"Wie puncuated her visit by draping a lei, a Hawaiian garland, around Obama's neck."
/Sounds like our victorious Solheim Cup team embraced their White House trip unlike some of those cranky Ryder Cup teams of the past.
Steve DiMeglio writes:
Wie puncuated her visit by draping a lei, a Hawaiian garland, around Obama's neck. Before she did, however, she had to hand over the lei to the White House for a security check earlier in the day. The White House, in return, sent Wie a photo of the First Dog, Bo, the Obamas' family pet, wearing the wreath.
"I could see he chewed it up a little bit," Wie said.
Wie, who won her first LPGA tour event last year and was the USA's leading point earner in the Solheim Cup, met Obama for the first time. Both are graduates of Punahou School in Honolulu, a private, college preparatory school — Obama in 1979 and Wie in 2007. Upon meeting, the two exchanged shakas — a common Hawaiian hand greeting.
And this from Christina Kim:
"People were asking me what was wrong because I wasn't saying anything. It was probably the quietest I've been since I was born," Kim said. "I haven't felt so alive in awhile. It was awesome.
"When we were at the White House, to be somewhere where so much history has taken place, where so many of the world's most important decision have been made, is simply amazing.
"It makes you want to come back again and again and again."
Though I'm not so sure about this Mitchell Layton photo of Wie, Kim and Gulbis in front of the Capitol. Or Natalie, is that the White House Memorial? Anyway, is this a Charlie's Angel thing we're going for?