The Sure Thing
The Making and Unmaking of Golf Phenom Michelle Wie
Michelle Wie couldn't miss. No way. Big success? It was only a matter of time. At four she could drive a golf ball a hundred yards. At ten she was outdriving adult male golfers in her Honolulu hometown-from the back tees. At thirteen she won the Women's Amateur Public Links, becoming the youngest person ever to win a USGA championship. The next year she was playing in LPGA and PGA Tour tournaments. At sixteen she was earning eight figures in endorsements. Yet by the time she turned eighteen, Michelle Wie was already branded a failure, a has-been, a victim of injuries, bad choices, and-worst of all-really terrible putting. How was it possible?…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-345-51304-5
- EAN: 9780345513045
- Produktnummer: 15718053
- Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'793 KB
Über den Autor
Eric Adelson first interviewed Michelle Wie when she was 10 years old for a story in ESPN The Magazine. A graduate of Harvard University and Columbia University's School of Journalism, he lives with his family in Orlando, Florida.
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