 Wie has still not turned professional |
American teenager Michelle Wie is hoping for strong winds at the Women's British Open starting on Thursday at Royal Birkdale in Lancashire. The only time Wie, 15, has played links golf before was as part of the victorious US team at the Curtis Cup at nearby Formby 13 months ago.
Wie said: "I'm accustomed to playing in 35mph winds back home in Hawaii, so the stronger the wind blows the better.
"As long as I stay out of the pot bunkers then I should be OK."
Wie and fellow American teenager Paula Creamer, 18, are serious contenders for the event.
Creamer became the youngest winner on the Ladies European Tour at the Evian Masters last Saturday while Wie tied for second.
It was the third time this year that Wie, still an amateur, has finished runner-up playing against the professionals.
She was also second at the SBS Open in Hawaii in February and at last month's LPGA Championship, the second major of the year.
Creamer, meanwhile, became the youngest player in LPGA history to earn more than $1m in prize money by winning $375,000 (�215,000) at the Evian Masters.
She is also on target to become the youngest player to appear in the Solheim Cup at Crooked Stick, Indiana in September.
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