Speaking of women's golf, many people may not know that there is a player named Feng Shanshan in China.
She learned to play at the age of 10 and joined the Chinese women's golf team at the age of 15. In 2012, she became China's first women's golf grand slam champion. Feng Shanshan was once the world's number one, and also represented the Chinese national team in the Rio Olympics, winning the first Olympic golf medal in Chinese history.
I believe that Feng Shanshan's achievements deserve the pride of the Chinese people, in the United States, there is an athlete of the same age as Feng Shanshan, but the achievements are no less than Feng Shanshan's, she is known as the "little witch of high ball" Wei Shengmei.
Feng Shanshan, a sister of Chinese golf
<h1>At the age of 4, he learned to play, showed his talent, and embarked on the road of golf since then</h1>
Wei Shengmei was born in Hawaii in 1989, and the good educational environment and livable climate have allowed Wei Shengmei to gain a lot of outdoor sports time since she was a child.
During a chance play in the park, Little Saint Mei picked up the club and tried to imitate the adult's playing action, only to swing the ball out with one shot, and the ball flew 100 yards away. At that time, her parents watched from the sidelines, thinking that she had a talent for playing golf since she was a child, and let her learn to play since then.
At a young age, he showed his talent
Is Wei Shengmei really talented?
At the age of 7, she was able to play a full round of 18 holes with a score of +14. Two years later, she joined the Junior Golf Association of America, winning five of the seven tournaments. In 2000, she won the Jenny K Invitational, becoming the youngest winner of the competition.
It is not simple to be able to achieve such results at a young age. You know, playing golf requires arm strength, intelligence, and physical fitness. A golf course is larger than a football field, with rolling hills, meadows, wetlands, sand, and you need to observe the ball path before swinging, find the shortest route to hit the ball into the hole. For an 8-year-old child, it is very rare to be able to play 18 holes, and Wei Shengmei can do it.
Golf perseverance, physical strength and strength are indispensable
In the following two years, Wei Shengmei continued to participate in competitions, sharpening himself and improving his results.
Golf is different from other competitions, can be trained in a fixed field, this sport needs to be carried out in an open field, need to be through the competition with other golfers, in order to know the shortcomings, usually training can only swing to find feelings, in different terrain with what can play the effect, that's all.
Careful observation of the terrain is required before swinging
Wei Shengmei became famous at a young age, with outstanding talent and stunning beauty. She advanced to two women's Grand Slam tournaments at the age of 13 and then competed in the Sony Open in Hawaii a year later with a wild card. Although her par score of par par prevented her from reaching the final by one stroke, she beat 62 men, including seven Grand Slam winners.
Beauty and talent in one
<h1>Harvest the championship, enjoy the taste of the championship, but unfortunately suffer from persistent injuries</h1>
Since the age of 20, Wei shengmei has won a total of 5 LPGA (U.S. Women's Professional Golf Tour) titles, including the 2014 Grand Slam tournament , the U.S. Women's Open. Talent and beauty coexist, she has been rated by foreign media as "golf's most fashionable female golfer".
Wei Shengmei won the LPGA championship
On August 30, 2010, Wei Shengmei ushered in the second trophy of her career.
At the Canadian Open, she won the final round with her opponents Shin Ji-ae and Peterson, with a total score of -12. After receiving more than $300,000 in prize money, she managed to reach seventh place in the world rankings. This championship is also of great significance to Wei Shengmei.
The world ranking enters the top ten
As an athlete, injury problems linger. In recent years, Wei Shengmei has suffered exhaustion injuries due to playing, and his neck, back, hips, knees, and ankles have been injured one after another. At the end of 2017, when her injuries began to improve, she was destroyed by appendicitis again. Especially the wrist, the wrist is the lifeblood of the golfer, she suffered from wrist injuries and has never been able to use it as easily as when she was young.
Plagued by injuries, he had to leave the stadium for a while
<h1>Get married in sports, marry the son of an NBA legend, and start a happy marriage</h1>
Although she is known as a golf beauty girl, Wei Shengmei said that because of the perennial conquest, there is actually very little time to talk about love.
Focus on the game
In addition to golf, Wei Shengmei will also focus on her studies, she studied at the world's famous Stanford University from 2007 to 2012, and sometimes she will watch the game live at the Oracle Arena in the San Francisco Bay Area where Stanford is located, and feel the fanatical atmosphere of the NBA. But Wei Shengmei can know that her current husband is not in the basketball stadium, there is still a story here.
Wei Shengmei is very familiar with golf star Justin Thomas, and the two live in a neighborhood close, often meet to share fun and experience of playing, and she met her current husband through Justin.
In March, Johnny West proposed successfully
Her husband is Johnny West, the NBA Warriors' operations manager, and he is also the son of former NBA superstar Jerry West, and the two are in love when they first meet.
The two were married
In March this year, Johnny proposed to Wei Shengmei. The wedding ceremony takes place in Beverly Hills in August. The wedding was a star-studded one, with NBA stars Stephen Curry, Drummond Green, Andrea Iguodala, LPGA pros Jiang Xiaolin, Jessica Koda, Marina Alex, Alison Lee and Alison Walsh, as well as World Golf Hall of Famers Bes Daniel and Meg Malone.
After Wei Shengmei got married, many people were concerned about whether she would continue her golf career, and her coach David Libert said: "She is so happy to look so radiant, this is a great new chapter in her life. But she didn't have any thoughts of retiring, and she was determined to keep playing. ”
Since last fall, Wei Shengmei has been battling injuries and receiving various treatments in order to be able to return to the field. As a coach, David Libert hopes that Aitu will return to the field in the second half of this year to prepare for next year's event.
Wei Shengmei, who is 30 years old this year, will continue her golf career and wish her a return with blood and good results.