2017 Michelle Wie ~ Newsmaker

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That Sports Illustrated Astros cover everyone's buzzing about? It was supposed to feature Michelle Wie

By Alan Shipnuck Thursday, November 02, 2017

"I was going to take the high road. Really. I didn't want this moment to be about me. But the insults rained down upon me through Twitter, a deluge of trash-talk filled talk radio, and the woofing even reached the stately pages of the Wall Street Journal. I had to respond. A man's gotta live by a code."

"By now, of course, you have heard about the 2014 Sports Illustrated cover that foretold the Astros' World Series win. How could you not? That cover has been everywhere, its author Ben Reiter marinating in the glory. As an SI lifer I shared in the institutional pride. I was even happy for Reiter, despite all the joy he has stolen from me. The print media is under daily assault, and any time one of my fellow travelers can shape the narrative it reflects well on the profession. But then on Thursday, Reiter went on The Dan Patrick Show and practically the first thing out of his mouth was a regurgitation of my longstanding beef with the Astros story, saying I was "furious" it had been given the cover. "He's still mad about it," Reiter added. Here I was, being a good sport, even faking a little mirth on Twitter, and Reiter cut my heart out all over again."

"Well, with Reiter using the bully pulpit of Internet fame to continue hazing me, I could think of only way to get some closure from this lingering trauma. On Thursday afternoon I begged Stone and various other editors to recreate the Wie cover that never was. At long last, here it is."

Bite me, Reiter.


Link to rest of the article:
www.golf.com/knockdown/2017/11/02/turns-out-now-famous-sports-illustrated-astros-cover-was-supposed-feature-michelle-wie

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Michelle Wie is happy at last, a college grad who's the face of the LPGA and the newly minted U.S. Women's Open champion

By Alan Shipnuck Monday, July 07, 2014

"One of the best parties of the year on the LPGA circuit took place a few weeks ago at Harrah's in Atlantic City. The event was ostensibly to celebrate the pro-am participants at the ShopRite Classic, but it doubled as an exhibition of the youth, glamour and star power that is propelling the LPGA into a new golden age. Lexi Thompson lit up the room with her dazzling smile, but watching her mug for goofy photos was a reminder that the winner of this year's first major championship is still a fun-loving 19-year-old. Floating around the party was Sandra Gal, 29, the German Solheim Cupper who speaks three languages, paints, plays the violin and moonlights as a fashion model. Also making the scene was Morgan Pressel, 26, who won her first major seven years ago and has since raised more than $3.4 million for cancer research. Conspicuous by her absence was Lydia Ko, who at 17 is the purest talent to burst onto the LPGA scene since Nancy Lopez 37 years ago. In keeping with her low-key sensibilities, Ko skipped the revelry to volunteer at a food bank. If you have a young daughter, the LPGA tour is one-stop shopping for positive role models."

"A few hours into the party the energy changed. Flashes from iPhones began popping, and the volume of chatter rose. Michelle Wie had arrived. There are more accomplished players on the LPGA tour, but she remains the only one with the incandescent glow of celebrity. It's always been that way, but at long last Wie, 24, has the game to back up her fame. On Sunday, in the Sandhills of North Carolina, she fulfilled all that promise with a victory at the U.S. Women's Open, her second of the season to go along with a runner-up finish to Thompson at the Kraft Nabisco."

"This version is older, wiser, happier, more independent and more well-rounded, though hardly conventional. "I like doing things my own way," says the U.S. Women's Open champion. "I like being different. I like being weird. I've just become a lot more comfortable with who I am and what I am. I know I'm going to have downs, and I'm going to have ups. At this point I'm ready for whatever life is going to throw at me."

Link to the article:
www.golf.com/tour-and-news/michelle-wie-happy-last-college-grad-whos-face-lpga-and-newly-minted-us-womens-open-champ

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017Golf News, 2014 U.S. Opens

The long-lost Michelle Wie Sports Illustrated cover

"If you were paying any attention to Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday night, you may have come across the story about Sports Illustrated’s cover predicting the eventual World Champion Houston Astros of 2017. The only catch was that, despite spitting in the face of the long history of the SI Cover Jinx, that Astros cover was actually from 2014.

In fact, it was the June 30, 2014 issue of SI. And, as writer Alan Shipnuck now explains three years later, HE was supposed to have been the author of the cover story, and that cover story was SUPPOSED to be about Michelle Wie’s fulfilled promise in winning the U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst.

Alas, a late editorial decision went against Shipnuck, who harbors absolutely no hard feelings (yeah, right). But now, here it is: the long lost Michelle Wie SI Cover from Pinehurst:

Always good to see a fist-pump after a big putt at Pinehurst. The cover shot – well, would-be cover shot – is from Wie’s tournament-slamming 25-foot birdie down the hill on the 17th green.



Limk to article:
www.pinehurst.com/news/long-lost-michelle-wie-sports-illustrated-cover/

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