Michelle Wie shot a disappointing 73 to lose by 3 to Angela Stanford at the SBS Open in Hawaii. Michelle had the tournament victory in reach until a double bogey at the 11th hole left her with a one shot lead over Angela. Two holes later, Angela reeled off three straight birdies and cruised home for the victory with a 2-under 70.
Go, Michelle!!!
Michelle Wie shoots to top of leaderboard.
Michelle Wie put herself into contention for her first LPGA Tour victory, shooting a 2-under 70 in difficult conditions Friday in the second round of the season-opening SBS Open.
Making her debut as an LPGA card-carrying member, Wie used a three-birdie run to surge to the top of the leaderboard and finish with an 8-under 136, where she was tied with Angela Stanford (71) heading into Saturday's final round.
“It feels good,'' Wie said of being in contention again. She will be in the final group for the first time since the 2006 Evian Ladies Masters, where she tied for second and picked up her biggest tour paycheck of her career.
Wie said she couldn't remember the last time she led going into the final day. It was at the 2006 U.S. Women's Open where she was tied with Annika Sorenstam and Brittany Lincicome. Wie finished tied for third, two strokes out of the playoff.
Good playing today, Michelle. Good luck the rest of the way.
Golf | Wie storms out of gate in paradise.
Michelle Wie made her much-anticipated debut as a full-fledged LPGA member, birdieing her final three holes for a 6-under 66 on Thursday in the first round of the season-opening SBS Open.
The 19-year-old Wie was a stroke behind leader Angela Stanford.
Wie was tied with rookie of the year Yani Tseng, who was ranked 133rd a year ago and is now No. 2. South Korea’s Kyeong Bae had 67, and Japan’s Momoko Ueda shot a 68.
Wie looked comfortable playing in front of the largest gallery and on her home island of Oahu. It was her first U.S. start since July when she was disqualified from the State Farm Classic after opening with a 67. She earned her tour card in December with a seventh-place tie at Q-school.
Congrats, Tiger. I look forward to seeing Charlie at the 2030 Masters.
Tiger and Elin Woods welcome their second child, a son named Charlie.
Tiger Woods's wife, Elin, gave birth on Sunday to a boy, Charlie Axel Woods. It is the second child for the couple; their daughter Sam was born in 2007.
The birth, first reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune, was confirmed on tigerwoods.com.
“Both Charlie and Elin are doing great and we want to thank everyone for their sincere best wishes and kind thoughts,” Woods said in a statement on the site.
Woods has not released any photos of the baby yet, but said he and Elin “look forward to introducing Charlie to you at the appropriate time.”
Monke wins Sorenstam’s final tournament by three shots in Dubai.
Germany’s Anja Monke triumphed at Annika Sorenstam’s farewell tournament on Sunday, shooting a final round of four-under-par 68 for a three shot victory at the Dubai Ladies Masters, the season-ending event on the Ladies European Tour.
The 38-year-old Sorenstam signed off in joint seventh place after a final round of 71. In typical style, she rolled an eight foot birdie putt into the cup on the 18th hole before a packed gallery of her golfing colleagues.
There were whistles and cheers from the gallery as she finished, before raising her putter in the air and hugging her caddie of nine years, Terry McNamara. There were only a few small tears and Sorenstam kept her composure.
Annika: We’ll miss you (though maybe not for long…).
Michelle Wie finally proves she belongs on LPGA.
Michelle Wie has been playing LPGA Tour events since she was in the seventh grade, drawing the biggest galleries because of her youth and power, but earning little respect from players because of her preferential treatment.
In the 62 tournaments she has played over the last seven years, Wie received 53 exemptions or invitations.
The next time the 19-year-old from Hawaii tees it up, she finally can feel like she belongs.
Wie opened with three straight bogeys before settling down in blustery conditions Sunday for a 2-over 74, easily finishing among the top 20 players at the Q-school to become a card-carrying member of the LPGA Tour.
“It's a good feeling,'' Wie said. “I really earned it. I legitimately went through Q-school. I took my medicine. And I got it. It feels good. It's like high school graduation.''
Good job, Michelle. See you on the tour next year!
Michelle Wie poised to earn LPGA Tour card.
Michelle Wie is in the final group at a golf tournament for the first in more than two years, this time without the pressure of trying to win her first tournament as a pro.
Wie saved par on three of her last four holes Saturday for a 4-under 68 that left her one shot behind former NCAA champion Stacy Lewis at the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament, where the only goal is to leave LPGA headquarters with a full-time job.
Better than being in second place, Wie was nine shots clear of the cutoff for the top 20 players to earn their cards.
Very good job at Q-School, Michelle. One more round and the job is done!
Michelle Wie’s 72 leaves her in decent shape at Q-school.
Michelle Wie offset her mistakes with enough birdies Friday, shooting a par 72 that left her two shots behind and still in good shape at the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament.
Mollie Fankhauser shot a 66 on the tougher Legends course, host of all the top players in the third round, and finished at 12-under 204. She has a one-shot lead over Japan's Shiho Oyama, who had a 71.
Wie was another shot behind at 10-under 206 with Stacy Lewis, who made 12 straight pars until finishing with a birdie for a 71. Lewis won an NCAA title at Arkansas on the Legends course at LPGA International.
Michelle recovered nicely from a double bogey with birdies on the next three holes. Hang in there, Michelle!
Michelle Wie shoots 65 at LPGA Tour Q-school.
Weaving her way through a narrow hallway next to the grill room Thursday, Michelle Wie was stopped by a woman who asked if she would pose for a picture with her young daughter.
Focusing her camera, the woman asked how she played.
"OK," Wie said with a smile and shrug.
If that were an honest assessment, Wie should be in good shape at the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament.
Changing her tactics off the tee on the more forgiving Champions course at LPGA International, the 19-year-old from Hawaii hit driver on all but two holes and ran off four straight birdies late in her round for a 7-under 65 that put her in a tie for the lead with Shiho Oyama of Japan after the second of five rounds at Q-school.
Michelle, you’re kicking butt! Keep it up!
Michelle Wie opens with a 69 on tougher qualifying course.
With little fanfare and even less to say, Michelle Wie took an important first step Wednesday toward earning an LPGA Tour card by opening with a 3-under 69 in the 90-hole qualifying tournament.
It was her first competitive round since Sept. 19, when she advanced out of the first stage of Q-school in California.
Playing on the tougher Legends course at LPGA International, the 19-year-old from Hawaii kept it simple during a mild and breezy afternoon on a course where trouble lurks amid marshes and thick palmetto bushes. She hit only four drivers – none on the par 5s – and her only bogey came on a three-putt from 25 feet on the par-5 14th when she was fooled by the speed.
Good start, Michelle. See you on the tour in 2009!
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