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Michelle Wie, 14, wins Laureus Newcomer Award
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-05-11 09:13
Golfer Michelle
Wie, from the United States, lifts her World Newcomer of the Year award
during the Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony Monday, May 10 2004, in
Lisbon. Portugal. [AP] | Michelle Wie was honored
as Newcomer of the Year by the Laureus World Sports Academy on Monday, the
youngest athlete to win one of the awards. Wie, 14, played seven times on the
LPGA Tour last season, missing the cut only once.
She played against the men on the Canadian and Nationwide tours, and her only
victory in any event came at the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links, making her
the youngest winner of a USGA event for grown-ups.
Another golfer, Annika Sorenstam, was the Sportswoman of the Year, and
Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won Sportsman of the Year for the second time
in three years.
Golfer Michelle
Wie, from the United States, gives a 'hang loose' while holding her World
Newcomer of the Year award during the Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony
Monday, May 10 2004, in Lisbon. Portugal.
[AP] | In 2003, Sorenstam completed a career Grand
Slam on the LPGA Tour and became the first woman to play on the PGA Tour in 58
years, while Schumacher claimed his record sixth Formula One championship.
The prizes were selected in voting by 400 sports journalists from more than
70 countries.
England's rugby team was the World Team of the Year for winning the World
Cup, and Austrian skier Hermann Maier took home the Comeback of the Year trophy
for winning the overall World Cup title despite a 2001 motorcycle accident that
he barely survived.
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