How to Drive a Golf Ball Like Michelle Wie

Michelle Wie golfed at the age of four and liked it immediately. She knew she would play the game for the rest of her life. Her story is unusual because she developed and strengthened her golf skills so early in life. Wie competed with much older and more experienced golfers. It takes great skill to drive a golf ball like Michelle Wie.

Instructions

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      Qualify to compete in the Women's U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship to follow Michelle's example. She played in the competition at the young age of ten.

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      Drive a golf ball like Michelle Wie and win a women's competition at the age of eleven. Wie stunned spectators by winning the Hawaii State Women's Stroke Play Championship and the Jennie K Wilson Women's Invitational where she shot 64.

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      Enter as the youngest golfer for the United States Golf Association Amateur Championship. Michelle even advanced into match play at the Women's United States Amateur Public Links Championship.

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      Make the cut in the Ladies Professional Golf Association. This incredible achievement took place when Wie was only 13 years old, and she shot a 66 in the third round.

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      Average a drive of 271 yards with the Professional Golf Association (PGA) at age fourteen to hit a golf ball like Michelle. Wie missed the cut by one stroke, but had a higher score than 47 men.

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      Turn professional at age 15. The announcement that Michelle turned professional came one week before her sixteenth birthday when Nike and Sony offered her contracts worth $10,000,000 a year.

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      Use an unusual swing to drive the ball an average of 280 yards to play golf like Michelle. Ernie Couples said, "When you see her hit a golf ball...there's nothing that prepares you for it. It's just the scariest thing you've ever seen."