Moments following the greatest bogey of her career, Michelle Wie was doused with champagne.

As she walked off the 18th green toward the scorer’s tent, it was hard to tell if she was wiping a tear or a drop of bubbly from under her eye.

Maybe a little of both. But not too much.

While Wie’s long-awaited first pro win in her home state is a lump-in-the-throat sports moment for Hawaii sports fans — and a lot of non-sports fans, too — most of her immediate reactions Saturday afternoon resembled her actions on the course: calm and collected. Professional.

There was no victory yell, no emotional release from the 24-year-old who has been one of the most popular and polarizing sports figures in Hawaii most of her life. And that’s not even considering her international appeal and, at times, controversy.

She’s happy of course, and thanked all the right people. It wasn’t robotic, but almost seemed routine — like you’d expect from a veteran touring pro with two previous wins, which she is.

Michelle Wie’s not a kid anymore.

And there was even an attempt at celebration calculation, which didn’t work out the way she planned.

"I was kind of thinking what I was going to do after I made the putt," said Wie, who, despite a three-stroke lead at the last tee could only ponder this after reaching the 18th green safely in two shots. "Was I going to jump up and down? I made the putt and I just froze. Just completely froze. I couldn’t move my body. I was about to cry and … my friends out here are just amazing."

Among the first to get to her was one of her best pals on the LPGA Tour, Christina Kim.

The bottle she sprayed on Wie wasn’t one saved years for this occasion, although it could’ve been. Oh, no, far from it.

"No way we would do that," Kim said. "We just now ran over to Roy’s and bought three bottles. Only after we knew she was dry."

That was a reference to the huge water hazard between the fairway and the green at No. 18, a treacherous par-4 that played as the nastiest hole all week. Just ask Lizette Salas about it. It’s where her championship dream drowned in a playoff against Suzann Pettersen last year.

With some of the travails that have bewitched Wie over the years, no lead seemed safe — even this one that she earned with continued stellar ball-striking and more than enough good putting, Saturday and all week.

In golf, there’s no Mariano Rivera to come in for the save. It’s all on you.

Wie played it smart, doing everything to avoid the water, which was the only way she could’ve squandered the hard-earned lead.

Not only the win itself, but the way she did it, was impressive.

Michelle Wie deserves to celebrate as much as any athlete I can think of, ever — and to continue to dream. She’s finally cleared a big hurdle on the path toward what remains unlimited possibilities.

Reach Dave Reardon at dreardon@staradvertiser.com or 529-4783. Read his blog at staradvertiser.com/quickreads.