He has been dubbed a future superstar since he turned pro in 2007 at age 17.
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Much of that rise in money is, of course, due to Woods, who turned pro in 1996.
Still, Wie is a lot more accomplished on the LPGA than Woods was on the PGA when he turned pro.
He turned pro at 17 after tying for fourth at the 1998 British Open, but missed his first 21 cuts.
To much hype, Khan turned pro at age 19 after winning a silver medal for Britain in the 2004 Olympics.
"That's what I've been working on since I turned pro, more body shots, looking at landing big shots, " he said.
The McIlroy signing pairs him with Woods, who Nike used to launch a golf division when Woods turned pro in 1996.
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Se Ri Pak of South Korea turned pro at 19, in 1996, and took the LPGA Tour by storm, winning 22 times.
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He turned pro at 20 and won the Masters at age 21.
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The move pairs him with Tiger Woods, who Nike used to launch a golf division when Woods turned pro in 1996.
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But I was committed to fighting at the Commonwealth Games so I delayed my return for a year until I turned pro after Melbourne.
According to Sports Illustrated, when Yankees' shortstop Derek Jeter turned pro in the '90s, no less than eight different cards bearing his likeness were issued.
When Saunders turned pro two years ago, after playing at Clemson, he approached his grandfather about working with him more intensely than they had until then.
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Last week, Lefty's rival, Tiger Woods, acknowledged that he left California for Florida in 1996 when he turned pro because of the difference in state tax.
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Thus, while 15-year old Michele Wie turned pro at 15, Manziel, a redshirt freshman, cannot be eligible to play in the NFL for one more year.
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But then Lawrie did it and standing there in the rain on the 18th green at Carnoustie interviewing Paul, who I had known since he turned pro, was superb.
Michelle Wie, the former phenom who made the cut at a U.S. Women's Open at 13, turned pro at 15 and signed eight-figure endorsement deals, is a prime example.
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When I was about 17, three years after I turned pro, my high school "careers" teacher scolded me in front of the entire class about jumping ahead in my workbook.
The Swindon star, who turned pro in 1995, won his first event in 1999 and last triumphed at the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai last November when he held off Tiger Woods over the closing holes.
So it's good for the game, and I think that she's not going to find the type of resentment that Tiger Woods got in his early years when he turned pro by some of the players on the tour.
Wie, who turned pro shortly before turning 16 and was awarded exemptions to several PGA events prior to joining the LPGA Tour, said her poor season made her realize she had to work harder to become a better player.
He plays a former college coach serving time alongside Sandler's pro quarterback-turned-felon, and together they lead the prisoners in a game against the guards.
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With a scoreboard that is still turned by hand, the second oldest pro baseball stadium in the country evokes a time when Babe Ruth may-or-may-not have called his shot before blasting a homer into center field in the 1932 World Series.
Originally a pro bono project, FluTracker has turned into more than just a calling card for what Rhiza can do.
Faced with limited options, Col Gaddafi turned abroad for media airtime, using two new pro-Gaddafi stations.
An alternate slate of four likely pro-sale board candidates was also turned down.
That is, unless the 2010 election is a game changer like 1994, which turned President Clinton back to the political center and toward pro-growth policies.
But even had the pro-Romney gap been even larger, would it have turned the vote of American Jews?
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The heavily pro-Kansas crowd fell quiet, even as Jayhawks coach Bill Self turned up the volume on the sideline, laying into his team for its lethargic start.
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