Michelle Wie
Eagle-eye Tseng hovers at HSBC Women's Champions
Feb 28, 2013 03:35 EST
World number one Yani Tseng eagled her last hole at Singapore's star-studded HSBC Women's Champions on Thursday as she shot up the leaderboard and put pressure on first-round leader Azahara Munoz.
Crash forces Miyazato out of Singapore golf event
Feb 27, 2013 20:39 EST
Former winner Ai Miyazato pulled out of the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore on Wednesday as she battles whiplash injuries from a car crash which also left American star Paula Creamer struggling to recover.
Teen golf sensation Ko says no to turning pro
Feb 17, 2013 22:15 EST
New Zealand's teenage golfing sensation Lydia Ko will resist pressure to turn professional following an eye-catching performance at the Women's Australian Open, her coach said.
USGA scraps Public Links events for Fourballs
Feb 11, 2013 13:27 EST
The US Men's Public Links Championship, an amateur event whose winner earns a berth in the Masters, and its women's version are being ended after 2014, the US Golf Association (USGA) said Monday.
England women's wicketkeeper Taylor eyes men's match
Jan 14, 2013 11:19 EST
England women's wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor is holding talks about the prospect of playing for Sussex's men's 2nd XI in the upcoming domestic season, The Guardian newspaper said on Monday.
China's Feng stays ahead in Dubai
Dec 07, 2012 13:00 EST
Even a new tournament record round of nine-under par 63 by Dutch woman Dewi Claire Schreefel could not reel in runaway leader Feng Shanshan after Friday's third day's play at the 500,000 euros Dubai Ladies Masters.
China's Feng takes command in Dubai
Dec 06, 2012 09:41 EST
Feng Shanshan, who became the first player from mainland China to win a major on the LPGA Tour earlier this year, took a stranglehold on the 500,000 euros Dubai Ladies Masters on Thursday as she opened up a four-shot lead at the halfway stage.
Three share lead at LPGA titleholders
Nov 15, 2012 18:05 EST
Norway's Suzann Pettersen birdied the final hole on Thursday and joined South Koreans So Yeon Ryu and Sun Young Yoo atop the leaderboard at the LPGA's season-ending Titleholders.
South Korea's Park takes Ochoa LPGA lead
Nov 10, 2012 23:16 EST
Inbee Park, seeking a third victory of the year and trying to catch Stacy Lewis in the LPGA Player of the Year race, seized a two-shot lead at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.
Wie shares LPGA lead with Kung, Stanford
Nov 09, 2012 10:08 EST
Michelle Wie had six birdies in a six-under 66 on Thursday to seize a share of the first round lead in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational alongside Candie Kung and Angela Stanford.
Wie shares LPGA lead with Kung, Stanford
Nov 08, 2012 21:54 EST
Michelle Wie had six birdies in a six-under 66 on Thursday to seize a share of the first round lead in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational alongside Candie Kung and Angela Stanford.
Eagle swoop gives Park clear air at Taiwan LPGA tournament
Oct 27, 2012 12:13 EDT
Park In-Bee fired not one but two eagles for eight-under-par 64 as she moved two shots clear of joint overnight leader Suzann Pettersen at the Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship on Saturday.
Lexi Thompson on pace for LPGA title defence
Sep 21, 2012 21:15 EDT
American teenager Lexi Thompson continued her march toward a defence of her LPGA Navistar Classic title, shooting a second round three-under 69 to stay in the lead.
Storms put paid to British Open second round
Sep 14, 2012 13:31 EDT
Severe winds wiped out the second round of the Women's British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club on Friday, but organisers insisted they were determined to finish the event by Sunday.
Shin maintains LPGA lead
Sep 07, 2012 22:42 EDT
South Korea's Jiyai Shin followed up a tournament-record 62 with a 68 for a one-shot lead in the US LPGA Tour Kingsmill Championship.
Golfer Ko highlights rise of Asia's Tiger women
Aug 30, 2012 07:54 EDT
Untold hours of training and unstinting parental support put teenager Lydia Ko on top of female golf -- a formula followed time and again by Asia's world-beating women.
Tseng leads Canadian Women's Open
Aug 24, 2012 03:16 EDT
Yani Tseng, who is trying to shake off a mid-season slump, fired a six-under par 66 to grab a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the LPGA Tour's Canadian Women's Open.
Wily coyotes latest woe for golf pros
Aug 23, 2012 12:22 EDT
Coyotes at a golf course in western Canada had sports fans howling this week, chasing balls, chewing broadcast cables and generally creating havoc at the CN Canadian Women's Open.
LPGA stars hail women members at Augusta National
Aug 22, 2012 19:51 EDT
World No. 1 Yani Tseng and USLPGA stars Michelle Wie and Brittany Lincicome hailed Augusta National Golf Club's decision to allow women members for the first time in its 80-year history.
Japan's Miyazato wins Safeway Classic
Aug 19, 2012 23:53 EDT
Japan's Mika Miyazato claimed her first LPGA Tour title by winning the Safeway Classic with a closing two-under 70 to beat Inbee Park and Brittany Lincicome by two shots.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Michelle Wie | |
|---|---|
 Michelle Wie at the 2007 LPGA Championship | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Michelle Sung Wie |
| Born | October 11, 1989 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Champions Gate, Florida, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College | Stanford University (ineligible for golf team) |
| Turned professional | 2005 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2009) |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA Major Championships | |
| Kraft Nabisco C'ship | T3: 2006 |
| LPGA Championship | 2nd: 2005 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T3: 2006 |
| Women's British Open | T3: 2005 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Laureus World Newcomer of the Year | 2004 |
