Michelle moved up the leader board on Sunday to land a tie for second place when the Navistar LPGA Classic finally came to an end. Lorena Ochoa, the world’s #1 ranked women golfer, clinched the win.

Michelle moved up a total of eight spots to the 14th ranked woman in the Rolex Women’s world golf rankings. It was Michelle’s seventh top 10 in 17 tournaments this year. Definitely improvement, considering she was ranked 237th in the world at the outset of the 2009 season. Look for 2010 to be a banner year for Michelle, including her first of many wins on the LPGA tour.

After a disappointing 72 in the 3rd round of the Navistar LPGA Classic, Michelle Wie dropped to 13 place, dashing almost any hopes of winning her first tournament before she officially turns 20 years old.

Lorena Ochoa, Mexico’s best golfer, shot a blistering 66 on Saturday to hold the lead at a whopping 16 under. The bogey free round was her 3rd round in a row in the 60s. Ochoa has held the lead going into the final round 27 times in her career, winning 19 times and never losing with lead going into the final round since 2007.

Alexis Thompson, the young amateur playing in her first LPGA event, dropped back to 8 under after shooting a mind boggling 65 (remember she is only 14 years old!) the first day of the event. Were Thompson to win this event, she would have become the youngest winner in LPGA history, far surpassing Paula Creamer, who won her first LPGA title when she was 18 years, nine months old in 2005.

One day left, and you never know what’s going to happen in golf. But with Lorena a strong closer, everyone has their work cut out for them to pull of a win this weekend – Michelle included.

Michelle Wie will tee it up this weekend at the Navistar LPGA tournament in Prattville, Alabama. She will soon turn only 20 years old, but already her future seems to be picking up some after her successful debut at the Solheim Cup just outside of Chicago.

After starting classes last week at Stanford, Wie has her mind on golf this weekend however, trying (as is everyone else in the field) to put a tournament win under her belt. Taking some pressure off herself, she commented about winning and personal goals.

“My number one goal is definitely to win, but that’s a goal I can’t really control as much,” said Wie. “More of a personal goal is what I’ve tried to accomplish all year. Try my hardest and play my hardest and end the week, knowing I’ve done that.”

This is Michelle’s first visit to Alabama and seems to enjoy both the food and country music.

“I love the food and the music,” she sadi. “Every other station plays country, so that’s great.”