I got this from Yahoo Sports.

The first thing that struck me as a little odd, is the line about "the player they (the Koreans) cherish as 'big sister.'"

But then it all comes to light later in the story - the writer (obviously an American who knows little about Korean culture) - based the aforementioned statement on what a little girl said - and assumed that everyone calls her "big sister." No doubt he/she did this because Michelle is so tall.

And I can only wonder what people who read this thought about the expression "on-ni (big sister) fighting!" It deserved a brief explanation saying that "fighting" in this case means "go for it!"

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Wie makes cut at men's tournament in South Korea
May 5, 2006

INCHEON, South Korea (AP) -- Michelle Wie accomplished something in her ancestral homeland she had failed to do in seven previous tries elsewhere: The American teen made the cut at a men's tournament.

With huge crowds cheering for the player they cherish as "big sister," Wie was at 5-under 139 after two rounds, tied for 17th in the Asian Tour's SK Telecom Open. She shot a 3-under 69 in the second round Friday to make the cut by five strokes.

No woman has made the cut on the PGA Tour since Babe Zaharias at the 1945 Tucson Open.

"It's just wonderful. Great. I feel really, really happy," the 16-year-old said. "Now I want to play well tomorrow. It's not over yet."

When she fired her fairway shot on the 220-yard third hole, a toddler in a flowery dress shouted "on-ni (big sister) fighting!" as Wie strode by.

She had a good chance in Korea. the level of play is just not as tough is it is in the U.S. as the prize money is much higher. I am not saying American golfers are better, just saying that when you have higher prize money at stake the best of the best show up.

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I saw a very lengthy interview with Michelle Wie today on Korean tv. It took place in Hawaii.

She can speak Korean pretty well for someone who never lived in Korea. She makes a lot of grammatical errors and says some things in an inappropriate manner (like referring to herself as "nae ga 내가" instead of "jae ga 제가" when talking to someone older than herself).

She also mixes a lot of English words into her sentences that aren't used in Korea. There were subtitles used for her portion of the interview, and they followed along with what she was saying, but nicely corrected all of her mistakes and used Korean words in place of the English words that Koreans wouldn't understand.