Michelle Wie Follows in Tigers Footsteps and Gets Schooled
December 20th, 2006 by dd
Teen Golfing sensation Michelle Wie has been accepted into Stanford University and is planning on entering the school Tiger Woods attended.
The 17-year-old said Tuesday she would enroll in the prestigious college next year, dispelling any talk she would concentrate exclusively on her professional golf career once she finished high school in Hawaii.
“No one really believed me,” Wie said from Orlando, Florida, where she is working with swing coach David Leadbetter. “Now that I got into Stanford … it was one of my dreams, and I want to go through with it. I definitely want to go there and really try to graduate.”
Wie has been mixing school and tour golf since she played three U.S. LPGA Tour events at age 12. She turned professional in October 2005 and earned close to $20 million this year from endorsements, earnings and appearance money overseas.
Wie, who has yet to win on the American women’s tour, had a grandfather, an aunt and an uncle that also attended Stanford.
Told that Tiger Woods lasted only two years at Stanford before he turned pro, she said, “Hopefully, I’ll last a little longer.” [Source]
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December 21st, 2006 at 8:15 pm
She is going to make history, and deep inside we all know it.
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