At 15, Wie Is in Line to Make Men's Cut
The 15-year-old Wie fired a one-under-par 70 in the first round of the John Deere Classic and put herself in a good position to become the first woman to make a PGA Tour cut since Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1945, at the Tucson Open.
Do you think Michelle Wie knows who Babe Didrickson Zaharias was? Sports Illustrated named her the #2 Female Athlete of all time, and much as I love Jackie Joyner Kersee I would have put "The Babe" #1. Think if she had been around today: An Olympic gold medalist (javelin, hurdles, high jump); a softball player who hit so well they called her "Babe", after Babe Ruth; then a Hall of Famer on the LPGA.
Michelle Wie may break the Babe's golf records, but Babe's all-sport prowess will remain unchallenged.
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