Article: Wie takes home new watch, first paycheck from LPGA Tour

JAYMES SONG, AP Sports Writer
AP Worldstream
02-27-2006
Dateline: KAPOLEI, Hawaii
Michelle Wie headed back to high school on Monday with $73,227 (euro61,000) from her first U.S. LPGA Tour paycheck and a diamond-encrusted watch from her latest endorsement deal.

The 16-year-old at Punahou School in Hawaii was particularly enamored with the Omega watch she was given before the final round on Saturday at the Fields Open, where she dazzled a hometown gallery with seven birdies in her round of 66 that left her one shot out of a playoff.

"It's sparkly," Wie said. "I kept checking the time like every five minutes."

Trouble was, she ran out of time.

Starting the final round of the 54-hole tournament six ...

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