And while the hatchet may not be buried between Wie and the LPGA, at least it has been placed on the shelf for now. Still, it's a shelf both sides can still reach. Asked if she is looking forward to LPGA rookie orientation, which is Monday and Tuesday of this week, Wie gave a whimsical answer, especially from a 19-year-old.
"The politically correct answer is yes I am very excited with a smile on my face," she said with a smile on her face. "Don't ask me the politically incorrect answer," she added, still smiling, but a little more mischievously.
It could very well be that the first time Wie appears as an LPGA member will be at the SBS Open in Hawaii, not far from her home, in mid-February. Beginning with the tour stop in Phoenix in late March, followed by the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first major of the year the next week, school will be over and Wie will be a full-time professional golfer for the first time in her young life.
This is the beginning of Act III of this story for both Michelle Wie and the LPGA. Simply put, they need each other and both seem to have come to that undeniable realization. And simply put, everyone who cares about golf is extremely curious to see if, now that she has made a commitment to a tour, Wie begins to fulfill her massive potential
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