Michelle Wie @ The Media

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Wie to Lincicome: 'Just have fun' playing vs. men

By Randall Mell June 26, 2018, 5:07 pm

KILDEER, Ill. – Brittany Lincicome’s pairing with Michelle Wie at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship last week was well timed.

She got to ask Wie for some advice about playing in a PGA Tour event.

Lincicome will tee it up with the men at the Barbasol Championship opposite The Open in three weeks. Wie, of course, took on the men multiple times as an up-and-coming teen phenom.

What did Wie tell Lincicome?

“Just have fun, just enjoy it out there,” Wie said. “She asked me if I wanted to do it again, and I was like, `No.’ But I definitely really enjoyed it when I did.

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“It's a great experience. I learned so much playing with the guys, and it's definitely a unique experience. I think she's someone that can compete with them. She hits it really far. She has the right mindset for it, where she doesn't let things bother her and get to her. So, I think she's going to have a blast. Hopefully, the course will play fast, and you'll see her outdrive a couple of guys. That would be fun.”

Wie was asked if she really didn’t want to try to compete against the men in a PGA Tour event again.

“Never is a strong word, but I'd probably say I wouldn't want to do it again,” she said. “I don't know, just don't really want to.”


Link to article:
www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/wie-lincicome-just-have-fun-playing-vs-men/

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Wie with new pain-free, 'Steve Stricker'-style swing

By Randall Mell October 1, 2018, 11:14 am

INCHEON, South Korea – Michelle Wie is working on a new “pain-free” swing she hopes will help her avoid surgery on her ailing right hand.

While her long-time swing coach, David Leadbetter, has been wary of Wie “tinkering” with her swing over the years, he likes the overhauled motion she’s bringing to the UL International Crown this week.

“It’s a bit of an experiment, but it’s working,” Leadbetter said. “She says she isn’t feeling pain with it. We’ll see how she does. If this doesn’t work, she is probably going to have to have an operation.”

Wie, 28, is making her first start since withdrawing from the middle of the first round of the Ricoh Women’s British Open two months ago. She told GolfChannel.com that she has visited multiple specialists trying to unravel the mystery of exactly what’s causing the pain in her hand.
Leadbetter said it’s akin to a bone spur, rubbing against a nerve.

The bottom line, Wie said, is that she’s feeling pretty good since she started hitting balls again two weeks ago, when she started looking for a swing that would put less stress on her wrists.

“I still can’t concretely say I’m pain free and everything is great, but I’m ready to go,” Wie said. “I’m extremely excited to play.”

Wie told Leadbetter two weeks ago that she was working on something new, a swing with less wrist cock. He helped her modify it, changing her grip to move the club deeper into the palms of her hands. They were at work on the changes again Saturday at Leadbetter’s Orlando-based ChampionsGate headquarters in her last session with him before leaving for South Korea.


Link to the rest of the article:
www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/wie-new-pain-free-steve-stricker-style-swing/?cid=twitter-gc-a-wie-new-pain-free-steve-stricker-style-swing-10022018

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WIE UNDERGOES HAND SURGERY, WILL MISS REMAINDER OF 2018 SEASON

LPGA NEWS: MICHELLE-WIE TOURNAMENT NEWS

Michelle Wie will not play the remainder of the 2018 LPGA Tour season. Thursday, the five-time LPGA Tour winner underwent surgery on her right hand and posted the following statement on Instagram:

I think John Mayer once said, “Someday, everything will make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, be strong and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason.” A lot of people have been asking me what’s been going on with my hand and I haven’t shared much, because I wasn’t sure what was going on myself. After countless MRI’s, X-rays, CT scans, and doctor consultations, I was diagnosed with having a small Avulsion Fracture, bone spurring, and nerve entrapment in my right hand. After 3 cortisone injections and some rest following the British Open, we were hoping it was going to be enough to grind through the rest of the season, but it just wasn’t enough to get me through.

So I made the decision after Hana Bank to withdraw from the rest of the season, come back to the states, and get surgery to fix these issues. It’s been disheartening dealing with pain in my hand all year but hopefully I am finally on the path to being and STAYING pain free!

Happy to announce that surgery was a success today and I cannot wait to start my rehab so that I can come back stronger and healthier than ever. Huge thank you to Dr. Weiland’s team at HSS for taking great care of me throughout this process and to all my fans for your unwavering support. It truly means the world to me. I’ll be back soon guys!!!! Promise.

Wie’s injuries have been well documented, the most recent being the right hand injury which forced her to withdraw midway through the first round of the 2018 Ricoh Women’s British Open. In October, she returned at the UL International Crown where she played with a modified swing, which she engineered with her longtime coach David Leadbetter in an effort to play around the pain. The following week she competed at the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship where she carded rounds of 76-77-70-73 to finish 66th in what would be her final event of the year.

Wie’s 2018 seasons seemed full of promise. She ended the 2017 season healthy and pain free, despite undergoing an emergency appendectomy in August of that same year. She finished T6 at the season ending CME Group Tour Championship and started the 2018 season right where she left off. She finished 11th in the first two events of the year and in February broke through for her fifth career victory and first win in four years at the HSBC Women’s World Championship.

But as the season progressed, so did Wie’s pain. In March, at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup, she laid out in detail the injections she’d been receiving from her doctor in New York City to treat the ongoing arthritis in her joints. She recorded one other top 10 in 2018 before the pain in her right wrist forced her to withdraw from the season’s fourth major.

Wie did not provide a specific timetable for her return.

Link to article:
www.lpga.com/news/2018-wie-will-not-play-remainder-of-season