By Michelle Wie finished 7th at LPGA Qualifying school. From AP-
Michelle Wie has earned a spot on the LPGA Tour.
The 19-year-old from Hawaii overcame a miserable start Sunday with a safe finish for a 2-over 74 that had her comfortably among the top 20 at the LPGA qualifying tournament.
Wie has been playing mostly on sponsor exemptions for the last seven years, when she became a sensation for her youth and power, and her unsuccessful quest to compete against the men.
Wie tied for seventh and now takes her place as part of the 2009 rookie class, along with Q-school medalist Stacy Lewis, who birdied the last two holes for a 3-under 69 for a three-shot victory at LPGA International in Daytona Beach.
I’m going out on a limb and predict Michelle both wins an LPGA Tour event and makes the 2009 Solheim Cup team.
11:04 pm on December 7th, 2008 1
Ji Yai Shin is much more talented than Wie, but Shin receives only a tiny fraction of the endorsement dollars that Wie enjoys.
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3:48 am on December 8th, 2008 2
Love her or hate her…
Michelle Wie is to women’s golf what:
- Tiger Woods is to men’s golf
- Michael Jordan was to the NBA
- Tom Brady is to the NFL
The list goes on and on…
A lot of LPGA players dislike her. I suspect it’s a combination of:
- plain ol’ jealousy of her celebrity
- she’s another one of those damn Koreans
- fear of her golfing skills
Creamer, Gulbis, Ochoa and the rest of the popular players would never admit it, but Michelle Wie is exactly what the LPGA desperately needs right now. And she’s going to help them make more money than they would otherwise be making without her being on the tour.
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