Is Michelle Wie Ready to Win a Major Championship on the LPGA Tour?

By
at Internationaled.org

Published: April 20, 2014

commentComment        

Michelle Wie is just 24 years old, but she has been a professional golfer for nearly 10 years. The LPGA Tour is reluctant to admit membership to young women under the age of 18. Rather than fight the women's tour for spots in their tournaments, when she turned professional at the age of 15, Wie and her parents decided to play several PGA Tour events and build her brand name for huge endorsement dollars.

At the age of 10, she became the youngest woman ever to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Amateur and she won the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship at 15 years old.

From 2003 to 2006, Wie posted top 10 finishes in seven of the 12 women’s major championships that she entered. She won low amateur honors in six of those events prior to turning professional.

In 2008 as a professional, she finished T-3 in the Kraft Nabisco, T-5 in the LPGA Championship and T-3 in the U.S. Women’s Open.  

She won the 2009 Lorena Ochoa Invitational and the 2010 CN Canadian Women’s Open, but she has not fulfilled the promise expected from her over the years.

As is the case with so many young golfing prodigies, other distractions in life can affect a golf game.

Wie decided to attend college and graduated from Stanford in 2012. Golf fans expected her to immediately be a factor on the LPGA Tour. She entered 23 tournaments in 2012 and only posted one top 10 finish. Her total earnings of $158,500 left her at No. 64 on the money list and searching for answers.

In 26 starts on the 2013 LPGA Tour, Wie only finished inside the top 10 on four occasions and ended the year at No. 41 on the money list with $355,000. Wie fell to No. 33 in driving distance and was No. 55 in putting average with 29.88 putts per round. Her confidence was slipping away.

She made the decision to switch to a severely bent over putting style that helps her see the line and start the ball roll...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

Latest News


Comments

Comments are closed.

Sponsors

Bruins Tickets The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

Red Wings Tickets The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League.

Penguins Tickets The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

New York Rangers Tickets play their home games at Madison Square Garden, they are one of the oldest teams in the NHL, having joined in 1926 as an expansion franchise, and are part of the group of teams referred to as the Original Six.

San Jose Sharks Tickets The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States.

Toronto Maple Leafs Tickets The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

New Jersey Devils Tickets The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.

Washington Capitals Tickets The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C.

Buffalo Sabres Tickets The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League. Get the Sabres and all of your NHL Tickets here.

NASCAR season is on of the most attended sports in the world. NASCAR Tickets to the best tracks is a must every year. Some of these tracks are: Talladega Tickets, Lowes Motor Speedway Tickets, Pocono Raceway Tickets, located in Ridgeway Virginia you have Martinsville Speedway Tickets and southern US you have two of the most popular Atlanta Motor Speedway Tickets and Texas Motor Speedway Tickets. Don't miss all the racing events this year!

Boston Red Sox Tickets The Boston Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Since 1912, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park. This is one of the hottest MLB Tickets sales of any team in the major league.

New York Yankees Tickets The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York and are a member of Major League Baseball's American League East Division. Get tickets to one of the hottest games of the season Yankees Red Sox Tickets.

Chicago Cubs Tickets The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League.

Phillies Tickets The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883.

Orioles Tickets The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Do you love wrestling? Get your WWE Tickets and WWE Survivor Series Tickets today!