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To: LindyBill who wrote (102765)	3/1/2005 6:00:12 AM
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Michelle not only owns Hawaii, she is as "watchable" as Tiger. At 15, Tiger had not even played in a Pro tournament. He bombed in the LA Nisson at 16. Michelle almost made the cut in the "Sony" male tournament here last year at 14! The LPGA won't see much of her. She will be playing on the Men's tour. She is going to be an unbelievable "phenom," with pro contracts to match. And a Florida resident like Tiger. Our state income tax is worse than California. Wie In a Wonderful World All Her Own By Associated Press - February 28, 2005 LPGA Tour, Hawaii -- When Michelle Wie returns to high school Monday for her algebra and physics classes, she can tell her friends how she spent the weekend: She nearly won an LPGA tournament. "She's an amazing player. There's no doubt about it," winner Jennifer Rosales said. "She's going to give us a lot of challenges and make us work harder." Wie, a 15-year-old sophomore, finished two strokes behind Rosales in the season-opening SBS Open on Saturday. In difficult conditions on her home island of Oahu, Wie was the only player to shoot under par for three rounds. She also was the lone amateur in the field. Wie was trying to supplant Marlene Hagge as the youngest LPGA Tour winner. Hagge was 18 when she won the 1952 Sarasota Open. Wie, who shared second place with Cristie Kerr, would have earned $78,787 were she not an amateur. When told what she might have earned, she said, "that's not too much," an assessment that should send chills down the spine of any future prom date. "Well, I don't really feel like, 'Oh, I should've turned pro, darn it,' I'm just happy with my second-place finish," she said. "I like having a pretty carefree life right now, not having to think about if I don't make the cut that means I make no money." Wie has yet to win on the tour, but in 2004 she would have earned more than $250,000 in seven LPGA events, putting her in the top 50 on the money list. She had six top-20 finishes in seven LPGA events last year, including fifth at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the tour's first major of the year. This was her best finish in 18 LPGA starts. "She is a veteran at 15, if she can be called that," Kerr said. "She has an amazing game and is a real sweet girl." With companies like Nike and Adidas watching, Wie already is one of the world's most marketable golfers. She commands large galleries and has international appeal: young, talented, photogenic and bilingual. Wie is fluent is Korean and is taking Japanese classes. "We have to be patient. We can't get too ahead of ourselves," LPGA Commissioner Ty Votaw said. "I think what we have to look 25 years from now and look back on what she's accomplished, and not after any one week.