Michelle Wie shot a 78 yesterday at her first round at the Sony Open in Hawaii and is second to last. Here’s what she had to say after her round (for more interviews check asapsports.com)

TODD BUDNICK: We’d like to thank Michelle Wie for stopping by after her first round here at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Michelle, it looked like you had a difficult day off the tee today.

MICHELLE WIE: Yeah, I mean, it was very frustrating because I knew if I got the ball in the fairway, I really could have shot really low today because my irons felt really great and my short game felt great and my putting felt great, which is usually the one that is usually let me down, but it was really weird, it was really frustrating because I knew that I had it in me. And even though I was playing bad I knew I could always come back if I get the ball in the fairway. I was really proud of myself in the end for making
those three birdies.

Q. What were you thinking coming off 9 at 8-over?

MICHELLE WIE: I was obviously very not happy with myself. It was also like I had nine more holes and I know the course, I know the golf course. So I really felt like I could, you know, kind of get things going if my shots held up.
You know, I felt like my irons were great today, my short game was great and I made a lot of really good saves on the back nine, made a lot of really good putts for birdie on the back nine. I think that I left the golf course, you know, shooting better, so I felt good.

Q. So do you feel like you left-with-your-head-held-high-type thing?

MICHELLE WIE: Yeah, I think so, definitely. Obviously at first it was just, who knows what happened. But at the end, I actually feel like I’m playing golf.

Q. Some of your playing partners said they thought your wrist meeting hurting more than you’re letting on, can you tell us where it hurts and how it hurt?

MICHELLE WIE: Well, I mean, it’s just every kind of injury hurts a little bit. It’s always in the back of your mind. But, you know, it is what it is and I’m not going to make any excuses. It hurt a little bit but it is what it is.

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LAW 1: No matter how bad your last shot was, the worst is yet to come. This law does not expire on the 18th hole, since it has the supernatural tendency to extend over the course of a tournament, a summer and, eventually, a lifetime.

LAW 2: Your best round of golf will be followed almost immediately by your worst round ever. The probability of the latter increases with the number of people you tell about the former.

LAW 3: Brand new golf balls are water-magnetic. Though this cannot be proven in the lab, it is a known fact that the more expensive the golf ball, the greater its attraction to water.

LAW 4: Golf balls never bounce off of trees back into play. If one does, the tree is breaking a law of the universe and should be cut down.

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