Wie Takes On the Men in PGA

Woohoo!

Michelle Wie, an 18-year-old Stanford student – has decided to tee it up  – against the men, and this time it’s for money.  Wie will debut in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, her first appearance on the PGA Tour this year.

There’s been speculation Wie would concentrate solely on women’s competition, especially after last year when she injured both wrists and made only two cuts.

But she is bashing speculation and this will be her eighth time playing on the PGA Tour, and she has yet to make a cut. According to Washington Post, the only time Wie has made money playing against the men was on the Korean Tour, in 2006, at the SK Telcom Open.

Here’s what she had to say:

“It’s not every day that a woman is given the opportunity to play on the greatest tour in the world. This is a tremendous opportunity for me to learn from these great players and take those lessons into the future to becoming the best player I can be on any tour. This is another step in the process of making me a better player.”

Wie will be playing her seventh and final LPGA Tour event of this year at the CN Canadian Women’s Open in August.