Michelle Wie either plays sensational golf or very mediocre golf; she’s never in the middle of the pack. Last week, it was the later as she missed the cut in the LPGA Open Championship, aided by a quintuple bogey.

Wie needs to really step up her game if she’s going to keep her tour card for 2009. According to ESPN, she needs to finish in the top 10 of the eight remaining events in which she intends to compete. As for “Q” school: 18-year-old Wie says that it would conflict with her studies at Stanford. Time will tell.

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Now that we’ve all recovered from the Men’s US Open and Tiger’s withdrawal from the season following the tournament, it’s time to look at the US Women’s Open, being held this week at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minnesota (just outside of Minneapolis).

Twelve-year tour veteran, Cristie Kerr will attempt to defend her 2007 title, something that no one has been able to do in the 42-year history of the tournament. She’ll be part of a 156-woman field that includes Lorena Ochoa, Morgan Pressel, Paula Creamer, 2003 winner Hilary Lunke (pictured above), Natalie Gublis, and Annika Sorenstam.

Interlachen is a par 73, 6789-yard course. The tournament will be broadcast on ESPN2 on Wednesday, ESPN on Thursday and Friday, and on NBC on Saturday and Sunday.

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In addition, one first prize winner will get a set of PING golf clubs, two one-hour golf lessons, and 20,000 Choice Priveledges reward points and one second place winner will receive a golf prize pack and 10,000 Choice Privledges points.

To enter, visit the Choice Hotel Web site between now and October 3, 2008. The sweepstakes is limited to residents of the United States and you must be 21 years or older to enter.

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Mann retired from the tour in 1981, but still gives golf lessons at the Woodlands Country Club in Woodlands, Texas where she lives.

The “First Lady of Golf” award is given annually to a woman who has made a significant contribution to the promotion of the game of golf. Past winners have included Peggy Kirk Bell, Alice Dye, and Judy Rankin.

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Hot off of her seven stroke win Sunday at the Michelob Ultra Open in Kingsmill, Virginia, Annika Sorenstam announced today that she will be retiring from professional golf at the end of the 2008 season. The Dubai Ladies Masters in December will be her last event.

The 37-year-old Sorenstam cited shifting priorities as her reason for leaving the tour. That makes sense as she is engaged to Mike McGee later this year. At her press conference, she said: “I am very, very proud of what I’ve achieved. Golf has been great to me. I’ve achieved more than I thought I could. I have given it all, and it’s been fun.”

Sorenstam is one of just three women with more than 70 LPGA tour wins (she currently has 72).

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Twenty-one year old Paula Creamer won the SemGroup Championship yesterday, ending Lorena Ochoa’s bid (at least for now) to win five consecutive LPGA championships. But, it wasn’t easy.

Creamer blew a two-shot lead on the final hole, forcing a playoff with 47-year-old Juli Inkster. Creamer finally won the playoff by sinking an eight-foot birdie putt.

This win is Creamer’s sixth career win and second this year. (She won the Fields Open in February.)

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Image details: Ginn Open-Final Round served by picapp.com

While many in the golf world had their eyes on the Masters Tournament, Tiger’s knee surgery, and Trevor Immelman’s surprising win at Augusta, the best woman golfer in the world was quietly winning…and winning…and winning again. On Sunday, she handily won the Ginn Open, her fourth win in a row and her fifth win this year.

Ochoa’s win on Sunday is #22 in her career. That puts her two wins behind the all-time top LPGA winners, Se Ri Pak and Donna Caponi. Will Ochoa be breaking that record this season?

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A full schedule of golf events are planned for this weekend. Below is the television coverage (all times are ET).

Saturday, April 19l
1pm – 3pm – LPGA – Ginn Open in Reunion, Florida – CBS
3pm – 6pm – PGA – Verizon Heritage Classic in Hilton Head, SC – CBS
4pm – 6pm – Champions Tour – Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am in Tampa Bay, Florida – NBC

Sunday, April 20
930am – 1230pm – European Tour – Volvo China Open in Beijing, China – Golf Channel
1pm – 3pm – LPGA – Ginn Open in Reunion, Florida – CBS

3pm – 6pm – PGA – Verizon Heritage Classic in Hilton Head, SC – CBS

4pm – 6pm – Champions Tour – Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am in Tampa Bay, Florida – NBC
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A full schedule of golf events are planned for this weekend. Below is the television coverage (all times are ET).

Saturday, April 5
10am – 1pm – European Tour – Estoril Open in Portugal – Golf Channel
1pm – 4pm – Champions Tour – Cap Cana Championship in the Dominican Republic – Golf Channel
3pm – 6pm – PGA – Shell Houston Open – NBC
630pm – 830pm – LPGA – Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage California – ESPN2

Sunday, April 6
10am – 1pm – European Tour – Estoril Open in Portugal – Golf Channel
1pm – 4pm – Champions Tour – Cap Cana Championship in the Dominican Republic – Golf Channel
3pm – 6pm – PGA Shell Houston Open – NBC
3pm – 6pm – LPGA – Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage California – CBS

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