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Michelle Wie Will Play Solheim Cup Without Parents Watching Every Move

By Ryan WilsonAug 18th 2009 – 3:35PM

Michelle Wie's golf career has been defined as much by her boundless potential as by the fact that her parents have orchestrated her every move. B.J. and Bo Wie have been criticized for being too involved in their daughter's professional life, drawing the ire of LPGA Tour vet Dottie Pepper, as well as Michelle's swing...

Michelle Wie Finishes 2nd at SBS Open

By Ryan WilsonFeb 15th 2009 – 9:10AM

Looking back, Michelle Wie had a great week at the SBS Open. It was her first professional tournament as a card-carrying member of the LPGA Tour, and the 236th-ranked player in the world was in contention from the start. It's all relative, of course. Wie will tell you that her second-place finish was a disappointment, even...

David Leadbetter Is Befuddled By Michelle Wie's Career Strategy

By Ryan WilsonAug 19th 2008 – 11:23AM

David Leadbetter has worked with plenty of very successful professional golfers -- Nick Faldo and Ernie Els immediately come to mind -- but he is also Michelle Wie's swing coach. Wie is arguably just as famous as either Faldo or Els but she isn't even in the same conversation when it comes to acquiring hardware since,...

Sorenstam And Creamer Call Out Wie for Playing With the Men

By Shane BaconJul 29th 2008 – 5:57PM

In any situation, the person that gets the most attention isn't always the most talented. Ask Michelle Wie, she's becoming all too familiar with this process.After deciding to play in the Reno-Tahoe Open, a PGA Tour event this week, Wie landed a lot of criticism from lesser-known PGA players that are saying what most of...

David Duval Will Play Reno, Thinks Michelle Wie Would Be Better Off on Futures Tour

By Ryan WilsonJul 24th 2008 – 8:18PM

Greg Norman was the most improbable story during last week's British Open; the former two-time winner, now 53, led the whole thing heading into the final round, before the weather, age and Padraig Harrington's lights-out back nine all conspired against him. Perhaps second only to Norman's unlikely showing was that of David...

DottiePepper News From the Web

  • 05/23/12 The problem of sllllooooowwww play Source: USA Today During the final round of a golf tournament, a camera zoomed in on two baby ducks frolicking on the bank behind the 18th green, and, in a nod to the pace of play, the CBS announcer said the cute chicks were eggs when the last group of the day began play.
  • 05/17/12 LPGA pro Dotty Pepper gives students a golf lesson Source: Capital News 9 - Albany NY Some kids got golf lessons from a local pro.
  • 05/16/12 Kids get the chance to swing clubs with pro golfer Source: Capital News 9 - Albany NY ALBANY COUNTY, N.Y. -- If you want to get your son or daughter into golf, what better way than being taught by a local pro?

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