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September 14th, 2008

Michelle Wie to Enter Q-School

I wasn’t sure we’d see this, but 18-year-old golfer, Michelle Wie has swallowed her pride and entered the LPGA’s Qualifying School to earn her 2009 LPGA Tour Card. She will compete in the qualifier this month at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California–the same course where she finished fourth at the Kraft Nabisco […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 1 comment

August 19th, 2008

Michelle Wie Fails to Qualify for LPGA Tour Card

The Canadian Women’s Open was a pretty good tournament for Michelle Wie, who’s had a roller-coaster of a year. It wasn’t, of course, as good as it was for Katherine Hull, who picked up her first LPGA win at the Open. However, Wie finished a respectable 12th place and earned herself $36,475 for the week’s […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 0 comments

August 2nd, 2008

Michelle Wie Fails to Make PGA Cut

Michelle Wie, playing on a sponsor’s exemption at the PGA Reno-Tahoe Legends Open, failed to make the cut in this her 8th attempt in a PGA tournament. Wie finished the first round in contention with a +1 73, but ended the second round at +9, aided by a double bogey and a quintuple bogey. Wie […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 0 comments

July 23rd, 2008

Wie to Play in Legends Reno Tahoe Open

Michelle Wie may be having trouble over at the LPGA Tour. She was disqualified in last week’s State Farm Classic and without a top-three finish in August’s CN Canadian Women’s Open, she is likely heading back to qualifying school. However, none of that is stopping the 18-year-old from testing her skills against the gentlemen of […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 1 comment

July 10th, 2008

Is Wie Headed for Q-School?

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 […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 0 comments

July 7th, 2008

PGA Tour Heads to the Heartland for John Deere Classic

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The PGA Tour heads to the Quad Cities for the appropriately named John Deere Classic this week. The four-day tournament, formerly named the Quad Cities Open, has been played at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois since 2000. (For those of you who aren’t familiar […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 0 comments

June 9th, 2008

Golf Dads

This Sunday, June 15, is Father’s Day in the United States. It’s a good chance to look at some of professional golf’s dads and sons:
Michelle Wie with her dad and caddy, B. J. Wie
Colin Montgomerie with his dad, James
Ernie Els with his dad, Neels.Of course, many pro golfers are dads, too. Here are a couple […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 3 comments

May 11th, 2008

Golf Mothers

Behind most every golf champion is a mother watching stoically from the stands. In the spirit of Mother’s Day, here are the mothers of some of golf’s most prominent players.
Kultida Woods (mother of Tiger Woods)
Marcella Ochoa (mother of Lorena Ochoa)
Mary Mickelson (mother of Phil Mickelson)
Bo Wie (mother of Michelle Wie)
Happy Mother’s Day to all “Green […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 0 comments

February 22nd, 2008

Wie Debuts, Jang Leads at the Fields Open

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As most of the world’s golf fans are watching the men compete in the WGC Accenture Match Play (after Thursday, Tiger’s in; Phil’s out), the women of the LPGA are in Hawaii competing in the Fields Open. […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 1 comment

June 12th, 2006

Se Ri Pak Wins McDonalds Championship

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Se Ri Pak surprised everyone by coming from behind to win in a playoff in the LPGA McDonalds Championship on Sunday. Pak defeated Karrie Webb on the first playoff hole by sticking her 2nd shot about three inches from the pin. Webb could have extended the playoff by making her birdie attempt, but […]

By Dale Chavez -- 0 comments