Rickie Fowler and Michelle Wie West at Pinehurst
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In continuation Scoop: Michelle Wie West!
The women’s golf icon, five-time LPGA Tour champion and 2014 US Women’s Open winner, joined me for a scoop of vanilla ice cream (with rainbow sprinkles) to discuss all things golf.
You can find the full interview in a few paragraphs, but first: a little history.
I first became a fan of Michelle Wie’s when I attended the 2006 US Women’s Open at Rhode Island’s Newport Country Club. So getting a chance to sit down with him wasn’t just incredible access to a golf legend and entrepreneur—it was a true childhood dream come true. We took a trip down memory lane, with Wie West walking me through her junior golf career, her time at Stanford, how she knew it was time to take a step back from competing, and even that HOW Rickie FowlerThe yardage book helped her win the 2014 US Women’s Open at Pinehurst.
Let’s focus here for a second: In June of 2014, the men and women played back-to-back US Open championships at Pinehurst No. 2. Wie West was thinking ahead and asked Rickie Fowler if she could have his golf book after his week at the US Open so she could see Fowler’s notes and have a “cheat guide.” Wie West says Fowler went above and beyond. After finishing tied for second at Pinehurst, he turned his garden book over to Wie West.
“He took so many notes saying, ‘this bunker, you don’t have to be here for this pin, you have to be there for that pin,’ and the system of how he did that, I learned a lot from watching his yard. book. But he also wrote like, every single break he had on most holes, and most of our pin positions were very similar. And on 17, the birdie putt that I made, he actually had the same putt and wrote the break.”
Wie West says she signed Fowler’s kindergarten book after her win and returned it to him. Power move!
Dive into this episode of Scoop to learn more about the professional golfer and mother of two, now live GOLF’s YouTube channel.
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