Michelle Sung Wie, born October 11, 1989is a Korean-American professional golfer. In 2006, she was named in

a Time magazine article, "one of 100 people who shape our world."Since September 2007 she has been a student at

Stanford University.Born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Korean-born parents, Wie began playing golf at the age of four. Upon

turning professional at age 15 she said, "The first time I grabbed a golf club, I knew that I'd do it for the rest of my life."

In the summer of 2000, at the age of ten, she became the youngest player ever to qualify for the Women's U.S. Amateur

Public Links Championship. In 2001, at the age of 11, she won both the Hawaii State Women’s Stroke Play

Championship and the Jennie K. Wilson Women’s Invitational, the oldest and most prestigious women’s amateur

tournament in Hawaii. Also at age 11, she shot a personal-best 64 from the 5,400-yard tees at the Olomana Golf Links

course in Hawaii. That year, Wie became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship and advanced

into match play at the Women's U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship.

Golf records

• The youngest player ever to qualify for an adult USGA-sanctioned tournament –

10 years, 298 days (2000 Women's U.S. Amateur Public Links)

• The youngest winner (male or female) of an adult USGA-sanctioned tournament – Age 13

(2003 Women's U.S. Amateur Public Links)

• The youngest player to make a cut in an LPGA tournament and major – Age 13 (2003 Nabisco Championship)

• The youngest player to play in a PGA Tour event – Age 14 (2004 Sony Open)

• The lowest round by a female in a PGA Tour event (also the first female to score a sub-70 round

in PGA Tour history) – 68 (2004 & 2006 Sony Open)

• The youngest player to play in Curtis Cup history – Age 14 (2004)

• The first female to qualify for a USGA championship that is generally played by males - Age 15

(2005 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship Pittsburgh sectional)

• The youngest female to make a cut in any professional male tour event - Age 16 (2006 SK Telecom Open)

• The first female to make a cut on the Asian Tour - Age 16 (2006 SK Telecom Open)

• The first female medalist in a men’s U.S. Open qualifying tournament – Age 16

(2006 U.S. Open Local Qualifying at Turtle Bay Hawaii)