Wie, Wie, Wie... all the way home...

Can you believe this grown up girl...? I can say grown up girl because her birthday is next week. How old will she be you ask...? Young but old Michelle Wie will turn 16 next week and has announced herself to the public today as a LPGA/PGA Golf "Professional"... “I’m finally happy to say I’m a pro starting today,” Wie say's, already sporting a pink Nike Shirt.

Why is she sporting a Nike Shirt you ask? Well, to get Nike and Sony to stop drooling all over the place of course. She has signed deals with both Sony and Nike (as I tell you this now, both sponsors are wiping the drool from their grinning faces). They are deals worth $10,000,000. No, I didn't accidentally type one too many zero's in there. That'a Ten Million Big One's a Year for this soon to be 16-year-old Golf Professional.

To put it a little bit in perspective... Annika Sorenstam, the number one golfer on the LPGA Tour has won 66 times and 9 majors over her accomplished career and rake's in around $6 million a year in sponsorships. Wie will be the Top Dog in sponsorship earnings with a $10 Million dollar price tag, and they say that more sponsorship’s are definitely on the way. "You go Girl!"

Wie announced that she would donate $500,000 to the Katrina Relief when she gets paid. Wow, half a mill... that's a big'a meat'a ball. I saw her play in Erie and took many pictures of her (They are still not developed yet)... did I tell you that before? (Sorry, just a little side note)

Wie can't join the LPGA Tour until she turns 18, but she can play in as many as eight LPGA Tour events over the next two years until then.

She will definitely be as big, if not bigger than mister 'Tiger Woods' himself I can tell you... but you don't have to take my word for it... *wink* *wink* (That's a take off of Reading Rainbow for those of you living in the Western parts of the States... JK)