{"id":654970,"date":"2026-05-08T01:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/654970\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T01:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:40:11","slug":"holy-michelle-wie-west-82-feels-the-nerves-in-lpga-return-at-mizuho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/654970\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Holy …’: Michelle Wie West (82) feels the nerves in LPGA return at Mizuho"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michelle Wie West is back in the game<\/a>. And she\u2019s already feeling all of its highs and lows after just 18 holes.<\/p>\n

But can she swear during the down moments? Turns out, she\u2019d prefer to spell.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t nervous going in, and I get to the first tee and I\u2019m like, \u2018Holy s- – -!\u2019 I now spell my curse words because I\u2019m a mom,\u201d Wie West said. \u201cI was like, \u2018Wow.\u2019 Hole all of a sudden looks so small. Got to a 2-footer and I\u2019m like, \u2018I\u2019m not going to hit the hole. No way.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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The first round of the Mizuho Americas Open is underway at Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell, N.J.<\/p>\n

Wie West, who shot a 10-over 82 during her first round at the Mizuho Americas Open<\/a> and currently sits next to last, parred her first hole. <\/p>\n

From there, she bogeyed the next three holes on her front nine before a triple bogey on the par-5 fifth and a double on the par-4 ninth dropped her to 8 over on the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe greens are very tough as it is. I got so nervy out there. I think I was just shocked at how nervous I got, then double down on these greens are tough,\u201d Wie West said, citing putting woes to reporters at Mountain Ridge Country Club as the primary reason behind her slow start.<\/p>\n

She finished the round attempting 37 putts.<\/p>\n

It was not all cussing out the short game though for the 36-year-old major winner and tournament host, who happened to be playing in her first competitive round since the 2023 U.S. Open<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Wie West, who had her husband Jonnie caddying for her Thursday and is playing in this year\u2019s U.S. Open at Riviera<\/a>, birdied Nos. 13 and 15. It was a sign of good things to come, she believes. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo happy that I played today ahead of the U.S. Open<\/a>. I think \u2014 I mean, as much practice as you can do, as many money games as you can play, there is literally nothing in the world that compares to the first round of a tournament,\u201d she explained,<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I thought today was great experience. I felt like the back nine I made some good putts, hit some good shots, almost brought it back to single digits,\u201d Wie West added. \u201cI\u2019m excited for tomorrow. Just going to try to go as low as possible and keep acquiring those feels.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"U.S.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a look at the USGA sites and qualifiers for the U.S. Women\u2019s Open at Riviera Country Club.<\/p>\n

Ah, the many highs and lows.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy husband was talking me off the ledge the whole round,\u201d admitted Wie West, who is in the Mizuho field as a sponsor invite. \u201cGolf can take you places, and I went places today. But, you know, it\u2019s just \u2014 you got to see the big picture at the end of the day. I\u2019m so proud of what we built here. I feel extremely lucky to have the opportunity to have the space to play today.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe back nine I made some good birdies. Putting felt a lot better. If you ever see me putt right-hand low ever again, just yell from outside the ropes, \u2018Don\u2019t do it!\u2019<\/p>\n

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‘You can do it, Mommy’: Daughter motivates Wie West<\/p>\n

Michelle Wie West is both a tournament host and a player at this week’s Mizuho Americas Open. Her 5-year-old daughter, Makenna, has helped give her on-course confidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michelle Wie West is back in the game. And she\u2019s already feeling all of its highs and lows…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-654970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}