Michelle Wie Blog

The drama continues…After 9 holes of play on Friday at the John Deere Classic, Michelle Wie was taken to the hospital to be treated for possible heat exhaustion.  (And www.pga.com was there to cover it on the home page again, of course)  Michelle suffered from a  number of different symptoms apparently – stomach pains, nausea, and breathing problems to name just a few.  She had just finished playing the 9^th hole when she told her parents she could not play anymore.  She was 2 over at the time.  Lots of things could be said on this one but one has to give the benefit of the doubt to Michelle – it was pretty damn hot.  (Although, coincidently, none of the men suffered from the same malady, even those that were not going to make the cut.)  Chalk it up as another chapter in the quest  to compete against the men.  Its getting harder and harder to stay with the drama however.  “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”, goes the old saying.  Not sure if it applies here or not – you be the judge.

Michelle Wie could be well on her way to going home for the weekend after shooting a 6 over par 77 in the first round of the John Deere Classic in the Quad Cities.  The errant-shot day could have totally quashed her attempt at becoming the first woman to make a cut in a men’s PGA tournament in 50 some odd years.  Michelle looked like any other hacker at times, putting her ball in the sand, the weeds, the woods and even the water on Thursday’s painful round.  It’s amazing that she walked away with only a 77.  Michelle will have to literally almost post a course record on Friday to insure a spot for the weekend.

One has to think that fans and possibly even some tournament executive boards are getting tired of the Wie attempts at making cuts in the mens’ tournaments.  Will the novelty begin to wear off after this tournament?  Will she continue to get exemptions to play in these tournaments?  Only time will tell.  She still is a big draw and if the money is there for tournament organizers, the bet is that she will continue to “do what she wants” and play where she wants to as long as they will have her.  Let’s see if Britney Lincicome now gets her chance (if she wants to that is) to play with the men.