MICHELLE WIE
Birthdate: October 11, 1989
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii
Age: 15
Ht: 6'
Home: Honolulu, Hawaii
Player Notes: First female to qualify for a USGA championship that is generally for men. Shot 36-hole total of 145 to earn a spot in the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship to be played July 11-16 at Shaker Run Golf Club in Lebanon, Ohio . .Member of the 2004 USA Curtis Cup team and the youngest USA competitor in the history of the Match ... Youngest champion of an "adult" USGA championship (U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links in 2003). Defeated Duke All-American Virada Nirapathpongporn in the final. . . .At age of 10, she became the youngest qualifier for a USGA women's amateur competition when she competed at the 2000 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. She made match play and lost to Cindy Lee in the first round, 3 and 2 ... Semifinalist at the 2002 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links ... Honored as the 2004 Laureus Newcomer of the Year ... Just completed ninth grade at Punahou School ... Has twice finished in the top 10 at the LPGA's Kraft Nabisco Championship. She played in the final group on Sunday in the 2003 Kraft Nabisco and finished ninth. She finished fourth in 2004 ... Missed the cut by one stroke at the PGA Tour's Sony Open this past January. ... Became the youngest player ever to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship. Began playing golf at age four, she was winning just about every junior event she entered by the age of 11.
Counts among her victories the 2002 Hawaiian State Open and the 2001 and 2002 Hawaii State Junior Golf Association Tournaments of Champions. ... Reached the third round of the 2003 U.S. Girls' Junior. ... Advanced to match play at the 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur.
2004 Highlights
Played in 2004 U.S. Women's Open - Tied for 13th.
Played in 2004 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links - runnerup (lost 1 up to Ya-Ni Tseng)
2003 Highlights
• Was on the cover of Golf World magazine and ESPN The Magazine.
• In January, attempted to qualify for the Sony Open (PGA Tour).
• In February, tied for 43rd in the Hawaii Pearl Open, a pro event featuring players from the Japan Tour, where she was the only female.
• In March, tied for fourth in the Hawaii State Amateur Stroke Play Championship where she was one of only three females...
• Tied for ninth at the Kraft Nabisco Championship... Tied for 33rd at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez.
• In June, became the youngest champion (13 years old) in the 108-year history of United States Golf Association adult championships when she won the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links.
• Competed against men at the Canadian Tour's Bay Mills Open Players' Championship Aug. 21-24.
• Was the first female in a Nationwide Tour field at the Albertson's Boise Open on Sept. 18-21 on a sponsor's exemption.
Career Highlights
• In 2002, at age 12, set the LPGA record for youngest player to qualify for an LPGA tournamentwhen she shot an 83 to qualify for the LPGA Takefuji Classic.
• In 2000, at age 10, became the youngest player to qualify in the USGA amateur tournaments at the USGA Women's Amateur Public Links Championship.
Personal
Started playing golf at the age of four... Father B.J. is a professor of transportation at the University of Hawaii... Mother Bo is a realtor in Honolulu... Her ultimate goal is to "play at the Masters."