Michelle Wie

Michelle Wie to play final Ladies European Tour event

ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Michelle Wie will end her season in Dubai at the final Ladies European Tour event of the year.

Wie to play final Ladies European Tour event

SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

DUBAI (AP) -- Michelle Wie will end her season in Dubai at the final Ladies European Tour event of the year.

Michelle Wie to play final Ladies European Tour event

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

DUBAI - Michelle Wie will end her season in Dubai at the final Ladies European Tour event of the year. Tour officials announced Thursday that Wie will be part of the field...

Wie to play final Ladies European Tour event

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

DUBAI (AP) -Michelle Wie will end her season in Dubai at the final Ladies European Tour event of the year.

Globalization Watch: PGA vs. LPGA

Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Now that Team USA has beaten up on the Internationals in the President's Cup as badly as they did the Europeans in the Ryder Cup, it's time to revisit a back-and-forth between Vince Spence (the 1 and only One-Eyed Golfer ) and I last month over my claim that the "globalization of men's golf is about a decade behind the world of women's golf." Vince pointed to the concentration of the world's...

Lady Golfer

Not just Magazines (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009

Lady Golfer is Britain's leading women's golf magazine. We have four-times Solheim Cup captain Mickey Walker as editor as well as Tour star Becky Brewerton and leading American writer Lisa Mickey as columnists. Lady Golfer includes exclusive interviews with the top names - such as Annika Sorenstam, Michelle Wie and Paula Creamer - fashion focuses, equipment reviews, instruction and travel. £27.50...

Golf, rugby make Olympic roster for 2016, 2020

The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jnx2wRLvYAjUAXw0oCm9_rsGT49QD9B7JJT01 Golf, rugby make Olympic roster for 2016, 2020 By MATTIAS KAREN (AP) 10-9-9 COPENHAGEN — All those beautiful beaches and Tiger Woods, too! After more than a century on the sidelines, golf will return to the Olympics at the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. Rugby, last played in 1924, is coming back as well....

Golf becomes an Olympic Sport

Ladies Club Golf News around the West of Scotland (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009

From the R&A WEBSITE --- SEE THE R&A VIDEO --- CLICK HERE After an absence of more than a century, golf will return as an Olympic sport in 2016 along with rugby sevens following their approval by the International Olympic Committee membership during the IOC’s 121st Session. They will be part of the Olympic Programme in Rio de Janeiro, which last week was selected as the host city for...

Golf and rugby sevens get Olympics nod

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009

• Tiger Woods says he hopes to compete in Brazil • Men and women to contest 72-hole strokeplay tournaments Appeals from Tiger Woods and Jonah Lomu helped golf and rugby sevens over the finish line in their bids to secure entry to the 2016 Olympic Games, after both survived searching examinations from the IOC membership. The two sports had been recommended for inclusion in the 2016 Games...

IOC approves golf as Olympic sport!

Kiel Christianson (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009

Golf will be played in the Olympics in 2016 and 2020, after more than a century of banishment from the games. According to the AP, “Padraig Harrington and Michelle Wie addressed the IOC in person before the vote. Wie talked about starting to play golf when she was 4 but never being able to dream of an Olympic medal until now. “‘I can dream about doing something that neither Tiger...

Golf and rugby teed up to make 2016 Games

The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009

A three-ball featuring Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington and Michelle Wie would be sure to attract a few headlines, although all the golf authorities are praying for is that they attract at least 54 votes from the International Olympic Committee meeting in Copenhagen this lunchtime. A simple majority is all the sport requires to gain inclusion to the Olympics, starting from 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

Woods, Wie lobby for golf in 2016 Olympics

USA Canoe/Kayak (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie are making a pitch for golf to enter the program for the 2016 Rid de… Read

Woods, Wie lobby for golf in 2016 Olympics

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie are making a pitch for golf to enter the program for the 2016 Rid de Janeiro Olympics.

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Woods, Wie lobby for golf in 2016 Olympics

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie are making a pitch for golf to enter the program for the 2016 Rid de Janeiro Olympics.

Wie, Pettersen tout golf's bid for Olympic spot

Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

Michelle Wie has no doubts about where an Olympic gold medal would rank in the minds of professional golfers. Wie arrived in Copenhagen on Wednesday to help convince the International Olympic Committee to put golf on the program for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games in a vote Friday. The 19-year-old American and Suzann Pettersen of Norway tried to dispel the notion on Wednesday that some golfers might...

• Michelle Wie, Suzann Pettersen make their case for golf to be on Olympic program - ESPN
• Harrington backs 2016 quest - Scotsman.com
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