Forced to Retire, LPGA Star Shares Eyesight Issues That Doubled Her Struggles During Heydays This veteran LPGA pro opens up about the one issue she has faced her entire life and how she’s dealing with

Michelle Wie West bowed out of competitive golf at the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open on Pebble Beach. Her last start didn’t go as planned, but she closed the curtain with a cool flourish – draining a 30-footer for par on the iconic 18th hole. It was a fitting finale to a jaw-dropping career where Wie West redefined “prodigy” en route to five LPGA titles. Yet if you ask her what’s the one thing that bothers her from her long career, it wouldn’t be that 2023 moment – but an illness.

Recently, the LPGA veteran opened up about her struggle with astigmatism, something that she rarely (if ever) talks about. In a recent The Loop podcast, the pro begins, “I started wearing glasses when I was seven. I cannot see at all. I am negative 8 in contact.” And though Wie West laughs at it, she agrees th