Michelle Wie
The Sony Open gained attention for granting four consecutive sponsor invitations (PGA Tour Exemption #11) to teenage female golfer Michelle Wie, the first in 2004 when she was age 14. She missed the cut in all four appearances and did not receive one of the four available sponsor exemptions in 2008. One of the invitations went to Alex Ching, a 17-year-old former high school classmate of Wie.
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