Archive for October, 2005

Charity Earns Michelle Wie a Round With Clinton

Monday, October 31st, 2005

Here is more on Michelle Wie’s donation to the Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund and her round of golf with former U.S. President Bill Clinton. This story was taken from the English version of a popular Korean Newspaper. The story is below. Enjoy!
Michelle Wie added a round of golf with Bill Clinton to [...]

British Open Qualifying Does Not Thrill Women

Monday, October 31st, 2005

Although the British Open is now open to women, do not get the idea that the Royal and Ancient rolled out the red carpet.
Because there was difficulty comparing handicaps between the sexes and the length of courses they play, the club decreed that only women who finished among the top five in the Ladies Professional [...]

Wie gives $500,000 to Katrina Fund, plays golf with Clinton

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

Word has it that Michelle Wie gave a half a million dollar check to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Relief Fund today in Las Vegas, and then went on to play a round of golf with former U.S. president Bill Clinton.
It was reported that Wie personally delivered the check to Bill Clinton this morning at the Southern [...]

Sorenstam tells Wie she got a raw deal

Friday, October 28th, 2005

Annika Sorenstam won the Samsung World Championship by eight shots, but Michelle Wie still got all the headlines over the way she was disqualified in her professional debut.
Some top players might have been offended by being ignored after such a great performance. But Sorenstam showed again why she’s in a league of her own.
According to [...]

Writer who reported on Wie deserves no abuse

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

I’ve come to think of it as Dropgate, and I wish it would go away.
Only now, days after I wrote a column laying out the details of how “Sports Illustrated writer Michael Bamberger came to have 16-year-old phenom Michelle Wie disqualified from her first tournament as a pro for a rules violation, has the avalanche [...]