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Kia Classic - 1st Round
Amanda Blumenherst fired a 66 and leads the way at the Kia Classic. Sandra Gal is one shot back in second place while Michelle Wie sits in third, two strokes behind. Blumenherst birdied the last four holes to equal her career-lowest round. Gal birdied four straight on the front nine and...
Some Meandering Thoughts on Michelle Wie's Second Win
Let's be brief here: every person remotely associated with the LPGA Tour and women's golf has to be happy about Michelle Wie's second career pro win yesterday in Winnipeg. It was a three shot win that came out of nowhere. Pleasantly, it came before football season and against a PGA Tour event that,...
Canadian Open - Epilogue
Michelle Wie's victory is expected to move her up to #7 in the Rolex Rankings. I haven't updated my numbers yet but it appears Michelle will make it into the Top 10. Like it or not, Michelle Wie is one of the ten best players in the world and chances are good that we'll be further narrowing down...
CN Canadian Women's Open - Final Round
Michelle Wie took the solo lead with a 15-footer for birdie at the 8th hole and put it away with three straight birdies to win the CN Canadian Women's Open by three strokes. It is the second career victory for Wie and her first of 2010. Jiyai Shin, Suzann Pettersen, Jee Young Lee and Kristy...
Blame Thyself, Lexi: No Excuses for Closed Door to the Open
Life is full of choices. Later today, I'm going to make a choice between peanut butter & jelly or a salad. A few weeks ago, Lexi Thompson made the choice to turn pro at age 15. Without much challenge left in the amateur ranks, Lexi wanted to chase pro golf in the footsteps of Michelle...
Wie Goes Cross-Handed as Her Evian Masters Gets Weirder
It's been a rough week for Michelle Wie. On Wednesday, she pulled out of the Evian Masters pro-am in France citing heat exhaustion. It was the second time in her short pro career that she was sidelined with said injury. Thursday's opening round was a fairly strong 68 that left her a couple off of...
Magna Cum Numquam: Michelle Wie Missed the College Joke
Michelle Wie is one of the clear headliners of this week's US Women's Open at Oakmont. There's a poster in Pittsburgh shouting "Wow, Wie!" and her arrival into town with one LPGA Tour win. She held a presser this morning and, well, it kind of got off to a bad start. The moderator got off to a...
Oh, Great - PETA Is on Michelle Wie Now
A few weeks ago, we showed you the confusing commercial that introduced Michelle Wie as a new spokesperson for McDonald's. In the spot, Wie uses golf balls (not Evites, bewilderingly) to invite friends to a McNugget party. And, of course, that set off PETA. Just a few days shy of the LPGA...
Should Alexis Thompson Be Rethinking Turning Pro at 15?
Yesterday, Alexis Thompson made it official that she would make her professional debut at the LPGA's ShopRite Classic in mid-June. She is all of 15 years old. Thompson is a distinguished player who has exhibited having the goods to succeed - playing in the US Women's Open from at 12 years old...
Michelle Wie Is Throwing A Party at McDonald's and You're Invited
Yesterday on Twitter and Facebook, Michelle Wie released the good news that her first television commercial as spokesperson for McDonald's is on the Web at their Inspirasian Website. Now that's a pun. Here's the video: If I get the gist of it right, Michelle Wie is on the golf course, decides...
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