‘I’m a Nutcase’: Months After Retiring, Michelle Wie West Baffles Young PGA Tour Pro With Her ‘Weird’ Superstitions

Golf, like many sports, has an elaborative history. Thus, the legacy is bound to be surrounded by its fair share of stories, lessons, triumphs, and beliefs. Some of these beliefs include the superstitions connected to the game and routines before any major tournament. No one is spared from following some weird notions that they believe would bring good luck to them and their game.

Legendary players like Jack Nicklaus, Ernie Els, and Doug Sanders have also been part of the clan of golfers with some of the weirdest superstitions. Tiger Woods, the 82-time PGA Tour winner, has had some of the habits he never misses to follow on the course. Now, another golf legend has registered her name to this list. Surprisingly, there is not just one habit that the 5-time LPGA Tour champion follows. There are a series of beliefs that have been carried out by the golf veteran!

Michelle Wie West shares her in-game superstitions

Michelle Wie has a lot to boast about regarding her career. Being the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship to winning the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open, she has many achievements to her name. After announcing her retirement from professional golf, the American has been busy with other activities. This includes the podcast Golf, Mostly,  that she runs with her best friend, Hally Leadbetter.

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In the latest episode, It’s Nike Night, with Tom Kim!, professional golfer Tom Kim, joined the hosts in their discussion. Both Tom and Michelle answered the questions asked by some of the junior golfers about their careers, game, and personal life. Among these, one question particularly focused on asking the golfers if they held any golf superstitions.

Michelle was the first one to answer. She said, ‘I’m a nut case‘ when golf is involved. This pretty much sums up how quirky and eccentric the following superstitions are going to be! West said, “Okay, I’ll start with my least weird one. I have I use I use. I have a bag full of ball markers and I have to shake it and like pick out a lucky one. And I used to have a Stanford one that was like white and red. And if I started missing putts I would flip it to the other side.”

If you think this was weird, wait till she confesses other staunch habits that she follows while she is on the field. The 33-year-old continued, “It’s gonna, it’s gonna start getting weirder. This is my normal one. Okay, and then I would change the way I would write fours. Okay, I would do things to like change up the karma. Like, you know. And then I don’t wear white. I don’t wear all white ever. I don’t wear pink on Fridays.”

It seems like the American former professional believes in fate, and is mindful of her actions based on the same.

The ‘weirdest one’ of all Michelle’s superstitions leaves Tom Kim bemused

As if the catalog of her peculiar habits were not enough, the legend added one more such behavior to the list. She said, “And my weirdest one. I don’t use a scissor or cut anything before the cut.” It appears that the golfer strongly believes in these actions and follows them religiously. Interestingly, Michelle affirmed when asked if these things helped her during a game.

Just like us, her fellow host, Hally, and the South Korean professional Tom Kim, couldn’t hold back their amusement. Tom exclaimed, ‘Oh God!‘ right after West finished her list of weirdest superstitions, completely baffled by the end.

When ‘Big Wiesy’ asked the PGA Tour Pro reduce her embarrassment by sharing some of his weirdest beliefs, he laughed and replied, “I am so sorry but I don’t have any.”

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Well! As bizarre and quirky as Michelle’s superstitions are, they seemed to have helped her on the field, or atleast gave her the peace that they did. What do you think of West’s staunch habits on and off the field? Do you also think they are weird? Let us know in the comments below!