Archive for the 'Biography' Category

Wie in tough spot after second round.

Tuesday, August 10th, 2004

“I’m not even close to satisfied,” the 14-year-old Hawaiian sensation said. “It was one of those rounds where you got off to a good start, start making birdies, then I don’t know what happened after that.” Wie, the 2003 Women’s Amateur Public Links champion, was tied for 24th, seven strokes behind leader Tania [...]

Evian on tap; Wie headlines

Tuesday, July 20th, 2004

We’re not too sure about the Donga headline, but we do know that Michelle Wie is playing in the 2004 Evian Masters, which begins tomorrow in Evian France.

The 16th Hole, One Day Later

Saturday, July 3rd, 2004

Michelle Wie made three excellent plays to birdie the hole she double-bogeyed yesterday. Her play on the 16th put her at 3-under.

Wie Finishes Day Four Behind Leader

Friday, July 2nd, 2004

Michelle Wie finished the day at 1-under. She’s on the leaderboard and is in a good position to make a run at the top going into Saturday. In what would be an otherwise average day on the links, B.J. Wie may have cost his daughter two strokes.

The Amateur Edge: No Money, No Pressure?

Thursday, July 1st, 2004

Brittany Lincicome, an 18-year-old from Florida, fired a five-under-par 66 on Thursday to lead in the clubhouse as the first round was suspended due to darkness.

Michelle Wie, the 14-year-old sensation who played with the men of the PGA Tour in Hawaii this year, opened with an even-par [...]

Wie’s big goal: Driver’s License

Thursday, July 1st, 2004

The Charlotte Observer ran a nice Q&A piece on Michelle Wie showing her in a personal light beyond her golf game.

Q. After missing the cut at the 2003 Bank of America Colonial, Annika Sorenstam said she felt like she didn’t belong on the PGA Tour. What about you, looking down the line? I [...]

LPGA U.S. Women’s Open — Weather Delay

Thursday, July 1st, 2004

ESPN is currently running tape of their 2003 coverage of the LPGA U.S. Women’s Open. This morning Michelle Wie finished the round even shooting a 71 for the day.

Wie loses in 36th hole shocker

Monday, June 28th, 2004

We eat crow as Wie loses on the final hole of the Publinx Women’s Amateur.

Michelle surges into finals, fends off Park

Saturday, June 26th, 2004

Once again we’re at a loss of television coverage and it’s killing us. Complaints about Michelle Wie’s Women’s Open exemption were based on the fact that she hasn’t won anything. Shouldn’t this type of performance be rewarded? If she should win her second U.S. Amateur title critics better have their just desserts ready by their [...]

Wie’s short game touchy; defeats Park 2 and 1

Friday, June 25th, 2004

Earlier Friday, Wie beat Melissa Martin 3 and 1 in the second round, finishing just before the first of two rain delays stopped play for nearly three hours and prevented one third-round match from being completed