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 each year since 2004.
Also in December 2007, Wie's coach, David Leadbetter, had said that Wie planned to play in the 2008 SBS Open and/or the Fields Open in Hawaii the following week. When, on January 15, 2008, it was announced that she also did not receive an exemption to the SBS Open at Turtle Bay on the LPGA Tour beginning February 14, an event at which she had finished second in 2005. it became clear that she would not have the opportunity to play both events. On January 24, it was announced that Wie had received a sponsor's exemption to play in the Fields Open and would accept the invitation. She previously played in the event, which takes place at the Ko Olina Resort, referred to by the Golf Director as Wie's "home course," in 2006, and finished third. At the 2008 tournament, Wie shot rounds of
More about Michelle Wie (From Wikipedia)
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...