Two years ago, at the age of 16, Michelle Wie finished in the top five of three women’s majors, including a tie for 3rd at the U.S. Women’s Open. She was on the top of the world until a landslide hit and she tumbled down down down, until many people felt she would never gain ground again. I have to admit, I was one of those people. I hoped for the best, but deep inside I felt it was hopeless. But like all things in golf, you just never know...
Today, Michelle is starting to show some of her old spirit, perhaps due to a new love in her life or perhaps being a bit further from the iron apron strings of her parents or maybe it's just that Michelle Wie is growing up.
In two weeks, Michelle heads to Edina for the U.S. Women’s Open and she can hold her head up high again after finishing 6th in Germany two weeks ago and then second at a 36 hole sectional this past week with a score of -4.
“It feels really good to be playing well again,” Wie said on Monday. “It feels good to have confidence in my shots again. I feel like my distance is coming back. I’m pretty pleased, and I’m really happy to be playing at the U.S. Open.”
“I’ve put in a lot of hard work and I’m really glad to see that the results are starting to show heading into the U.S. Open,” Michelle continued. “I want to be in contention again. I want to feel the confidence. I want to feel like I’m the best player out there. I want to win.”
This week, Michelle Wie will tee it up at the Wegmans LPGA event (Lorena's defending) - a tour that Wie now says she'd be "honored" to play on. It would appear that Michelle is starting to think for herself. I would love to see Michelle in contention this week and I'd be thrilled to be in the postion of having to eat my past words when I thought her career was sadly over.
I just love it when I'm wrong :)
Golfgal
An ongoing quest to realize potential
By MARK CRAIG • mcraig@startribune.com
Star Tribune
15 Jun 2008
Michelle Wie and Kevin Garnett are friends off the course and outside the ropes, brought together byWilliamMorrisAgency, aHollywood marketing firm that also serves, among others, tennis star SerenaWilliams, actor Russell Crowe and rapper 50 Cent. And...read more...
Wie is on quest to realize potential
Star Tribune
15 Jun 2008
“I’m a big fan of Kevin Garnett’s,” Wie said. “I’ve never seen anyone with that much intensity. He just plays with so much intensity that when I see him on the court, I just think to myself, ‘I want to be like that.’ I want to make people think I have...read more...
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