http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/23366 Recent articles about Michelle Wie en-us We're continuing our countdown of the top stories in golf over the course of 2009. We're now inside the top 10, and we're at the point where the stories from this year will resonate well into 2010 and beyond.9. Kenny Perry surrenders the Masters. It was a perfect story -- paunchy, middle-aged Kenny Perry, so long one of golf's good guys, was in position to win the game's grandest prize: the Green Jacket. Ahead two strokes with two holes to play, he bogeyed 17 while pursuer... Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:28:26 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/The_top_stories_of_2009_9_7_Perry_Tiger_in_Australia_Wie/1680050 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/The_top_stories_of_2009_9_7_Perry_Tiger_in_Australia_Wie/1680050 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/The_top_stories_of_2009_9_7_Perry_Tiger_in_Australia_Wie/1680050 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/5/05eb4003102a8fc91e85c72aa5377f273812492c/small/The_Presidents_Cup_48c2.jpg CONGRATULATIONS TO BRUCE ROBERTSON, winner of my free drawing for THE SURE THING: The Making and Unmaking of Golf Phenom Michelle Wie.“This is a great surprise,” Bruce said in an email.Bruce is a test engineering manager who works in Glasgow, Scotland, and lives nearby. He is married and has two sons.“They have taken all my time to keep them involved in their pursuits, leaving me no time to concentrate on golf,” said the 21-handicapper. “A weak excuse but I am sticking to it.”Bruce is a membe... Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:30:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Scottish_Golfer_Wins_THE_SURE_THING_Drawing/1673369 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Scottish_Golfer_Wins_THE_SURE_THING_Drawing/1673369 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Scottish_Golfer_Wins_THE_SURE_THING_Drawing/1673369 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/3/239fe1f213149793bf3f7157984246b7a2b1313a/small/LPGA_Tour_Championship_3747.jpg Is Tiger Woods stalking Michelle Wie? Sports Illustrated writes it up as Tiger Looms (Photo via SI.com's Jan Sonnenmair) Return to Bob's Blitz homepage. Bob's Blitz Full story: http://www.bobsblitz.com 
 
 Best Amazon prices for Blitz Subscribers: http://got.to/BlitzBestDeals Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:18:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Michelle_Wie_Stalked_by_Tiger_Woods/1670572 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Michelle_Wie_Stalked_by_Tiger_Woods/1670572 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Michelle_Wie_Stalked_by_Tiger_Woods/1670572 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/7/074685a482c85dbb070ccc34be951c5b6c5de334/small/Tiger_Woods_Drops_fb77.jpg Her breakthrough LPGA win in Mexico vindicated Michelle Wie and placed a sagging tour squarely on her shoulders, but she's just as focused on passing her statistics class. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:10:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Michelle_Wie_has_her_breakthrough_LPGA_victory_Now_can_she_pass_her_stats_class/1658286 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Michelle_Wie_has_her_breakthrough_LPGA_victory_Now_can_she_pass_her_stats_class/1658286 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Michelle_Wie_has_her_breakthrough_LPGA_victory_Now_can_she_pass_her_stats_class/1658286 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/1/b1ac25a4448237df747f40251e88d41ab7b155ca/small/LPGA_Tour_Championship_0807.jpg Michelle Wie's Salvation of the LPGA will have to wait until next year, as she's withdrawn from the LPGA Tour Championship because of a sprained left ankle.Wie first hurt the ankle at the Solheim Cup this past summer, and said it had been bothering her on and off ever since. She played well in the opening holes of the Tour Championship, getting as low as three under through 12, but then had trouble on tee shots. After an hour of treatment, she called it a tournament and a season.Wie, ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:17:54 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/The_Great_Michelle_Wie_Domination_Train_goes_off_the_tracks/1600878 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/The_Great_Michelle_Wie_Domination_Train_goes_off_the_tracks/1600878 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/The_Great_Michelle_Wie_Domination_Train_goes_off_the_tracks/1600878 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/4/14ad237c97ce8013bc6102d00cc4219a0712214c/small/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f93233337.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D07C9A17291E21E343B8A0A44F779DAB2B3E82856D8F741D89.jpg Pro golfer and former jailbait Michelle Wie finally won her first LPGA event yesterday. Wie finished at 13 under par in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico yesterday. Wow, what a relief. Now she can follow through with her continuing threats to jump to NASCAR. Wait a second; I’m thinking of somebody else. She held [...] Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:13:36 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/IT_WAS_MICHELLE_WIES_FIRST_TIME/1575754 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/IT_WAS_MICHELLE_WIES_FIRST_TIME/1575754 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/IT_WAS_MICHELLE_WIES_FIRST_TIME/1575754 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/c/d/cdf612145100c21053c5517b7c1aa4e39b3f6ba6/small/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f93076698.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D0C01D482EF3CCAEECE8EAAB9D254D024CFF7793C1F8238B9B.jpg It's a sad truth of human endeavor that we prize celebrity over achievement. Anonymous charity workers get no press and no love while celebri-dingbats get worship. It's the rare moment when a celebrity crosses over into actually achieving something, which sort of sets the whole paradigm on its head.Which is where we are now with Michelle Wie. As has been discussed ad infinitum in recent hours, she's finally capitalized on all the promise she's shown since she was a little kid.... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:53:23 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Does_Michelle_Wies_victory_interest_you_more_in_the_LPGA/1574263 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Does_Michelle_Wies_victory_interest_you_more_in_the_LPGA/1574263 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Does_Michelle_Wies_victory_interest_you_more_in_the_LPGA/1574263 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/5/25489cea0abe8a0fa125e25df4bf92a57deeb5d5/small/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f93077179.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D083A7C56C2A672CD08F89DC0F61BC5C2932B114B6756E9452.jpg It's about freakin' time that 20-year-old Michelle Wie won a real golf tournament, a two-stroke win in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational. Now maybe she'll give up this silly dream and finally enroll in dental school. [Honolulu Advertiser] Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:50:55 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Michelle_Wies_Life_Is_No_Longer_Worthless/1573587 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Michelle_Wies_Life_Is_No_Longer_Worthless/1573587 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Michelle_Wies_Life_Is_No_Longer_Worthless/1573587 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/a/5af84836555705848ff4c36197868a014edbe0de/small/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f93076877.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D02C6100C546240BBDE8EAAB9D254D024CC578A1112E32E0FC.jpg The world of LPGA golf became slightly more significant over the weekend. Michelle Wie, after years of heartache, desperation, and failure finally got the win she so coveted. To put this into some kind of perspective for those who aren’t female golf fans, Wie just turned 20 last month. She has been playing professionally [...] Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:59:56 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Michelle_Wie_shows_the_world_her_O_face/1573325 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Michelle_Wie_shows_the_world_her_O_face/1573325 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Michelle_Wie_shows_the_world_her_O_face/1573325 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/e/5e0f194c9ab4a4d484aab210a1371920ff0f254d/small/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f93076186.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D02B241F695ECFC627E8EAAB9D254D024C8D8F341529065CD3.jpg After all the promises and the hype, after all the endorsements and the embarrassing gaffes, after all the celebrity-before-achievement insanity that has surrounded Michelle Wie for most of the last decade, we at last have this: Michelle Wie has won her first LPGA tournament.Wie notched a two-stroke win over Paula Creamer at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico, marking a new high point in a ten-year career that began when she qualified for a USGA event at age 10. It wasn'... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:56:56 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Wie_at_last_Michelle_takes_her_first_LPGA_tourney/1571072 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Wie_at_last_Michelle_takes_her_first_LPGA_tourney/1571072 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Wie_at_last_Michelle_takes_her_first_LPGA_tourney/1571072 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/e/3e53b97cc9a26c95484abae8b4e788de8ccd456a/small/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f93075531.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D09A5396EC2909F95A54B6BC483E20A3EBA765F5C5B1B6B521.jpg Michelle Wie has won the first LPGA event of her career, fulfilling the promise of a decade with a 3-under par 69 to win the Lorena Ochoa Invitational by two strokes over Paula Creamer. Morgan Pressel (67), Jiyai Shin (71) and Cristie Kerr (72) were three back on Sunday. Wie finished a 13-under 275 after starting the day at the Guadalajara Country Club tied for the lead with Kerr at 10 under. Wie, 20, qualified for a USGA event at age 10 and played an LPGA event when she was 12. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:20:42 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Wie_takes_Mexico_event_for_1st_LPGA_win/1570260 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Wie_takes_Mexico_event_for_1st_LPGA_win/1570260 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Wie_takes_Mexico_event_for_1st_LPGA_win/1570260 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/7/e7eaab418e78f46643c44e5c81f600c00629020b/small/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f91308944.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D037FCEC73DB1AE637F2BBCDCCBD58945B28A42B8C8726CE91.jpg There was a time earlier this decade when Michelle Wie was labeled by some as the Next Big Thing in golf. Then, as she aged, she slowly progressed from phenom to curiosity to relatively unknown, if not forgotten. It can’t be easy spending one’s teenager-hood under the judgmental microscope of American sports media, but with [...] Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:45:36 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Michelle_Wies_Blog_Is_Surprisingly_Entertaining/1172731 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Michelle_Wies_Blog_Is_Surprisingly_Entertaining/1172731 http://www.yardbarker.com/golf/article_external/Michelle_Wies_Blog_Is_Surprisingly_Entertaining/1172731 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/f/7/f7142954514914299823a234147bd2ed8dff198a/small/The_Solheim_Cup_3587.jpg