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- In 2003, Michelle
became the only person ever to play in the Public Links, U.S. Open,
Girls’ Junior Championship, and Women’s Amateur in the same
year.
- Michelle uses
a Cameron putter, Titleist irons, a Big Bertha three wood and a TaylorMade
driver.
- Paul Azinger once
challenged Michelle to a driving contest. He won, but only by a few
yards.
- Michelle’s
every move is reported in Hawaii‘s Japanese-language newspapers.
She is also a national hero in her parents’ native South Korea.
- When Michelle made
the cut at the 2003 Nabisco, she unseated Aree Song as the youngest
ever to do so. Song was 17 weeks older than Michelle when she made the
cut in 2000.
- Michelle attends
the Punahou School in Honolulu.
- Michelle’s
mother used to make her a special strength-building beverage made of
herbs, ginseng and boiled goat’s meat—which Michelle says
tasted like “coffee and vomit.”
- Michelle’s
braces finally came off in March of 2003.
- Michelle’s
competitive fire is not contained to the golf course. Once in a school
debate, she left an eighth-grade opponent on the verge of tears.
- Michelle’s
best subject is math. She hopes to get a Ph.D. in finance some day.
- Michelle participated
in an HBO special during the summer of 2003.
- The Wies estimate
they spend $50,000 a year on Michelle’s golf.
- Perhaps Michelle's
only weakness is a fear of clowns. Her mom took her to see Ronald McDonald
when she was very young, and Michelle screamed and cried.
- Michelle was a
men's size 9.5 shoe.
- Michelle has an
image of a ladybug on her ball mark. She believes that killing a ladybug
is bad luck. She thinks the same thing about throwing clubs.
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Paul Azinger, 1992 Pro Set
Serena Williams, Tiffeny Mmilbrett, Diana Taurasi & Michelle Wie,
2003 ESPN The Magazine
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