HONOLULU — A 79 was not the springboard she was looking for to launch her first full season as a pro. But how much of a setback has Michelle Wie suffered in her quest to play against PGA Tour players?
“You never know,” said Camilo Villegas, who was paired with Wie and Chris Couch for the [...]
Anybody catch Mark Rolfing’s Golf Hawaii last night on the Golf Channel? He had Michelle Wie as a guest, and asked her “which would give you more satisfaction, making the cut in a PGA tournament, or winning on the LGPA?”
Way to put her on the spot, Mark!
Let’s see: choose to make the PGA cut and [...]
The LPGA Tour made an exception yesterday for 17-year-old Morgan Pressel, accepting her as a member instead of making her wait until she turns 18 three months after the season begins.
The decision means that Pressel, a senior at St. Andrews School in Boca Raton, Fla., can play wherever she is eligible and have her earnings [...]
Commissioner Carolyn Bivens has done her part to get the ball rolling by granting Morgan Pressel full LPGA Tour membership at the beginning of the golf year. Now 2 of the big 3 rookies (Pressel & Ai Miyazato) have secured entry into the Kraft Nabisco, the 1st Major tournament on the 2006 LPGA schedule. However, [...]
She used to face-off against pros as an amateur.
Competing in eight of LPGA tour competitions, she took second place three times, including one second-place finish in the LPGA championship.
In December, she turned pro and signed a sponsorship contracts worth 10 million dollars from Sony and Nike.
With the whole world watching, she was taught a bitter [...]