Former US Open champion Michelle Wie West says she is popping out of retirement to play on the main later this yr.
West is a five-time winner on the LGPA Tour along with her sole main triumph coming at Pinehurst in 2014.
The 36-year-old final competed on the Tour on the US Open three years in the past, however goals to play once more on the main, which begins on 4 June in Pacific Palisades, California, to utilize her last yr of eligibility.
Gamers who win the US Open are invited again to compete for the next 10 years, however Wie West’s stint was prolonged by two years to 2026 resulting from maternity go away.
“With one last yr of eligibility from my victory in 2014 and the championship headed to an iconic venue which means a lot to me, I’m excited to announce that I will be teeing it up on the US.Girls’s Open at Riviera in June,” she wrote on X.
Wie West rose to prominence at an early age and was as soon as tipped to emulate males’s 15-time major-winner Tiger Woods’ sporting success.
She was the youngest to win an grownup USGA championship at 13, and the youngest to make the reduce at an LPGA main within the 2003 Kraft Nabisco, aged 14.
After greater than 20 years within the highlight, Wie West, who has two kids, left the game including that her physique was struggling to deal with the rigours {of professional} golf.
Wie West’s return to the Tour follows her announcement in February that she will probably be competing within the women’s version of the TGL on the finish of the yr.
