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Lots


of


teenage


girls


dream


of


becoming


rich


and


famous.


But


it's


not


a


fantasy


for


Michelle


Wie.


Just


before


her


16th


birthday


last


fall,


she


became


the


highest-paid


woman golfer in history simply by turning professional and lending her name to


commercial


endorsements


that


will


pay


her


between


$$10


million


and


$$12


million


a


year,


most of which will go into a trust fund until she becomes an adult.




Wie has been a celebrity since she was 13, when people began predicting she would


become


the


Tiger


Woods


of


wom


en’s


golf.


But,


as


correspondent


Steve


Kroft


reports,


that has never been enough for Wie. She wants to become the first woman ever to


successfully compete with men in a professional sport. She has tried a couple of


times on the PGA Tour without embarrassing herself.




As


you


will


see,


she


has


changed


a


lot


since


we


first


talked


to


her


way


back


in


2004,


when she was 14.




At the time, Wie told Kroft her ultimate goal was to play in the Masters.







It


was


a


neat


dream


for


a


14-year-old


kid.


Nothing


has


happened


in


the


last


two


years


to change Wie's mind or shake her confidence.




She is stronger now, more mature and glamorous. She has already demonstrated that


she can play herself into the middle of the pack against the best men on the PGA


Tour and has come within a shot of winning her first two starts on the LPGA Tour


this year as a part- time professional.




The day before 60 Minutes interviewed her at the Fields Open in Honolulu, she shot


a final round of 66, coming from six strokes off the lead to just miss a playoff.








much I won. I was like 'Oh my God.'




Wie says she won around $$72,000.




Asked whether she gets to keep that money, Wie said she didn't know.





that. We're still working it out. But, you know, I'm definitely gonna go shopping


today,




Half of her life is spent in the adult world, competing with men and women twice


her age for paychecks they may need to make expenses and dealing with the media,


sponsors and marketing executives. The rest of the time she is a junior at Punahou


High School in Honolulu, where she is an A student and claims to lead the life of


a typical 16-year-old.





I


have


a


math


test


tomorrow


that


I


haven't


studied


for


at


all.


Which


I'm


kind


of worried for,




What about boys?








Kroft says.





I


don't


know,


I


mean,


that's


what


everyone


else


says,


she


replies,


laughing.





She has already been on the David Letterman Show, graced countless magazines and


played


golf


with


former


President


Clinton,


who,


she


claims,


can


be


rather


vague


when


recording his score.




Continued




To help manage all of this, her parents have surrounded her with the best people


all that money can buy. Besides her caddy, Greg Johnston, and renowned golf coach


David Leadbetter, her retinue includes agents, a sports psychologist, physical


trainer and image consultant.




Two years ago, it was just Wie and her parents. Now she has an entourage.





members


of


the


team.


It


feels


nice


to


have,


you


know,


people


that


you


can


trust


around


you.










Most


of


the


shots


are


still


being


called


by


her


parents,


.


and


Bo,


with


recommendations from the William Morris Agency, which was hired by the Wie family


to


manage


the


business


aspects


of


her


career


and


line


up


endorsements


from


sponsors


who were already standing in line.




They


include


a


ubiquitous


sporting


goods


and


apparel


company,


a


Japanese


electronics


giant


and


a


Swiss


watch


manufacturer?


--who


collectively


contribute


an


eight-figure


sum to the Michelle Wie trust fund.




William


Morris


president


David


Wirtschafter


says


Michelle


is,


and


will


remain,


their


only


golf


client


in


a


talent


stable


mostly


filled


with


Hollywood


actors,


directors


and writers. He sees her as someone who can easily make the jump from sports to


entertainment.



Asked


if


he


thinks


there


is


a


difference


anymore


between


sports


and


entertainment,


Wirtschafter


says:



don't


think


so.


We


think


that


sports


is


a


subset


of


entertainment.


And


we


feel


that


so


many


people


are


interested


in


her


because


almost


every


demographic


is


anxious


to


watch


her


play


and


anxious


to


see


what


she


does


next,


that


she


will


be


one


of


the


few


athletes


who


essentially


transcends


sports


and


becomes


somebody that people pay attention to in popular culture.




Why are so many people interested in her?





think


that


men


are


fascinated


by


the


way


that


she


plays


golf,


says


Wirtschafter.



plays golf in a


style that is much more


like men. It's a power golf style. She


hits


the


ball


a


long,


long


way.


I


think


women


find


her


attractive,


particularly


young


women, because she, again, is playing against boys. And, yet, when she's off the


course, she's very much like them.




Wirtschafter


acknowledges


that


Wie


has


also


become


very


attractive


and


that


it


makes


a


huge


difference.



she


exudes


femininity,


she


exudes


youth


and,


on


the


other


hand,


just


has


a


skill


level


that's


off


the


charts.


And


I


think


that's


a


very,


very


rare combination.





asks.




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