follows her drive at the United States Amateur Public Links Championship. MICHELLE WIE is runway worthy, engaging and only 15, a girl steeped in an allure that has left Madison Avenue and golf sponsors unabashedly flirting with the teen golf wonder. Wie is her sport's celebrity of the moment and a remarkable talent, a player equipped with a sweet golf swing that has the effortless sway of a hammock. She also possesses the ability to slay males. Boys line up at the ropes for her autograph, men fall before her on the P.G.A. Tour,...

Michelle Wie just won her first-round match play match at the men's USGA Public Links Championship. After falling two holes down early in the match, she pulled even and then birdied the 18th hole to defeat collegiate player Will Claxton.