
Michelle Wie West walks down the road during the first round of US women in 2022 at Southern Pines, NC
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Michelle Wie West played her latest LPGA event in 2023 US Open Women At Pebble Beach Golf Links, placing a bow in a career that turned her into one of the most popular female players in history. She plays less now – Hello, tennis! – but keeps busy in other ways, as the mother of two children and as hosts of the tournament of Mizuho americas openwhich takes place on May 8-11 at the Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, one in recently was caught with the Open Women’s Champion in the US 2014.
Golf: Hello Michelle, what are you dealing with today?
Michelle Like West: Just adult simple. (Laughter) For now, just trying to find my groove with two children, and then preparing for the golf season to grow. So that means much more departures for me. And Mizuho American Open is (is coming), so I’m excited.
As a host of the tournament, why is Mizuho so important?
It is very unique in the sense that we have 24 of the best girls in the field, and on the weekends they have to play with the good and simply be the best throughout the week, practice alongside them, eat in the dining room with them. It is a mentoring program; I am extremely proud of it. I started playing at LPGA events when I was 12 years old. This is when I really realized that I could do it for a living, and I wanted to create a space for young people to make it in a way without pressure.
How many golf are you playing these days?
It is definitely not a regular thing. If there is a case to play, then I will play. I’m more in tennis nowadays.
How did you get into tennis?
I’ve never played tennis before because I’m a faded golf player, and in tennis you really have to turn it. So it would always give me anxiety that I would confuse my golf swing. It was always one of the things I wanted to do after I retired. I think I can join a league. (Laughter) If I could play every day, I would be so happy, but it is definitely not realistic. And, unlike golf, you really need to find part of the part that is at your own level.
If you could come back 15 years and say Michelle Wie something, what would it be?
I have treated many injuries, so maybe, “just be a little more careful. Listen to your physical therapist. Take your time.” But I think you have to make those mistakes, right? If you live your life without error, that’s strange. You will not grow up as a person, and it sounds really cliché, but I am really grateful for the mistakes I have made in my past. There were some painful moments, but it just made me what I am.
What is the biggest thing you miss about Pro Golf you didn’t think you would do?
I miss a lot of things. I miss my friends. Being a female golf player is not easy. Our programs are difficult. We go international. We play six weeks in Asia. At that time you are going, ‘Oh, that’s deplorable. I’m tired; All I want to do is go home. ‘But when you let you lose those moments. You miss those moments of being with your friends and you are all going through the same experience together. I think this is just so unique and so beautiful. And I’ve caught myself losing a lot of those moments. And, of course, the feeling of victory, the adrenaline that comes down to stretching – you just can’t recreate it with anything else you do in life.
With whom were your favorite benefits to play?
I would say some of my closest friends were Alison Lee, Jessica Korda, Marina Alex. I really how to play with anyone who was fast. (Laughter))
This too is a big theme now. What is the key to playing quickly?
Just get ready. I don’t understand the players who start their entire process when it’s time to hit. And maybe this is because I was one of the longest players I have always had a long time ago, but even when you are walking, doing your homework. You have long before you go to the ball. Do your thing. Then you just don’t crash it, you know? Golf, you need to make it a reactionary sport. And when you crash it, I think that’s when things go wrong. You just have to get up and tip it. You have to use your feeling.

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I feel like playing fast is a skill.
I agree. I think it should be taught from a young age. Because I see these players and you don’t become slow overnight, right? That’s just who you are. That’s how you learned. I think many have to do with the way the new golf is played and how the college golf is played. There are only so many slow rounds that they are used to playing slowly, that when things matter your instinct is to slow it down, not to speed it up. But yes, I think what golf is doing nowI think we are in the right trend of trying to understand how to make the sport faster.
Ok, let’s go fast fire. What are your favorite courses you’ve ever played?
I would say Pinhurst No. 2 is one of my favorites. I love kingsbarns – really impressed with it. And then the national golf ties. I think they are my first three.
What about the most delightful place in Golf?
I love the cradle in Pinehurst. I just think the whole area there is just as delightful. But there are many huge hangings: Pebble bench, Ruffer room in Pebble. These are two cold golf points.
Do you have a favorite non-Golf athlete?
Ooh, hard. I’ve always loved (Rafael) Nadal.
What is the only thing you can’t live with?
Maybe my phone. (Laughter) I’m so bad on Instagram; I just don’t move foolishly. I love online purchases. So bad. Recently I started not subscribing for things, like online shopping things, to clean a little.
Last: What about your tennis game in need of the most work now?
My service is cruel; It makes no sense at all, it does not feel like an athletic movement. So my backpack, maybe. Just trying to be more athletic.

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