2005
• January: Shoots 75-74 at the PGA Tour Sony Open and misses the cut. Finishes ahead of 14 PGA Tour players.
• February: Earns her highest finish to date in an LPGA event, tied for second, at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay.
• May: Finishes as third alternate in U.S. Open sectional qualifying. Wie is believed to be the first female ever to enter a U.S. Open qualifier.
• June: Places second to Annika Sorenstam at the LPGA Championship, tying her best finish to date in an LPGA event and marking her best finish to date in an LPGA major.
• June: Is the third-round leader at the U.S. Women's Open, but stumbles to an 82 in the final round.
• July: Shoots 70-71 (1-under par) at the PGA Tour John Deere Classic, missing the cut by two strokes.
• July: Wie reaches the quarterfinals of the (traditionally men's) U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship before bowing out.
• October: Just a few days before her 16th birthday, Wie announces she is turning professional.
• October: In her first pro start, Wie finishes fourth at the Samsung World Championship, only to be disqualified for an improper drop.
• November: Shoots 73-75 in Casio World Open on the Japanese men's tour, misses cut by 1
2006
• January: Shoots 79-68 in PGA Tour Sony Open, misses cut.
• February: First official women's world golf rankings debut, with Wie at No. 3.
• March: Finishes second at the first LPGA major, the Kraft Nabisco Championship, after Karrie Webb holes out from the fairway for an eagle on No. 18.
• May: Make cut in SK Telecom Open on the traditionally men-only Asian Tour.
• May: Wie wins a U.S. Open local qualifier in Hawaii, becoming the first woman to advance to the sectional qualifying stage.
• June: Shoots 68-75 to finish at 1-over par in her U.S. Open sectional qualifier, not good enough to advance into the Open.
2007
• January: Shoots 78-76 and finishes near the bottom at the PGA Tour Sony Open.
• February: Announces she won't be playing in the LPGA Tour's two Hawaii tournaments after injuring her wrist during a fall. The injury will keep her out of action until the end of May.
• May: Michelle Wie's instructor David Leadbetter announces that Wie will - at least for the time being - forego playing any more men's tournaments. Wie later accepts a sponsors exemption into the PGA Tour John Deere Classic, negating Leadbetter's comments.
• June: Returning from three months away with wrist injuries (including a fractured wrist), Wie begins her first tournament back, the Ginn Tribute, at 14-over par through 16 holes and withdraws. The next week at the LPGA Championship she makes the cut but finishes last, 35 shots behind the winner.
• June Wie withdraws from the U.S. Women's Open midway through the second round after aggravating a wrist injury. She is 17-over through 27 holes at the time of the withdrawal.
• October: After missing the cut in three previous events, Wie finishes 19th - in a 20-woman field - at the Samsung World Championship.
2008
• February: It is announced early in the year that Wie will not play any men's tournaments this year. Her LPGA season begins at the Fields Open, where she makes the cut but finishes 72nd. A first-round 69 shows major improvement over 2007, but she closes with a 78.
• June: Playing on the Ladies European Tour, Wie fashions a sixth-place showing at the German Open that includes three sub-70 rounds.
• June: Wie finishes 24th at the Wegmans LPGA, her first Top 25 finish in a full-field event since mid-2006.
• June: Wie misses the cut in the U.S. Women's Open after shooting 81 in the first round. That 81 included a 9 on one hole.
• July: Wie completes play in the third round of the LPGA State Farm Classic one stroke off the lead, with rounds of 67-65-67, by far her best performance in two years. And the 65 in Round 2 ties her personal best on any tour. Except that it doesn't count - after the third round, Wie is disqualified for failing to sign her scorecard following the second round.
• August: Wie misses the cut in the PGA Tour Reno-Tahoe Open after a second-round 80 that includes a quintuple bogey. She posted a 1-over 73 in the first round.
• August: In her final LPGA appearance of 2008, Wie is 12th at the Canadian Women's Open. She earns around $36,000, but well short of the total needed to earn a Tour card for 2009.
• December: Wie earns membership on the LPGA Tour by finishing seventh at Q-School.
2009
• February: In her first tournament as an LPGA member, Wie takes a 3-stroke lead into the final nine holes at the SBS Open in Hawaii, but winds up second behind Angela Stanford.
• August: Wie is chosen by U.S. captain Beth Daniel for the American Solheim Cup team as one of two captain's picks.
• August: Wie compiles a 3-0-1 record for Team USA in the Solheim Cup, leading the team in wins and points earned.
November: Wie posts her first LPGA Tour victory, winning the Lorena Ochoa Invitational by two strokes.
