Women's Hoops Blog

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Thursday, January 15, 2004

Today is a big day in the golf world, as 14-year-old Michelle Wie tees off against the men in the Sony Open. Like Annika in the Colonial last year, Wie is playing on a sponsor's exemption.

Wie hopes to make the cut, which would be an unbelievable accomplishment. She'll have a slight edge because this is her home course, but it will still be very difficult.

This could be the beginning of something big. Said Stuart Appleby: "No one else can come on Tour and do any better job than what she (Wie) is going to do. Not so much how she'll play, but who she is, what she is and who she could be."

Wie hopes to someday play regularly -- and win -- on the men's tour. It's very hard to know if that's really possible. If she pulls it off, it will be one of the greatest accomplishments ever by a woman in sports.