“I’m definitely anxious, but also grateful to feel anxious again. I’ve lost that. I’m excited about taking my competitive rope again and being a fierce competitor. that’s what I know I am ”
By Keith Jackson
Last updated: 25/03/21 12:55 am
Michelle Wie returns to the LPGA Tour this week
Michelle Wie West is excited to return to competition for the first time in nearly two years at LPia Kia Classic this week in California.
Wie admitted that arriving in Aviara in Carlsbad felt “like the first day back at school”, although she is now thinking of going to schools for her nine-year-old daughter. year, Makenna – her first child with her husband Jonnie West.
Now 31, Wie felt her golf career was over shortly after she lost the cut at the 2019 KPMG Women’s PGA Tournament, and was preparing for a new life when she got out to she was pregnant later that year.
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But she is now ready to resume professional golf and wants to give her young family a good idea, while also revealing that she was inspired to return to action after watching his son Tiger Woods ’companion Charlie at last year’s PNC Tournament.
“I’m just lucky enough and thankful to have the opportunity to come back out here and play, especially with maternity leave and all that,” said Wie, who is now stay in San Francisco and decided to start coming back this week as she did not need air travel.
“I’m still deciding about that just because of the baby, I don’t know with COVID about flying yet with her. So there’s a lot to think about. But I also like the swing of the coast. west, I love Carlsbad, I love this golf course, and I especially like next week.
“The ANA Inspiration has been a very special competition for me to be at Mission Hills, so that was a big goal for me to be ready for that. Of course coming home and playing in Hawaii is also a big goal.
Wie has not played competitively for nearly two years
“It’s been so long since I’ve played a competitive tour. But I’m very proud of myself for grinding out there. I’ve been grinding. Like I said, I’m just grateful to I’m out here, I like myself and have a lot of fun.
“It’s been a lot of fun in the last couple of days to get the competitive ropes going. Especially playing the pro-am and playing our own ball, it’s definitely getting exciting.
“I’m definitely embarrassed, but also thankful for feeling anxious again. It was the first time I felt nerves like this, you know, I said before I was on TV live the closest thing i felt to the first tee jitters.on excited out there and anxious tomorrow.I can feel like it’s already brewing, and a lot sport already.
“It’s kicking balls on the field, fun to sort of lie around, hitting a chip or two, but there’s nothing like hitting golf that matters and you feel as if those first strings jitters.You feel like the nerves are coming out.
“I’ve lost that. I’m excited about taking my competitive edge again and being that fierce rival that I know I am.”
Wie believed her golf career was over in 2019
Wie was skeptical about her chances of ever returning to the LPGA Tour as she prepared to become a mother two years ago, but was expected to impress her daughter and imitate Woods and her appearance. son in the future to reassess the future.
“After the KPMG in 2019 I thought I was done, especially when I found out I was pregnant later that year,” she said. “I thought that confirmed it. I thought there was no chance of coming back, and I told my husband. It was like, ‘No, no, just think through it’.
“Then we found out that Makenna was going to be a girl and that changed my outlook on everything. It was crazy how just that one little truth just changed everything.
“Then I started thinking, I want to do it. I want to show her in real time that I can play golf. Watching YouTube videos is one thing, but it ‘s another thing to look at me with her own eyes, to see me go out of there, work hard, and try to lead by example.
“That time Tiger was with Charlie, that’s the first thing that came to my mind and that’s been a huge inspiration and that’s been a new dream for me.”