Michelle Wie West

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4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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One of the biggest names in golf history sits down with Kelley O’Hara to talk about her one-of-a-kind career. Michelle Wie West discusses her unprecedented rise from a local child prodigy to a national superstar, the highs and lows of her professional journey, and how motherhood has changed her perspective on golf. Already winning adult amateur tournaments by the time she was a teenager, Michelle turned pro the week before she turned 16. She talks with Kelley about the secrets to her early success and the lessons she learned having to persevere through both injury and professional uncertainty. Go deeper. Presented by Heineken

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0:00.0	Obviously I, you know, escalated my career really quickly. I started playing the biggest fields, really young.
0:08.0	And I was like, okay, where do I go from here? Like, my life is going to skyrock. It's going to be amazing at all times.
0:13.4	And that's just not how life is, you know,
0:16.0	you get injured, you get knocked down.
0:19.0	But I think I really truly appreciate that. Welcome to the Just Women's Sports Podcast, where we talk to the biggest athletes in the world about the untold stories behind their success.
0:31.0	I'm Kelly O'Hara, and my guest today is Michelle W. West's career is
0:35.5	unlike anyone else's in professional sports. At age 11 she was already winning
0:39.6	adult amateur golf tournaments in her home state of Hawaii.
0:42.5	At age 14, she was playing in both LPGA and PGA events.
0:46.4	A week before she turned 16, she went pro.
0:48.8	In 2014, she won the U.S. Open to claim her first major trophy.
0:53.2	A five-time LPGA titleist,
0:55.1	Michelle has 59 career top 10 finishes,
0:58.0	and this past year she became a first-time mother.
1:02.2	Michelle, welcome to the show.
1:03.7	Thank you so much for having me.
1:05.7	Of course, how are you doing?
1:07.4	Good, I'm good.
1:09.2	You know, trying to get as much sleep as I can.
1:11.4	Yeah, exactly.
1:12.4	But you're a new mother now and you're squeezing this
1:15.9	in between your daughter napping.
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