Wie Bashing Continues
With the constant assault on Michelle Wie, it is surprising that she plays as well she does. Her two-stroke penalty in the LPGA British Open recently only fueled the fire for Michelle Wie bashers. Many called her “immature” for saying she had no interest in reading the rules of golf and that they were “not a good read”. Check out this blog where the writer practically crucifies her for making what most readers of the blog interpreted as simply a kidding remark. Thankfully Michele has a few on her side.
Are we being a bit too harsh? After all she is only 16 and she does play pretty damn good – good enough to beat 90% of the LPGA field in most tournaments she plays in. Every golfer has bad tournaments. Tiger Woods missed the cut three tournaments ago then went on to win the British Open and then the Buick open this past weekend. Michelle is going to have weekends where she does not play well. Tiger Woods was 20 years old when he won his first tournament on the PGA. Michelle has for years on him and has been in the top five in six tournaments this year.
Whatever writers say about her, one thing is for sure: she is helping the LPGA and the prize money will only go up. In 10 years, LPGA professionals may look back at the days before Michelle Wie and shake their heads on just how little money they made playing professionally.
August 9th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
Just exactly what is Michelle trying to prove by making it in a PGA tournament. Does she think that will make everyone think she is a good golfer? She finished 26th in England so now, who does she think she will impress, her 14 year old friends. She has turned out to be a joke simply because she cannot do things in the natural order like everyone else.