Michelle Wie West was just 12 when she became the youngest player to qualify for an LPGA Tour event. She then turned pro in 2005. Fans thought that she was destined to be the next Tiger Woods. Despite the skills and accolades, West was tied 146th of 155 golfers when she withdrew from the 2007 US Women’s Open due to wrist injury. An early retirement followed eventually!

It all started in January 2007, when Michelle Wie West was on a trip to Stanford. It was on a college trip before joining Stanford University. West has now opened up about the injury and her regrets.

“A college visit. And I worked out with the team, and my trainer at that time had me do backward sprints. So here I was doing my track workout on a college visit, and I fell. Classic, me. I fell, and I broke three bones in my

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