Michelle Wie needs to stop playing against the men. Other blogs have made some great points, so I won’t even attempt to do it better. Go read…
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September 17, 2006 - 7:55 pm
The first Woman’s World Golf Ranking came out this morning. Sorenstam at the top of the list was no surprise. Having Michelle Wie debut at the third position was a bit odd since she has only played in 15 tournaments during the past two years, which is the time period used for the ranking. It’s nice to finally see a world ranking like the men have had for some time.
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February 21, 2006 - 12:17 pm
Is there any doubt who the players of the year will be on the PGA and LPGA tours? Just check out the 2005 resumes for Tiger Woods and Annika Sorenstam.
Tiger Woods
- Money leader with $10,628,024, which is over $2.5 million more than Vijay Singh who ranks 2nd.
- Won the Masters for the 4th time.
- Won the British Open for the 2nd time.
- Finished first 4 other times on the PGA Tour.
Annika Sorenstam
- Won the Mizuno Classic for the fifth year in a row. No one on either tour had ever accomplished this feat.
- Money leader with $2,373,246, which is over $800,000 more than rookie Paula Creamer
- Won a total of 9 times on the LPGA Tour.
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November 7, 2005 - 1:48 pm
Posting has been well overdue here at Primary Rough for the past week and a half. Here’s what I missed…
- Paula Creamer won a second Japan Tour title, giving her a total of 4 tournament wins on the year. Pretty impressive for a girl fresh out of high school.
- Ryan Moore earned his PGA Tour card for 2006. The last player to skip Q-school, going right from college to the pros was Tiger Woods.
- Michelle Wie will once again play in the Sony Open, which is the first event of the 2006 PGA Tour schedule.
- Jean Van de Velde wants to play in the women’s British Open next year. Is he for real? He couldn’t even hold on to a 3 stroke lead with one hold to play against the men. I guess he wasn’t embarrassed enough.
- Phil Mickelson will not be playing in the Tour Championship.
- Tom Watson came from 6 back to win the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
- With his win at the Chrysler Championship, Carl Pettersson became the ninth player in his 20s to win on the PGA Tour this year.
- Ernie Els announced that he’ll be back in the “swing” of things for the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa which starts on December 1st.
- 17-year-old Angela Park has decided to bypass college and head straight for the LPGA Tour.
- Casey Martin most likely has called it quits.
- Colin Montgomerie claimed his record eighth money title on the European tour.
- PGA Tour charity donations to hit $1 billion. That’s a lot of money! No other sport can come close to that number.
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November 1, 2005 - 10:17 pm
Annika Sorenstam won the tournament for her 5th time. She actually crushed the field by 8 shots, even after taking a double bogey on the last hole. It was Sorenstam’s eighth win of the year and wrapped up her eighth LPGA Tour player of the year award. Paula Creamer, the LPGA Rookie of the year, finished in 2nd place.
Bigger headline news came from Michelle Wie though and it was not good news. In her first event as a professional she was disqualified for signing an incorrect score card. According to officials she took an illegal drop which moved her closer to the hole. She’s young and will earn from her mistake. If something like this had to happen it’s better that it did now when Annika already had the tournament in the bag.
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October 17, 2005 - 10:08 am
Take a step by step look at Michelle Wie’s swing on the Golf Digest site. It seems as thought they removed the page from the site. Wie writes that she concentrates on tempo while playing. Most weekend hackers swing too hard which causes many problems in the golf swing. Of course Michelle also averages about 280 yards with her drives so she hits it farther than most of us also.
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October 16, 2005 - 4:39 pm
The Open really is now truly open.
British Sports Minister Richard Caborn
It was announced today that women will be allowed to qaulify for the Men’s British Open. How long will it be before Michelle Wie qualifies? She is already eligible to attempt qualifying for next year’s Open.
More details at ESPN.com.
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October 13, 2005 - 10:54 am
Chile’s 21-year-old Nicole Perrot finished the Longs Drugs Challenge at -14, good enough for a one stroke victory over Hee-Won Han. With her victory Perrot becomes the tenth first time winner on the LPGA Tour this year. While looking through her bio I noticed she shares a birthday with me…December 26th.
2005 has been quite the year for the young women in the golf world. Paula Creamer made headlines by going pro after graduating high school, winning a tournament, and then dominating another tournament. Earlier this week Michelle Wie announced she was going pro at the age of 15. It’s great to see the game of golf becoming more and more popular for the younger females. Maybe the big TV networks will take notice and show LPGA tournaments in prime time a little more often.
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October 9, 2005 - 11:19 pm
I enjoy watching Annika Sorenstam play because she’s such a phenomenal golfer, but what’s up with her player profile photo on LPGA.com? It looks like she crawled out of bed, someone said “Smile!” and snapped her picture. For one of the greatest to ever play the game of golf they could at least update the photo. She’s much better looking than what they show.
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October 9, 2005 - 11:13 pm
On Wednesday 15-year-old Michelle Wie from Honolulu, Hawaii made the move. At a press conference she made the announcement the golf world had been expecting; she was turning pro. As she spoke to the media, she was joined by representatives from Nike and Sony. Wie signed endorsement deals with the two companies which are worth roughly $10 million a year. It’s incredible to think a girl who has yet to turn 16 or get her driver’s license will make more from endorsements than Annika Sorenstam who is one of the greatest women golfers the game has ever seen.
Wie has the talent and the looks to do for the LPGA what Tiger Woods has done for the PGA. She finished in the top three in two of this years LPGA majors and has competed in several men’s tournaments. It’s only a matter of time before she is dominating the women’s game and competing at a higher level with the men. How long will it be before she wins a men’s event? I bet she’ll do it before her 20th birthday.
Over the next couple of years Wie will play a light tournament schedule so that she can finish high school. Once she graduates and is able to concentrate on golf full-time, the world of golf better watch out.
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October 7, 2005 - 5:48 pm