Michelle Wie West

She is the only child of immigrant parents from South Korea who came to the United States in the 1980s.

Her father, Byung-wook Wie, is a former professor of travel industry management at the University of Hawaii.

Her mother, Bo, was South Korea's women's amateur golf champion in 1985, and competed in a Miss Korea beauty pageant.

Her paternal grandfather, Sang-Kyu Wie, a resident of Jangheung, Jeollanam-do, was an emeritus professor at Seoul National University.

When she was born, Wie was a dual citizen of South Korea (by jus sanguinis) and the United States (by jus soli).

Michelle Sung Wie West (born October 11, 1989) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.

At age 10, she became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship.

Wie also became the youngest winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the youngest to qualify for an LPGA Tour event.

Wie was born on October 11, 1989, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

In 2000, at the age of ten, she became the youngest player ever to qualify for the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship.

Eight years later, Wie's mark was surpassed by fellow Hawaiian Allisen Corpuz, who qualified when she was five months younger than Wie had been when she set the record.

In 2001, at the age of 11, she won both the Hawaii State Women's Stroke Play Championship and the Jennie K. Wilson Women's Invitational.

The Jennie K. Wilson Women's Invitations is the oldest and most prestigious women's amateur tournament in Hawaii.

She also advanced into match play at the Women's U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship.

In 2002, she won the Hawaii State Open Women's Division by thirteen shots.

She also became the youngest player to qualify for an LPGA event, the Takefuji Classic held in Wie's home state of Hawaii.

At the 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Wie became the youngest player to make an LPGA cut.

She carded a 66 in the third round, tying the amateur record for a women's major championship and qualifying her to play in the final group of the championship.

In June 2003, Wie won the Women's Amateur Public Links tournament, becoming the youngest person ever, male or female, to win a USGA adult event.

Later that summer, she made the cut at the US Women's Open when she was still just 13, the youngest player ever to do so.

Wie was given a sponsor's exemption to the 2004 Sony Open in Hawaii, becoming the fourth, and youngest, female to play a PGA Tour event.

Her second round score of 68 was the lowest ever by a woman in a PGA Tour event, though she went on to miss the cut in the tournament.

While missing the cut by 1 stroke she bettered the 36 hole score of 47 men including 4 major winners and matched the scores of 15 more men including 3 more major winners.

At age 16, 2 years later she shot another round of 68 in the men's tour Sony open and bettered the 36 hole score of 18 men including 2 major winners and matched the score of 9 others including 1 major winner.

She again played in the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship, finishing fourth.

As part of the victorious U.S. team, she became the youngest woman ever to play in the Curtis Cup tournament.

She turned professional shortly before her 16th birthday in 2005, accompanied by an enormous amount of publicity and endorsements.

On December 19, 2006, she announced that she would be attending Stanford University, where there are family ties.

Her paternal grandfather was a visiting professor, and an aunt and uncle are both graduates.

Wie graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu in June 2007.

She enrolled in September 2007 as a freshman, but as a professional golfer, Wie was not eligible under NCAA rules to play for Stanford's golf team.

During her first three years at Stanford, she attended only during the fall and winter quarters, running from late September through mid-March each year.

She took leaves of absence during the rest of the year to play professional golf.

While she went on to miss the cut, her record stood for five more years until it was broken in 2007 by 11-year-old Ariya Jutanugarn.

Wie completed her studies at Stanford in March 2012 with a major in communications.

She participated in the university's graduation ceremony in June 2012.

Wie began playing golf at the age of four.

She renounced her South Korean citizenship in February 2013.

She won her first and only major at the 2014 U.S. Women's Open.

Wie remained the youngest player to advance to match play in this tournament, until 2014 when Lucy Li surpassed her by one week.