Michelle Wie West starred as Los Angeles Golf Club defeated New York Golf Club 3-1 in the inaugural WTGL match at the SoFi Center, but she expressed real frustration toward the technologies

Michelle Wie West was shocked when the simulator at the SoFi Center tracked her ball spinning away from the pin.

The inaugural WTGL season kicked off on Sunday at Florida's SoFi Center, featuring a matchup between Los Angeles Golf Club and New York Golf Club. Wie West almost made WTGL’s first hole-in-one, and she also shook her head in disbelief when she believed the simulator tracked her ball completely wrong.

Her 98-yard wedge shot on the par-4 13th hole spun back away from the hole as Wie West displayed a frustrated look on her face after the first match was delayed a few minutes thanks to a collegiate basketball game.

“That wasn’t a spinny shot,” she said, looking at her teammates and shaking her head. “That wasn’t a spinny shot. That was a long shot.”

Wie West was seemingly unhappy with the way the shot was tracked, as she tossed her hands up by her hips in frustration before later revealing that she thought the simulators were realistic.

“I thought it was pretty accurate,” said Wie West after the match, referring to the technology in the SoFi Center. “Obviously it's different, right.

“It's different from green grass golf. It's different. But it's as good as it can be. It's definitely a learning curve. It's not something that we can immediately relate to, especially the smaller shots, especially hitting out of the rough and shaping shots.

“But we spent the last couple days with the people that are doing the tech and in charge of the course conditions, and really getting a feel of it I think has helped.”

Despite the anger toward the machines, Wie West nearly carded the first WTGL ace.

While playing a hole designed by Annika Sorenstam, Wie West hit a shot that struck the virtual flagstick. The near-miss left her stunned, falling to her knees in disbelief with her arms raised and mouth wide open.

“I thought that was definitely in,” said Wie West on the shot that rolled away from the flagstick after nearly going in.

“I think that was like the one hole that I really struggled with this weekend over practice, and Marina and I were talking about it, we were in between clubs, and we just were like, commit to the 6-iron, and I hit it good, and if you didn't hear it over the mic, I said, ooh, that's good. Very shocked that that didn't go in. I thought there was no way that was not going in.”

The Los Angeles squad, featuring Wie West alongside teammates Alison Lee and Gaby Lopez, secured a 3-1 victory against New York, who fielded Lydia Ko, Rose Zhang, and Grant for their Sunday roster.