Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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 Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:05 am Post subject: South Korean Town Helped Fund Wie's Career |
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In the remote South Korean town of Jangheung, the locals used to pass around the hat to help support Wie Sang-kyu's granddaughter -- a little girl in Hawaii
with a hankering for golf.
They are not collecting funds any more because that girl is
Michelle Wie and she is set to become one of the richest women
athletes after announcing last week that she will turn professional.
American schoolgirl Wie, who turns 16 on Tuesday, is the most celebrated young golfer since Tiger Woods, and she is certainly the most famous Korean-American in the South Korean town where her grandfather still lives.
"I am just so happy for her," the older Wie said by telephone. "It's incredible."
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