Posted on: Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Wie at age ...

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4 — Takes first swing in a park, ball goes 100 yards.

5 — Begins tagging along with her parents for twilight rounds at Olomana Golf Links.

7 — Shoots 14-over in first 18-hole round.

9 — Joins O'ahu Junior Golf Association, wins five of seven tournaments.

10 — Shoots 9-under-par 64 at Olomana from 5,400 yards. At 10 years, 9 months, 24 days, is youngest to qualify for USGA amateur event (U.S. Women's Public Links), loses in first round.

11 — Becomes youngest to win Jennie K. Invitational (by nine shots) and Hawai'i State Women's Stroke Play (by two). Also becomes first woman to qualify for match play at the 93rd Manoa Cup, loses in first round.

12 — Shoots 83 with 10 penalty strokes — in rain and 30-plus mph winds — in Takefuji Classic at Waikoloa Beach to become youngest to Monday qualify for LPGA event. Misses cut.

• Wins first-round Manoa Cup match, then loses to Del-Marc Fujita in second round on second extra hole.

• At U.S. Women's Public Links, becomes youngest semifinalist in history of USGA-run amateur tournaments.

• Wins State Open Women's Division by 13 shots over LPGA pro Cindy Rarick.

13 — Shoots 1-over 73 to tie for 47th at Sony Open qualifying, beating 49 men.

• Ties for ninth at Kraft Nabisco Championship, an LPGA major.

• Cover profiles in, among others, Golf World, USA Today, New York Times, ESPN The Magazine and feature stories in Sports Illustrated and People.

• Accepts the maximum of six sponsors' exemptions for LPGA tournaments.

• Accepts sponsor's exemption from The Golf Channel to play against men in Canadian Tour's Bay Mills Open Players Championship.

• Accepts sponsor's exemption to play in men's Albertsons Boise Open, part of the Nationwide Tour, which is step below PGA.

14 — Accepts sponsor's exemption to play in Sony Open in Hawai'i

• Plays in Pro-Am at Mercedes Championships