Michelle Wie

Michelle Wie born in Born in Honolulu, Hawaii on October 11, 1989. However, her parents, Byung-Wook and Hyun-Kyong were South Koreans, emigrated to the U.S. Michelle Wie's father a.k.a B.J. is a transportation professor at the University of Hawaii and her mother a.k.a Bo is a successful realtor and former Korean amateur golf champion.
Michelle Wie was an extrdinory child, as she learned alphabets before she become an year old and started reading before her second bithday.
When Michelle Wie was four, her father took her to the driving range where she started hitting the ball with a baseball grip. Young Micelle developed intrest to golf, she played at her family's backyard, where she learned to straighten her shots. She simply learned the interlocking grip by watching her idol - Tiger Woods.
Michelle Wie started driving the ball 100 yards or more, when she was only five. Too long a distance for a five year old and the neighborhood, her parents started taking her to to ranges and golf courses.
Bothe B.J and Bo give young Michelle Wie golf lesson by playing with her. When at eight Michelle stareted beating their parents and by nine they stopped competing their daughter as her game was too good for them.
Before reaching ten, Michelle Wie got her first win at 1999 Oahu Junior Championship and anything she gets into in the following days.
Tiger Woods remained as her hero, with whom she wanted to play and beat him one day. She watched other PGA stars on television to learn from each players swing.
Casey Nakama, a local coach, made her to play against a couple of promising 15 year boys, who were no match to Michelle Wie's shots that rolled 225 yards.
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