Before Michelle Wie became the youngest player (12) to qualify for an LPGA event, there was Natalie Gulbis.
Gulbis, who was born and raised in Sacramento, started golfing at just 4 years old and won her first tournament by age 10.
Four years later – at just 14 – she qualified for the Longs Drugs Challenge, an LPGA event held at the then Twelve Bridges Club just a few miles outside of Sacramento.
She continued her golf career as a member of the boys team at Granite Bay High School before heading out to Arizona to begin her collegiate golf career.