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Sports Counting Down LPGA Tour's 14 top stories in 2014: No.4
2014.12.28 09:07
 LPGA.com counts down to the end of 2014 with the LPGA Tour's top 14 stories of the year. Join us as we look back at the year's most memorable milestones. Read about Wie’s emergence in Story No. 4. What was she thinking? Why would she go for that green out of that fairway bunker with a three-shot lead with three to play? It was surely in your head and you were surely watching when Michelle Wie decided to go for it on her second shot on the 16th at Pinehurst No. 2 at the U.S. Women’s Open. Everyone was wondering: Can the teen prodigy come through at age 24 with her big career break through? Is she going to blow up or is this her moment? When she fired that hybrid from the fairway bunker into a wire bush, it looked like the former. She couldn’t find her ball initially either. They finally found it deeply buried in the wire bush and she had to take an unplayable. When she blew her bogey putt six feet past the hole, it looked like a very real possibility that she’d head to the 17th tee, a tricky par-3, tied for the lead. That didn’t come to fruition. She calmly drained the double bogey putt, fist pumped and headed to the 17th tee with a one-shot lead over Stacy Lewis, who was already in the clubhouse. But when Wie needed it most, on the course that had just chewed up and spit out the men at their national championship, she shined, calmly hitting an 8-iron to 20 feet, setting up the shot Golf Channel had as the shot of the year – a winding 20 footer that fell into the back of the hole. Wie fist pumped, then it was as if she realized the gravity of what she’d just done, and she unleashed an even more fiery second fist pump and headed to the 18th tee with a two-shot lead and her chance at a victory walk in front of the entire golfing world. When that putt dropped on No. 18, she raised her hands, she cried, and her friends rushed on to celebrate the weight of the golfing world dropping off of her shoulders. She’d done it, she’d won a major championship after first bursting on the scene 11 years ago. A day later she stood at the top of the Empire State Building, holding the U.S. Women’s Open for a photo shoot. She was finally where everyone thought she would be all along – atop the golfing world. |
When Phil Mickelson finished 71st hole 2 strokes ahead in US Open of PGA
number of years ago, he boldly chose driver at narrow 72nd hole ending
up double bogie,which costed him only Major needed him to achieving career
Grand Slam.
Same situation had happened to Michelle Wie at 2nd shot of par 5, 70th hole
of US Open in LPGA this year. Michelle Wie ended up double bogie and her lead
over Stacy Lewis was shrunk down to 1.
Michelle Wie's 20 ft birdie putt at 71st hole was right up with Creamer's 75 ft
eagle putt and Martin's 2nd shot in British Open for shot of the year competition.
Michell's shot eventually got fan's vote as 'shot of the year' honor.
To me,Michelle's shot was 'most needed shot' rather than'shot of the year'
considering the cicurmstances at that time comparing other candidates of
'Shot of the Year'.
Michelle Wie eventually was awarded Annika's Major award with winning of
US Open and 2nd place of Kraft Nabisco Championship.
This year was indeed the break though year for Michelle Wie even though
she had won 2 previously wins in LPGA.
Congratulation! Michelle! KJ