2014 U.S. Women’s Open Championship
Pinehurst Resort & Golf Club, No. 2
Village of Pinehurst, NC
June 22, 2014
Hometown/Resides – Honolulu, Hawaii/Jupiter, Florida
Birthdate – October 11, 1989– currently 24 years, 8 months, and 11 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour – Tied for seventh at the 2008 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional – 2005
- VICTORIES
- LPGA: 4th career victory; 1st major championship win Previous wins: 2009 Lorena Ochoa Invitational, 2010 CN Canadian Women’s Open, 2014 LOTTE LPGA Championship
- RACE TO CME GLOBE
- Earns 625 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings and remains in second place with 2,503 points
- ROLEX RANKINGS
- With her victory, Michelle is projected to jump from 11th to 7th on the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
- MONEY
- CAREER: With a $720,000 first-place check, Michelle crosses the $4 million mark and moves from 58th to 47th on the LPGA Career Money List with $4,537,476 made
- SEASON: Michelle crosses the $1million mark in season earnings and has now earned $1,588,465 in 2014. She joins Stacy Lewis as the only players to cross $1 million in season earnings.
- Moves into first on the LPGA Tour Official Money List
- OF NOTE
- Marks the third time in her career Wie has won after leading or co-leading after 54 holes
- Has made only five starts in between her last two victories. Made 79 starts in between her second and third career victories (2010 CN Canadian Women’s Open & 2014 LOTTE LPGA Championship)
- Fifth player to record two victories this season. Joins Anna Nordqvist (Honda LPGA Thailand & Kia Classic), Karrie Webb (ISPS Handa Australian Women’s Open & JTBC Founders Cup), Jessica Korda (Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic & Airbus LPGA Classic) and Stacy Lewis (North Texas LPGA Shootout & ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer).
- Marks the ninth event won by an American on Tour this season
- Previously led the U.S. Women’s Open Championship after 54-holes on two separate occasions: in 2005 (T23) and 2006 (T3)
- Became only the second American to win the U.S. Women’s Open in the last seven years (Paula Creamer in 2010)
- Snapped a 37 event winless streak in major championships
- TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC
- Has made 10 previous starts at the U.S. Women’s Open with her best finish of T3 coming in 2006
2003 – T39 2008 - CUT
2004 – T13 2010 - CUT
2005 – T23 2011 – T55
2006 – T3 2012 – T35
2007 – WD 2013 - WD
- 2014 IN A NUTSHELL
- With her win today: 13 events played, 13 cuts made, $1,588,465; 2 victories; 7 additional top-10 finishes including a runner-up at the Kraft Nabisco Championship
- 2013 RECAP
- 26 events, 19 cuts made, $355,853 earned (41)
- 4 top-10 finishes, recorded season-best tie for third finish at the KEB-HanaBank Championship
- Ranked 10th on Tour in sand save (.484)
- Compete on her third U.S. Solheim Cup Team and posted an 2-2-0 record
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