{"id":9629,"date":"2011-07-13T20:07:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T20:07:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-07-13T20:07:23","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T20:07:23","slug":"Michelle-Wie-says-school-is-the-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=9629","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Wie says school is the priority"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michelle Wie<\/strong>, the target of non-stop criticism from LPGA Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam<\/strong> and others during last week\u2019s U.S. Women\u2019s Open, took to Twitter yesterday to defend her decision to put school before golf.<\/p>\n

In five Twitter blasts (golf clap for Dan Spears for the heads up), Wie made it clear that her priority was to finish her studies at Stanford University before going full-tilt on the LPGA Tour.
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\n\u201cI saw comments last week that attending Stanford will somehow interfere with my golf,<\/em>\u201d Wie tweeted in defense of her decision to complete her degree.<\/strong> \u201cI believe in the importance of education for all young people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Before the Open began and Wie had hit her first tee shot, Sorenstam opined that the 21-year-old had not fulfilled her potential and suggested that the distraction of school was partly to blame.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I think really her focus, in my opinion, should be more on the golf,” <\/em>Sorenstam told reporters last Wednesday.<\/strong> “She’s very distracted with school, doesn’t really play as much full time as I thought she would. I think she needs to come out here and compete more regularly.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Former LPGA star and current golf analyst Dottie Pepper chimed in the next day, saying Wie had not come close to performing \u201cup to her physical talents.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

That was not the end of the poor reviews for Wie, who will return to Stanford for a fifth year to finish her studies.<\/strong> In a Golf Digest column wrapping up her observations about the Open, Sorenstam called out Wie yet again. The big-hitting Wie<\/strong> \u201cwas the biggest disappointment of the week for me,\u201d<\/em> Sorenstam wrote. \u201cShe seems to be going backwards.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Wie<\/strong>, who had a decidedly lackluster Open (she barely made the cut and finished with a share of 55th place), was polite but pointed in her reply to unnamed critics. She noted that golf would still be there when she finished college.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m 21 and almost at the finish line for my college degree, a goal of mine my whole life,\u201d<\/em> she typed.<\/strong> \u201cAfter that (graduation will be in march 2012), I will have the chance to focus entirely on winning trophies for the rest of my life.”
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\n\u201cI respect other people\u2019s personal goals…both in golf and in life,\u201d<\/em> Wie concluded.<\/strong> \u201cJust ask for the same in return. Thanks for your support everyone!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s her life, LEAVE HER ALONE!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo – Christian Petersen\/Getty Images<\/em>
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