Michelle Wie Wins the 2018 HSBC Women’s World Championship

The final day of the 2018 HSBC Women’s World Championship proved to be a good day for Michelle Wie, who had failed to win a LPGA Tour in over 1000 days. However, Wie found her mark on Sunday and won the 2018 HSBC Women’s World Championship.

Wie went into the 72nd hole tied with Korda and short on the approach to the green, but after a huddle with her caddie, Wie took an attempt at a birdie and bogeyed the hole,

Said Wie on her 72nd hole birdie putt,

“I think that has to be the best putt of my career so far.”

After getting the birdie putt, Michelle Wie sent up a fist pump, and with both Nelly Korda and Danielle Kang failing their attempt at birdies on the 18th hole, it gave Wie a 7 under on the day and the win.
For Wie, who had the lead at last years event,

“I just kind of wanted to get revenge after last year a little bit. I kind of came with a slight chip on my shoulder in the morning, and I knew that I had to shoot low to even have a chance, and everyone played great today.

Wie had noticed the leaderboard was a who’s who commenting,

“Everyone was really clustered up there on the leaderboard. I’m just really proud of myself for making a lot of birdies and kept going, and never really getting out of my head, which I’m really proud of doing today.”

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This was Michelle Wie’s first LPGA win since her 2014 win at the U.S Open. Her 2014 win pushed her world ranking to fourteen, but the last few years have been a struggle as she faced a number of injuries and lost her confidence. Her hopes for 2017 was to rebuild herself and bring her confidence back to where it always was and play as good as she could.

Wie’s first win on Tour since the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open moved her to No.2 on the Race to the CME Globe, and she moved up 12 spots in the Rolex Ranking to No.14 in the world.

After her win on Sunday, Wie stated that winning is everything,

“There is no better feeling than when you think that sink that winning putt. It’s a high, for sure. You go out there, and it’s this feeling that gets you going. It’s this feeling that makes you practice. It’s that winning putt that makes you practice for hours and hours and hours, and even the hard times, it gets you going back. You know that good feeling is on the other side.”

The final day saw fifteen of the top players hitting the course to compete for the trophy and bragging rights. Most stated that the course seemed to be generous with serving birdies, but the focus has to be getting the ball in the cup.

Sei Young Kim set a course record oshooting 10 under par, and Angela Stanford, winner of the event in 2012, shoting 29 on the first nine, an achievement she had yet to do in the past. Kim finished the final nine with two bogeys and a 9 under par on the day, which would have been a course record had she not shot better before Stanford came alone 25 minutes later.

Founders Cup on the 15th-18th of March. With a $1,500,000 prize pool being offered, it is safe to say that competition will be intense as Korda and Kang push for wins this season. It will also be a good opportunity for golf bettors to place this bets on who will claim victory at the Founders Cup.

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