Michelle Wie

'I used to baby-sit, and do everything I could to make money. I love money.' Brittany Lincicome, who defeated Michelle Wie in the Women's World Match Play quarterfinals

Inbee Park essentially won the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Sunday on her first hole at the Mission Hills Country Club course in Rancho Mirage. Park, from South Korea, made a resolute birdie while Azusa's Lizette Salas, 23, who had started the day in second place and three shots behind Park, hit a nervous drive in the rough and made a double bogey while her playing partner, Park, watched without outward expression. But inwardly Park must have been giving herself a high-five.

Wanna feel old? Ponder this: Michelle Wie will turn 21 in three weeks. We remember her as the little girl from Hawaii who started getting headlines when she was 10 and actually winning local tournaments about the same time. So much for memories. On Oct. 11 she can have her first legal beer. No question she can afford it. She has made millions, some of it even on the golf course. You remember the story. When she started out, most girls her age were probably still playing with dolls.

RANCHO MIRAGE -- Stacy Lewis, the American who climbed to No. 1 in the world rankings two weeks ago, finished the Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club with a final-round even-par 72 and a four-day total of 287. When the day is over she'll be in the middle of the pack. Lewis, who won here two years ago, didn't seem distraught about the mediocre week. "I've got a lot of events to play, and I've won twice already this year," said Lewis, who will remain No. 1 in the Rolex World Rankings that measure the performance of the LPGA golfers.

RANCHO MIRAGE -- Lydia Ko, a 15-year-old from New Zealand who won a tournament on the LPGA Tour last year, is paired Thursday and Friday with 23-year-old Michelle Wie, who once contended at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the tour's first major, when she was 13. Wie, whose dark ponytail is died red near the bottom, birdied the ninth hole and is one under par, same as Ko. Wie has made only one cut this season and earned a little over $6,000....

RANCHO MIRAGE -- Stacy Lewis, the American who climbed to No. 1 in the world rankings two weeks ago, finished the Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club with a final-round even-par 72 and a four-day total of 287. When the day is over she'll be in the middle of the pack. Lewis, who won here two years ago, didn't seem distraught about the mediocre week. "I've got a lot of events to play, and I've won twice already this year," said Lewis, who will remain No. 1 in the Rolex World Rankings that measure the performance of the LPGA golfers.

It was criticism from one of the best in women's golf, and Michelle Wie was hurt. Annika Sorenstam, who has retired from the LPGA, suggested last month during the U.S. Women's Open that Wie was shortchanging women's golf by pursuing her degree at Stanford. "I think her focus, in my opinion, should be more on golf," Sorenstam said. "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.

Cristie Kerr is a big-game player. The 33-year-old is a two-time major winner on the LPGA circuit and she is the highest-ranked American at No. 3 in the world in the Rolex Rankings. Michelle Wie wants to be a big-game player. The 21-year-old hasn't won any of the four women's majors but has played well enough to be ranked ninth in the world. Wie has accomplished this while continuing her studies at Stanford University despite a full pro schedule. The season's first major, the $2-million Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, begins Thursday, and certainly the defending champion and No. 1 player in the world, Yani Tseng, is considered the favorite.

Na Yeon Choi had one of the best rounds in U.S. Women's Open history, taking control of the tournament with a seven-under 65 in the third round at Blackwolf Run on Saturday in Kohler, Wis. The fifth-ranked South Korean star's remarkable round put her at eight under for the tournament, giving her a six-stroke lead over Amy Yang . Only four players ever have posted a lower round in the Open, and the 65 tied the lowest third-round score...

Michelle Wie put herself into contention for her first LPGA Tour victory, shooting a two-under-par 70 in difficult conditions Friday in the second round of the season-opening SBS Open at Kahuku, Hawaii. Making her debut as an LPGA card-carrying member, Wie used a three-birdie run to surge to the top of the leaderboard and finish at eight-under 136, where she was tied with Angela Stanford (71) heading into today's final round. "It feels good," Wie said of being in contention again.

The leaderboard after the first round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship was showing international colors Thursday. South Korea's Na Yeon Choi, Norway's Suzann Pettersen and England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff were tied for the lead at Mission Hills Country Club after shooting rounds of four-under-par 68. Meanwhile, down in a tie for 22nd place, Michelle Wie was displaying her own colors. Wie, who has made only one cut this year, dyed her hair pink, purple and turquoise and was happy with her even-par round of 72 at Rancho Mirage.

RANCHO MIRAGE -- Na Yeon Choi and Suzann Pettersen posted early four-under-par 68s Thursday to take the early lead at the Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club. This is golf's first major of the year and Choi, winner of the 2012 U.S. Women's Open, didn't have a bogey in the first round. Choi is nicknamed "NYC," and said she was happy to play early Thursday before the greens became faster in the desert heat. Lydia Ko, the 15-year-old amateur from New Zealand, and her playing partner, 23-year-old Michelle Wie, who first competed in an LPGA event when she was 12 years old, both shot even-par 72. Wie has only made a single cut this season.

RANCHO MIRAGE -- Lydia Ko, a 15-year-old from New Zealand who won a tournament on the LPGA Tour last year, is paired Thursday and Friday with 23-year-old Michelle Wie, who once contended at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the tour's first major, when she was 13. Wie, whose dark ponytail is died red near the bottom, birdied the ninth hole and is one under par, same as Ko. Wie has made only one cut this season and earned a little over $6,000....

The fact that an American golfer is ranked No. 1 in the world is not a surprise. The fact that a second golfer is ranked No. 1 - a woman - is very much a surprise. Of course, everyone knows Tiger Woods; the other is Stacy Lewis, and she has been talking a little Twitter trash with her top-ranked counterpart. "I tweeted Tiger, 'Congrats. Welcome back to No. 1.'" She was being funny. "Apparently in [140] characters, people couldn't find the humor in that," Lewis said. Lewis' ascension to No. 1 caught a lot of people by surprise.

Na Yeon Choi had one of the best rounds in U.S. Women's Open history, taking control of the tournament with a seven-under 65 in the third round at Blackwolf Run on Saturday in Kohler, Wis. The fifth-ranked South Korean star's remarkable round put her at eight under for the tournament, giving her a six-stroke lead over Amy Yang . Only four players ever have posted a lower round in the Open, and the 65 tied the lowest third-round score...

Europe won the Solheim Cup for the first time since 2003 on Sunday, finishing powerfully to beat the United States, 15-13, at Killeen Castle in Dunsany, Ireland. Norway's Suzann Pettersen turned the momentum Europe's way when she recovered from 1 down with birdies on the last three holes to beat Michelle Wie by one hole. Her win left Europe needing only one point from the last two singles to win the trophy, but the side captained by Alison Nicholas did even better.

The leaderboard after the first round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship was showing international colors Thursday. South Korea's Na Yeon Choi, Norway's Suzann Pettersen and England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff were tied for the lead at Mission Hills Country Club after shooting rounds of four-under-par 68. Meanwhile, down in a tie for 22nd place, Michelle Wie was displaying her own colors. Wie, who has made only one cut this year, dyed her hair pink, purple and turquoise and was happy with her even-par round of 72 at Rancho Mirage.

Michelle Wie made her much-anticipated debut as a full-fledged LPGA Tour member, birdieing her final three holes for a six-under-par 66 Thursday in the first round of the season-opening SBS Open. The 19-year-old Wie was a stroke behind leader Angela Stanford. Wie was tied with rookie of the year Yani Tseng, who was ranked 133rd a year ago and is now No. 2 behind Lorena Ochoa. South Korea's Kyeong Bae had 67, and Japan's Momoko Ueda shot a 68.

It was criticism from one of the best in women's golf, and Michelle Wie was hurt. Annika Sorenstam, who has retired from the LPGA Tour, suggested last month during the U.S. Women's Open that Wie was shortchanging women's golf by pursuing her degree at Stanford. "I think her focus, in my opinion, should be more on golf," Sorenstam said. "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.