After all the near misses, high expectations, competitive disappointments and physical challenges, 20-year-old Michelle Wie tapped in Sunday with a 3-under 69 for a two-stroke victory over Paula Creamer to capture her first LPGA Tour title in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational. Her parents, dad B.J. and mom Bo, were there, too, for an embrace as the 6-foot Wie collected a check for $220,000 to push her season winnings just over $900,000. The victory at the Guadalajara Country Club came in her 65th pro tourament and ten years after she first qualified for a USGA event. Battered by economic troubles and the forced resignation of its commissioner this summer, Wie's star power and her resurgence couldn't be coming at a better time for the beleaguered LPGA.
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