Michelle Wie to play in Sony Open
IN: News | US PGA | Sony Open in Hawaii (2004) | General | 13 Jan 2004
Michelle Wie lines up this week with a sponsor's exemption to play the 2004 Sony Open, putting her in position to become the youngest woman to play in a PGA Tour event.
"It's a dream to play in the Sony Open," the 14-year-old Wie said. "I just hope I can play good and show what I can do."
Gov. Linda Lingle said she requested that tournament officials allow Wie to play in her hometown event, the PGA Tour's first full-field tournament of the year.
Wie failed in two previous attempts to qualify for the tournament. She shot a 73 last year in Monday qualifying, and had an 84 in 2000.
Wie played in nine professional tournaments last year. She competed against the men in the Nationwide Tour's Boise Open and the Canadian Tour's Bay Mills Open Players Championship, missing the cut in both events.
Wie also finished last in a field of 69 players in the CJ Nine Bridges Classic in South Korea, her seventh and final LPGA Tour event of 2003.
Her best finish was at the LPGA Tour's first major, where she finished ninth in the Kraft Nabisco Championship in March. She was paired in the major's final group with Annika Sorenstam and Patricia Meunier-Lebouc.
Among her other accomplishments in 2003, Wie became the youngest player to win a USGA title for adults in the US Women's Amateur Public Links and made the cut at the US Women's Open.
Source - Sony Open
