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Report: Michelle Wie West to step away from LPGA after U.S. Women's Open

Michelle Wie West is preparing to step away from the LPGA after next week’s U.S. Women’s Open, Golfweek is reporting.

Wie West, now 32, told Golfweek that she will play next week’s major at Pine Needles but only has the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach on her upcoming schedule. Though she came short of calling this a retirement, she conceded that, because of mounting injuries, she can’t endure the long hours of practice and rehab to compete full time on the LPGA.

A five-time winner on the LPGA, Wie West also captured the 2014 U.