Michelle Wie
| Michelle Wie | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
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Wie at the 2009 LPGA Championship
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Michelle Sung Wie (Korean name: Wie Sung-Mi) |
| Nickname | Big Wiesy |
| Born |
October 11, 1989 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | Jupiter, Florida, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College |
Stanford University (ineligible for golf team) |
| Turned professional | 2005 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2009) |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 4 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships |
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| ANA Inspiration | 2nd: 2014 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | 2nd: 2005 |
| U.S. Women's Open | Won: 2014 |
| Women's British Open | T3: 2005 |
| Evian Championship | T16: 2015 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Laureus World Newcomer of the Year |
2004 |
| Rolex Annika Major Award | 2014 |
| Michelle Wie | |
| Hangul | 미셸 위 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 미셸 魏 |
| Revised Romanization | Misyel Wi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Misyel Wi |
| Wie Sung-mi | |
| Hangul | 위성미 |
| Hanja | 魏聖美 |
| Revised Romanization | Wi Seongmi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Wi Sŏngmi |
Michelle Sung Wie (/ˈwiː/; born October 11, 1989) is a Korean American female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 10, she became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship. Wie also became the youngest winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the youngest to qualify for a LPGA Tour event. She turned professional shortly before her 16th birthday in 2005, accompanied by an enormous amount of publicity and endorsements. She won her first major at the 2014 U.S. Women's Open.
Wie was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the only child of immigrant parents from South Korea who came to the United States in the 1980s. Her father, Wie Byung-wook, is a former professor of transportation management at the University of Hawaii. Her mother, Bo, was South Korea's women's amateur golf champion in 1985, and competed in a Miss Korea beauty pageant. Her paternal grandfather, Dr. Sang-Kyu Wie, a resident of Jangheung, Jeollanam-do, was an emeritus professor at Seoul National University. When she was born, Wie was a dual citizen of South Korea (by jus sanguinis) and the United States (by jus soli). She renounced South Korean citizenship in February 2013.
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