MICHELLE WIE

Birthdate: October 11, 1989

Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaiii.

Age: 18 Ht.: 6'

Home: Honolulu, Hawaiii.

College: Stanford

Turned Professional: 2005

PLAYER NOTES

Burst onto the national scene as a 10-year-old by becoming the youngest qualifier for a USGA women's amateur competition when she made the field at the 2000 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. She advanced to match play, where she lost to Cindy Lee of Malaysia in the first round, 3 and 2…Three years later, she won the WAPL title, beating Duke All-American Virada Nirapathpongporn in the final, 1 up, becoming the youngest champion of a USGA "adult" championship…Lost the 2004 WAPL final to Yan-Ni Tseng…In her home state, she won the 2002 Hawaiian State Open, and the 2001 and '02 Hawaii State Junior Golf Association Tournament of Champions…Semifinalist at the 2002 WAPL…At 12, became the youngest to qualify for a LPGA Tour event, shooting 83 to get into the 2002 Takefuji Classic in Hawaii…At 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship, played in the final group on Sunday and tied for ninth. A year later, she finished in a tie for fourth at the KNC, the best finish by an amateur at the event…Honored as the 2004 Laureus Newcomer of the Year…Missed the cut by one stroke at the 2004 Sony Open, a PGA Tour event…Shared low-amateur honors with Paula Creamer (T-13) at the 2004 U.S. Women's Open at The Orchards after getting a special exemption into the field…Started the 2005 season by finishing second at the LPGA's SBS Open at Turtle Bay in Hawaii. That June, she placed second behind Annika Sorenstam at the McDonald's LPGA Championship…Became the first female to qualify for the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, and advanced to the quarterfinals of match play before falling to eventual winner Clay Ogden, 5 and 4…Was tied for the lead entering the final round of the 2005 U.S. Women's Open, but shot a final-round 82 to finish T-23…In 2006, she became the first female to advance out of local qualifying for the U.S. Open and played before a massive crowd at the 36-hole sectional qualifier at Canoe Brook C.C. in Summit, N.J., but failed to advance (T-59) to the championship proper at Winged Foot…Turned pro in fall of 2005, but was disqualified from her first event as a pro after taking an incorrect drop in the third round of the Samsung World Championship and signing an incorrect scorecard. She would have finished fourth without the mishap…Became second woman (behind Se Ri Pak) to make the cut at the SK Telecom Open, a professional men's event in Korea…Injured wrist while running in January and was sidelined all of the spring season…Only tournament appearance in 2007 came at the PGA Tour's Sony Open in Hawaii, where she missed the cut…In 2008 Wie played for the first time on the Ladies European Tour at the Ladies German Open; finishing six6th.