A lot has been written - fairly and unfairly - about the child prodigy now looking to establish herself as an LPGA Tour professional. But, a new book will hit bookshelves on Monday about Michelle Wie. Freelance writer Eric Adelson has been covering Michelle Wie for almost an entire decade. Little did he know that nine years of covering Michelle, her family, and the bevy of people that have influenced her career would result in a book.
That book is A Sure Thing: The Making & Unmaking of Golf Phenom Michelle Wie. I spoke with Adelson over the telephone about his book and the career of Michelle Wie. We got into a candid discussion about BJ Wie - Michelle's father and the man that Adelson says "called all of the shots." Adelson opens up about Wie's engaging personality and talks about how her experience on Twitter has revealed a side of Michelle gone largely hidden in recent years. Adelson and I talk about the role that the media had in hyping and bringing down Michelle Wie with the amazement in her talent and the weight of expectations placed upon her. Finally, we talk about the prospects for her career as an LPGA Tour professional.
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