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- Rare Rookie Card of this Superstar, Professionally Graded and Protected.
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The Sure Thing is a gripping and intimate portrait of the meteoric rise, fall, and uncertain future of the greatest sports phenom of the twenty-first century. Award-winning writer Eric Adelson takes us inside Michelle Wie’s world, showing her to be a bubbly, astonishingly normal girl trapped in a world of outsize expectations. In chronicling Wie’s career, Adelson establishes a new gold standard for reporting on the growing convergence of professional sports, marketing, and mass entertainment in the Internet Age.Michelle Wie couldn’t miss. No way. Big success? It was only a matter of time. At four she could drive a golf ball a hundred yards. At ten she was outdriving adult male golfers in her Honolulu hometownâ€"from the back tees. At thirteen she won the Women’s Amateur Public Links, becoming the youngest pe! rson ever to win a USGA championship. The next year she was pl! aying in LPGA and PGA Tour tournaments. At sixteen she was earning eight figures in endorsements. Yet by the time she turned eighteen, Michelle Wie was already branded a failure, a has-been, a victim of injuries, bad choices, andâ€"worst of allâ€"really terrible putting. How was it possible? How did this happen? How did she go from being the next big thing to the latest big bust?
The Sure Thing is a gripping and intimate portrait of the meteoric rise, fall, and uncertain future of the greatest sports phenom of the twenty-first century. Award-winning writer Eric Adelson takes us inside Michelle Wie’s world, showing her to be a bubbly, astonishingly normal girl trapped in a world of outsize expectations. In chronicling Wie’s career, Adelson establishes a new gold standard for reporting on the growing convergence of professional sports, marketing, and mass entertainment in the Internet Age.
From the Hardcover edition.Michelle Wie couldn! ’t miss. No way. Big success? It was only a matter of time. At four she could drive a golf ball a hundred yards. At ten she was outdriving adult male golfers in her Honolulu hometownâ€"from the back tees. At thirteen she won the Women’s Amateur Public Links, becoming the youngest person ever to win a USGA championship. The next year she was playing in LPGA and PGA Tour tournaments. At sixteen she was earning eight figures in endorsements. Yet by the time she turned eighteen, Michelle Wie was already branded a failure, a has-been, a victim of injuries, bad choices, andâ€"worst of allâ€"really terrible putting. How was it possible? How did this happen? How did she go from being the next big thing to the latest big bust?
The Sure Thing is a gripping and intimate portrait of the meteoric rise, fall, and uncertain future of the greatest sports phenom of the twenty-first century. Award-winning writer Eric Adelson takes us inside Michelle Wie’s wo! rld, showing her to be a bubbly, astonishingly normal girl tra! pped in a world of outsize expectations. In chronicling Wie’s career, Adelson establishes a new gold standard for reporting on the growing convergence of professional sports, marketing, and mass entertainment in the Internet Age.
From the Hardcover edition.
In the first-ever Michelle Wie biography, golf writer Jennifer Mario tells the story of this inspirational golfing phenomenon, from her million-dollar endorsement deals to her rocket rise to successâ€"from her sweet golf swing to her life as a pro golfer.
           Michelle Wie’s young career already reads like a world-record entry: youngest player to qualify for an LPGA tournament; youngest player to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links championship; youngest female to play in PGA Tour events. Now Michelle Wie can add to the list being the youngest female golfer to ever turn professional.
           This biography will be a great read for anyone interested in ! the life of their favorite role modelâ€"and for readers everywhere looking for the full story behind a legend in the making.
           Michelle Wie’s young career already reads like a world-record entry: youngest player to qualify for an LPGA tournament; youngest player to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links championship; youngest female to play in PGA Tour events. Now Michelle Wie can add to the list being the youngest female golfer to ever turn professional.
           This biography will be a great read for anyone interested in ! the life of their favorite role modelâ€"and for readers everywhere looking for the full story behind a legend in the making.
This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.A gorgeous graded rookie card of this fantastic athlete. This card is preserved for the long term in this exceptional graded holder which protects against damaging light, shaking, and other harm. A solid collectible to be put away for the long term or given as the perfect gift.
