She Did It! Michelle Wie Wins Lorena Ochoa Invitational

by Bill Jempty on Nov 15, 2009 5:51 PM EST Comment 4 comments

She edged Paula Creamer by two shots. Wie opened the final round tied for the lead with Cristie Kerr.

Wie birdied two of the first three holes and was never out of the lead. At some point during the final round both Creamer and Kerr tied Wie for the lead, but fell back. Creamer's bogey at 17 was particularly critical. Wie closed out her win with a birdie on 18.

After entering the weekend with a 3-shot lead, Jiyai Shin finished 74-71 and ended the tournament in a 3-way tie for 3rd with Kerr and Morgan Pressel.

Lorena Ochoa finished sixth. While Shin widened her lead for POY, it is still a very much open race. Ochoa can still take the title and doesn't necessarily need a win. Kerr can do it with a win if Ochoa and Shin both finish out of the top 10 in next week's Tour Championship.

I won't mention what Wie's victory ended. The golf media has only been hammering it over our heads for the last six months. Then some members of the media and the American public look at Wie or Asians as lesser Americans. I won't get into that stupid subject unless one of those culprits then make hay of Wie's win as a American triumph.

The next few days are sure to see a deluge of articles about how big the win was for both Wie and the LPGA. Wie's critics can't separate the fact that the LPGA's future success or even survival may be riding on this woman's back. What other female golfer excites fans and brings them to tournaments? It ain't Ochoa, Shin, or even Kerr and Creamer.

Courtgolf, are you standing by for your IV yet?

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Well done, Wiesy. You didn’t make it easy on yourself, but you scrambled nicely and did what you had to do.

You know Shin is kicking herself for the way she played on the weekend – that was completely unlike her. And who put a sponge on the front of Cristie Kerr’s putter ? I’ve never seen her putt so poorly.

Does Brian Hammon thinking he’s dating Wie ? As the day went on, he started calling Wie “Michelle” while everybody else got last name or both names. :-D

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Nov 15, 2009 7:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

So wait…this DOES mean that Shin has to give the RoY award back, then declare Wie the PoY winner, right ? :-)

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Nov 15, 2009 8:09 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

CG, I have to admit you took the high

road on this. You are a good man. As much as I like PCreamer, I really rooted for Michelle (can I call her that?)…

If she never wins another, I really like her. Her smile was priceless today.

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by One-Eyed Golfer Guy on Nov 15, 2009 10:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Some of us never doubted...

…for a moment that Michelle Wie would win. What a great Sunday in Mexico. M.W.’s win was awesome of course, but the ensemble cast and all the great stories made it really special. :o)

by golfgirl on Nov 15, 2009 10:45 PM EST reply actions 0 recs