Michelle Wie News

ONCE UPON A time, there was a 10-year-old girl in Hawaii who could drive a golf ball 300 yards and wanted to play on the PGA Tour.

Michelle Wie during the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic on July 2. "Give us a break!" one fan shouted.

Golfweek magazine reported Thursday that the LPGA Tour has decided not to retain Commissioner Carolyn Bivens for the final two years of her contract.

Michelle Wie, in a January 2009 interview: Getting my card is a big triumph for me.

The man who never sat down on a golf course while his daughter was playing now was sitting down on almost every hole.

When the sectional qualifying round for the U.S. Women's Open concluded nearly a month ago, two players who didn't make the cut had everyone up in arms.

Course: Saucon Valley Country Club, Old Course . Purse: $3.25 million. Winner's share: $585,000. Television: ESPN and NBC .

My dad used to tell me, "Do something, even if it's wrong." I didn't always agree.

Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from Eric Adelson's new book, "The Sure Thing: The Making and Unmaking of Golf Phenom Michelle Wie." No woman had ever qualified to play in the U.S. Open -- the men's version -- or any other men's major golf tournament.

Michelle Wie and Natalie Gulbis are not in the U.S. Women's Open field at Saucon Valley Country Club, and LPGA Tour economics had a hand in that.

Honolulu's Michelle Wie will look back this week and wonder what might have been had she not double-bogeyed the 18th on Friday, especially after today's closing round of 7-under 64.

Eunjung Yi blew a six-stroke lead then hit a 10-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat Morgan Pressel and capture her first LPGA victory Sunday in what might be the final Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.

Michelle Wie advanced rapidly in everything she did. Walked at nine months. Ran and chased tennis balls around her father BJ's office soon after.

Another day, another career round at the Jamie Farr Classic. It was Eunjung Yi's turn Saturday at Highland Meadows Golf Club.

Honolulu's Michelle Wie finished with another up-and-down round today at the Wegmans LPGA event in Rochester, N.Y. She closed with a 3-under 69 to finish at 7-under 281, and this despite a three-hole stretch on the back nine where she went bogey, double bogey, bogey.

Natalie Gulbis, left, and Michelle Wie share a laugh as they walk up to the ninth green in the first round at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic golf tournament Thursday, July 2, 2009, in Sylvania, Ohio.

Michelle Wie's home state, which promotes itself as a golfer's paradise with year-round sunny weather, has bid aloha to the LPGA Tour - for now.

Michelle Wie competed in yesterday's O-I Celebrity Pro-Am. She's hoping for a good showing this week.

Because the USGA altered its requirements for exemptions into the U.S. Women's Open, Michelle Wie is not currently in the field that will compete at Saucon Valley Country Club in two weeks hence.

I don't know how many Michiganders will travel to the Toledo area this week to see Michelle Wie play in the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.