Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | yesterday
Poking around LPGA.com's stats pages , I noticed that Lorena Ochoa notched several huge achievements in the final week of the 2009 season. Winning her 4th-straight Player of the Year award and Vare Trophy is huge, as it gives her a chance to match Annika Sorenstam's record for consecutive POYs and Mickey Wright's for consecutive Vares in 2010. But she also rose to the top of the heap in putts per green...
Golf with Shanks (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Now that Michelle Wie has withdrawn from the final event of the 2009 LPGA Season due to a worsening ankle injury, it is a good time for evaluation. The problem most people face in doing so, however, is dealing with their own pre-conceived notions of how they think she should have performed. Wie is perhaps the poster child for unrealistic expectations. The blame can be spread around to many sources...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Michelle Wie is gone, putting all the attention on Lorena Ochoa's player of the year fight with Jiyai Shin at the LPGA Tour Championship.
Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Lorena Ochoa opened up a 4-shot lead on Player of the Year race leader Ji-Yai Shin in the 1st round of the LPGA Tour Championship today. Both players started on the back in the morning pairings, but they finished quite differently. Ochoa fired a tournament-leading 66, making 3 of her 8 birdies on the day in her last 4 holes, while Shin was busy bogeying 2 of her last 4 holes and finishing +2 over her...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Michelle Wie is gone, putting all the attention on Lorena Ochoa's player of the year fight with Jiyai Shin at the LPGA Tour Championship.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Michelle Wie withdrew from the LPGA Tour Championship on Thursday after hobbling through her first round on a sprained left ankle. The 20-year-old Wie, fresh off her first tour victory last week, shot an even-par 72 on Thursday. She first injured her ankle at the Solheim Cup in August. Wie went for treatment after her round and withdrew about an hour later. "I wanted to do everything I could to...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Michelle Wie is gone, putting all the attention on Lorena Ochoa's player of the year fight with Jiyai Shin at the LPGA Tour Championship.
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Michelle Wie has withdrawn from the LPGA Tour Championship because of a sprained left ankle.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Michelle Wie, who broke through with her first professional victory a week ago at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, withdrew from the season-ending ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
RICHMOND, Texas -- Michelle Wie withdrew from the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship because of a sprained left ankle Thursday, a few hours after Lorena Ochoa shot a 6-under 66 in breezy conditions to take a one-shot lead over Reilley Rankin.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Lorena Ochoa shot a 66 and has a 1-shot lead over Reilley Rankin after the first round of the U.S. LPGA's season-ending Tour Championship. Michelle Wie, fresh off her first U.S. LPGA victory last week, shot a 72. She limped through her round on a sprained left ankle that she first injured at the Solheim Cup in August. She was going for treatment after her round and was considering withdrawing from...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
RICHMOND, Texas (AP) -- Michelle Wie withdrew from the LPGA Tour Championship on Thursday after hobbling through her first round on a sprained left ankle.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Michelle Wie withdrew from the LPGA Tour Championship on Thursday after hobbling through her first round on a sprained left ankle.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Lorena Ochoa fired a first-round 66 Thursday to hold a one-shot lead in the LPGA's season-ending Tour Championship. Ochoa was one shot in front of Reilley Rankin, and nothing at the top was set to change when the four groups who failed to finish because of darkness returned to complete their rounds on Friday morning. Michelle Wie, fresh from her first professional triumph at the Ochoa-hosted LPGA...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Michelle Wie has withdrawn from the LPGA Tour Championship because of a sprained left ankle.
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