Michelle Wie Wins LPGA Event

[max1234]

I remember quite a few posters on this site saying she was done, no talent, etc.... stick it.


Updated: November 15, 2009, 6:58 PM ET
Wie shoots 13-under for 1st pro win


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Associated Press


GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Michelle Wie won the first LPGA event of her career on Sunday, fulfilling the promise of a decade with a 3-under par 69 to win the Lorena Ochoa Invitational by two strokes over Paula Creamer.
[+] Enlarge AP Photo/Miguel Tovar10 years after her first pro event, 20-year old Michelle Wie won her first LPGA tournament Sunday.



Wie finished off the victory in style, hitting a greenside bunker shot to 6 inches on the 18th hole and then tapping in for a birdie.
The 20-year-old Wie raised both arms in the air -- her putter in her right hand -- and then put her hand over her mouth. After pulling the ball out of the hole, she turned to the gallery, looked to the sky and let out a large sigh of relief.
Morgan Pressel (67), Jiyai Shin (71) and Cristie Kerr (72) were three back. Wie finished a 13-under 275 after starting the day at the Guadalajara Country Club tied for the lead with Kerr at 10 under.
Wie first qualified for a USGA event at age 10 and played an LPGA event when she was 12. She joined the LPGA this season and has begun to show the sizzling game that has made her arguably the biggest attraction in women's golf.
Wie had a few shaky moments but she was steadier down the stretch as her rivals faltered. In the past, it's often been the Hawaiian who has stumbled.
She had chances to pull away on the front nine, but couldn't quite do it and finished with a 2-under 34 -- 12 under for the tournament. She went to 13 under with a birdie on 11, giving her a one-shot lead over Creamer and Kerr. Wie bogeyed the next hole when her escape shot from under a cluster of trees squarely hit a trunk, the ball rebounding into the fairway behind her.
But she made par through 17.
Creamer drew even with Wie with an eagle on 10. But two bogeys down the stretch ruined her chances of victory.
"I gave it a chance, and Michelle played great," said Creamer, who has battled stomach problems for a year and fought off back and thumb injuries. She is winless this year after eight career victories.
Lorena Ochoa Invitational Leaderboard


1. Wie (-13)
2. Creamer (-11)
T-3. Pressel (-10)
T-3. Kerr (-10)
T-3. Shin (-10)
• Leaderboard



"I feel a lot better with my golf," she said. "It's just unfortunate that you're so close, yet you're so far away."
The LPGA, battered by economic problems and the forced resignation of its commissioner this summer, needs this as much as Wie.
"Literally, when Michelle Wie is atop the leaderboard it's like night and day and that's star power," LPGA spokesman David Higdon said the day before Wie's win. "That's all it is. This is somebody people want to follow. You see it in her presence, the way she walks around. The way people talk to her."
Wie played PGA Tour events when she was 14 -- the biggest stage there is. She was criticized at the time for not focusing on women's events. She turned pro in 2005 before even finishing high school.
She ignored the criticism and, at 16, she was poised to become the first woman to qualify for the men's U.S. Open before her putter failed her.
Shortly after that she began to lose confidence and the biggest attraction in women's golf went into a long, painful slump that was made worst by a wrist injury that ruined her 2007 season.
She has slowly worked her way back, earning her LPGA card for this season, gaining credibility with players and emerging as a star on this year's Solheim Cup, going undefeated in four matches.
When she is on her game, it flies with soaring drives and better and better touch on the greens. Wie has finished second twice this season, and has two other third-place finishes on the LPGA Tour.

[hosnatcher]

I'd fuck her.

[Doc JS]

never has sooooo much been made of someone who has done soooooo little....

Hell, according to all the Wie backers, by now she was supposed to be winning on the PGA Tour !!!!!

[soli]

It's about time......

[Doc JS]

Originally Posted by soli

It's about time......

Ex-fvcking-actly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Boxer22]

Originally Posted by soli

It's about time......

Its not her fault the media hyped her so much. How many other 20 year olds do you know that have won a PGA event? Winning at 20 is an amazing feat.

[Brock]

I'm pretty sure she quivered when she accepted the trophy.
Good for her.

[VIEJO DINOSAUR]

I remember Max, myself, and Bellyputter sticking by her...

[Dafinch]

Originally Posted by max1234

I remember quite a few posters on this site saying she was done, no talent, etc.... stick it.


Updated: November 15, 2009, 6:58 PM ET
Wie shoots 13-under for 1st pro win


Comment Email Print Share
Associated Press


GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Michelle Wie won the first LPGA event of her career on Sunday, fulfilling the promise of a decade with a 3-under par 69 to win the Lorena Ochoa Invitational by two strokes over Paula Creamer.
[+] Enlarge AP Photo/Miguel Tovar10 years after her first pro event, 20-year old Michelle Wie won her first LPGA tournament Sunday.



Wie finished off the victory in style, hitting a greenside bunker shot to 6 inches on the 18th hole and then tapping in for a birdie.
The 20-year-old Wie raised both arms in the air -- her putter in her right hand -- and then put her hand over her mouth. After pulling the ball out of the hole, she turned to the gallery, looked to the sky and let out a large sigh of relief.
Morgan Pressel (67), Jiyai Shin (71) and Cristie Kerr (72) were three back. Wie finished a 13-under 275 after starting the day at the Guadalajara Country Club tied for the lead with Kerr at 10 under.
Wie first qualified for a USGA event at age 10 and played an LPGA event when she was 12. She joined the LPGA this season and has begun to show the sizzling game that has made her arguably the biggest attraction in women's golf.
Wie had a few shaky moments but she was steadier down the stretch as her rivals faltered. In the past, it's often been the Hawaiian who has stumbled.
She had chances to pull away on the front nine, but couldn't quite do it and finished with a 2-under 34 -- 12 under for the tournament. She went to 13 under with a birdie on 11, giving her a one-shot lead over Creamer and Kerr. Wie bogeyed the next hole when her escape shot from under a cluster of trees squarely hit a trunk, the ball rebounding into the fairway behind her.
But she made par through 17.
Creamer drew even with Wie with an eagle on 10. But two bogeys down the stretch ruined her chances of victory.
"I gave it a chance, and Michelle played great," said Creamer, who has battled stomach problems for a year and fought off back and thumb injuries. She is winless this year after eight career victories.
Lorena Ochoa Invitational Leaderboard


1. Wie (-13)
2. Creamer (-11)
T-3. Pressel (-10)
T-3. Kerr (-10)
T-3. Shin (-10)
• Leaderboard



"I feel a lot better with my golf," she said. "It's just unfortunate that you're so close, yet you're so far away."
The LPGA, battered by economic problems and the forced resignation of its commissioner this summer, needs this as much as Wie.
"Literally, when Michelle Wie is atop the leaderboard it's like night and day and that's star power," LPGA spokesman David Higdon said the day before Wie's win. "That's all it is. This is somebody people want to follow. You see it in her presence, the way she walks around. The way people talk to her."
Wie played PGA Tour events when she was 14 -- the biggest stage there is. She was criticized at the time for not focusing on women's events. She turned pro in 2005 before even finishing high school.
She ignored the criticism and, at 16, she was poised to become the first woman to qualify for the men's U.S. Open before her putter failed her.
Shortly after that she began to lose confidence and the biggest attraction in women's golf went into a long, painful slump that was made worst by a wrist injury that ruined her 2007 season.
She has slowly worked her way back, earning her LPGA card for this season, gaining credibility with players and emerging as a star on this year's Solheim Cup, going undefeated in four matches.
When she is on her game, it flies with soaring drives and better and better touch on the greens. Wie has finished second twice this season, and has two other third-place finishes on the LPGA Tour.

After wasting years playing in men's events when she hadn't even proven she could win in women's, and being relentlessly overhyped-partly by her greedy ass parents-she's now 1 for 64 in events entered and you're spraying your shorts and telling people to stick it?

Schmuck...:happyass::assmad:

[earl]

TRU DAT FINCH!

[billhill999]

I guess that 'Anna Kournakova of golf' label can be removed.

[steak tartar]

Originally Posted by VIEJO DINOSAUR

I remember Max, myself, and Bellyputter sticking by her...

and me

[quantumleap]

Originally Posted by hosnatcher

I'd fuck her.

So can we see her in Playboy already???

[max1234]

Awww, just what I love, another 400 post asshole chiming in.

Hey DaFinch.... and tell ur mom she'd better have my fucking food cooked when I stop by tonite..... bitch.

[bellyputter]

She is only 20 year old, and has been under a mini Tiger microscope the whole time. Plus, those meddling parents.

[about .1000]

her 1st win was when she meet me . :-)

[LostBankroll]

Bout damn time this "Hello Kitty" face ass chinky won an event.

[Railbird]

JimHarbaugh@themichellewie Congrats from our entire team! Enjoy the ultimate thrill of winning. Richly deserved - we see your work and know your heart.

[Dafinch]

Originally Posted by max1234

Awww, just what I love, another 400 post asshole chiming in.

Hey DaFinch.... and tell ur mom she'd better have my fucking food cooked when I stop by tonite..... bitch.

Other than somebody who has, like, two posts who started today and is likely a ghost poster with no balls, what the FUCK does how many posts I have have to do with anything??? You been jerking off to that pie faced bitch and made 4,000 posts in 5 years and you think you're something special?!?! Go FUCK your mother while you blow your father!!!!!:happyass::assmad::

[max1234]

Hey Finch,

I think your mom gave me clap. Get the bitch to a dr before I come over again. And get her some cooking lessons while you're at it.


Michelle Wie for President!

[Dafinch]

Originally Posted by max1234

Hey Finch,

I think your mom gave me clap. Get the bitch to a dr before I come over again. And get her some cooking lessons while you're at it.


Michelle Wie for President!

Lick the scum off a dead dog's dick, douchebag, and remember to bite the pillow to stifle your screams when Daddy comes a pipe layin'...

[Doc JS]

Originally Posted by Boxer22

Its not her fault the media hyped her so much. How many other 20 year olds do you know that have won a PGA event? Winning at 20 is an amazing feat.

Do NOT lay this at the feet of the media!!!!!

The Media didn't screw this girl up. Her parents, handlers and Nike did. And to say anything else is, as General Norman Schwarzkopf said in the first Gulf War, BOVINE SCATOLOGY!!!!!

The Media didn't make her not play in the junior tournaments where she could have learned to win against players her own age (see Tiger Woods and John McEnroe).

The Media didn't not let her go to college where she could have matured a bit before she turned pro (see Tiger Woods and John McEnroe)

The Media didn't send her off to play on the PGA tour when she hadn't learned to win against people of her own gender or age.

So, there is plenty of blame to go around for screwing this girl out of her childhood and retarding her progress as a golfer...but it ain't on the fvcking media!!!!!

Doc

[par88]

Her story is similar to Sean O'hair's on the PGA tour....here's another kid who was "manufactured" into a pro golfer by his dad.

Problem is the whole plan backfired on O'hair's dad in 02. Sean cut off all relations and has not spoken to his dad since. Probably had a lot of resentment.

Wonder if Wie feels the same way?