LPGA membership
Wie, unlike almost every other professional golfer, male or female, is not a member of any professional tour. Prior to her 18th birthday in October 2007, she was not eligible to attempt to join the LPGA Tour, unless she petitioned for an exception as some players, including Morgan Pressel and Aree Song had done, both at age 17. After turning 18 in October 2007, she still chose not to join the LPGA Tour by participating in the Tour's Qualifying Tournaments or "Q-School."
As a professional but a non-LPGA member, she is limited to playing in no more than six LPGA events per year and only on sponsor exemptions. She can play in an unlimited number of non-LPGA events, including the US Women's Open and Women's British Open, provided she qualifies for the events or is given a special exemption by the event organizers. Also as a non-LPGA member, her earnings do not appear on the official ADT money list, she is not eligible for LPGA Tour awards and her statistics do not appear on the of
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LPGA Membership
Wie, unlike almost every other professional golfer, male or female, is not a member of any professional tour. Prior to her 18th birthday in October 2007, she was not eligible to read more...
2005
Wie played her first professional event in the LPGA Samsung World Championship, where she played on a sponsor's invitation. Initially credited with a fourth-place finish and US$ 53,000, read more...
2006
Her third professional start was in January 2006, at the PGA Tour Sony Open at her home course at the Waialae Country Club, Hawaii; she missed the cut again, this time by four strokes.
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2007
In January Wie accepted her fourth consecutive sponsor's exemption to the PGA Tour's Sony Open in Hawaii. She missed the cut by 14 strokes, finishing third from last in the 144-player read more...
2008
On December 20, 2007, it was announced that Wie would not receive one of four available sponsor exemptions to play in the January 2008 Sony Open in Hawaii, an event she played in read more...
Michelle Sung Wie (pronounced /ˈwiË/) (Korean Wie Seong-mi Hangul: 위성미 Hanja: éè–美, born October 11, 1989) is an American professional golfer. read more...
As of March 24, 2008, Wie was dating Stanford men's basketball star Robin Lopez, according to a sportsillustrated.com profile of Lopez and his brother. In an April 28, 2008 interview read more...