Michelle Wie reveals she's stepping away from LPGA full time

The “next phase” of Michelle Wie’s occupation will not be as a comprehensive-time golfer.

The 32-12 months-outdated declared Thursday that she’s stepping absent from the LPGA Tour total-time pursuing the US Open next 7 days as she embarks on a new chapter.

” I’m so grateful for the previous 14 yrs I expended on tour, traveling the environment and competing in opposition to the finest in the recreation,” Wie stated in an Instagram put up. “Excited to invest a lot more time now on tasks that I normally preferred to do but hardly ever had time for and to frequently get the job done to assistance golf turn into a additional assorted and inclusive room.”

Michelle Wie announced Thursday that she's stepping away from the LPGA Tour full time
Michelle Wie introduced Thursday that she’s stepping absent from the LPGA Tour total time.
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Wie, who began golfing professionally as a youthful teenager, extra Thursday that she will be teaming up with Nike as an Athlete Collaborator, in addition to starting to be a member of the Nike Feel Tank “to get a lot more involved with the design approach and to do the job on significant projects” with the corporation.

“Thank you men for your help all through every period of my life/job, it signifies so substantially to me,” Wie concluded.

A lot has modified for Wie more than the previous few yrs, with the Stanford alum marrying Jonnie West, the son of NBA legend Jerry West, in 2019. A yr afterwards, the few welcomed a little one woman, Makenna.

Michelle Wie married Jonnie West in 2019, with the couple welcoming a daughter a year later
Michelle Wie married Jonnie West in 2019, with the few welcoming a daughter a 12 months later on.
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Michelle Wie won the US Women's Open in June 2014
Michelle Wie gained the US Women’s Open up in June 2014.
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In an job interview printed Thursday by GolfWeek, Wie mentioned how the activity had also taken a toll on her entire body,

“At moments, if I do perform a great deal of golfing,” she said, “I’m just in bed. Or I can’t carry [Makenna] up, and that frightened me.”

As for an eventual return to golf, Wie instructed the publication, “I’m certainly not ruling anything at all out.”

Wie has a complete of five LPGA Tour victories and gained the US Women’s Open in 2014.

Michelle Wie reveals she's stepping away from LPGA full time

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