smitty
01-14-2007, 11:29 AM
Michelle Wie is a marvelous woman golfer, but what is with her repeatedly trying to play in men's tournaments, even though she would not ordinarily qualify (she gets special exemptions)?
She has never come close to making a cut, except for a very low level PGA event on the Asian tour), and even had to be hauled off to a hospital during one futile attempt.
She made over $20 million last year (Some sources say $25 million- all but a few hundred thousand from off the course income), despite the fact she's never won anything.
Here are a couple articles written before this weekend's Sony Open on her own home course in Hawaii--
Wie's act has gotten old - Wealthy teen needs to stop embarrassing herself
http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/01/11/11golfcol.html
Wie needs to forget about playing against men
http://www.nbcsports.com/pga/812271/detail.html
Wie's act wearing thin on some
http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/6354786
She then went out Thursday and Friday and again embarrassed herself with miserable performances. She missed the cut by a whopping 14 strokes, on her own home course! She had 14 bogeys and 2 double bogeys in the 2 rounds.
Another wipeout for Wie, who posts dismal showing at Sony Open
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/sports/story.html?id=29af9d7c-f104-466d-826d-4ae3147e0145
Sony Open provides another total wipeout for Michelle Wie
http://www.mcall.com/sports/golf/all-othergolfjan14,0,5374110.story?coll=all-sportsgolf-hed
Michelle Wie has become carnival act and national embarrassment
http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/tim.mcdonald/2007/01/13/michelle_wie_has_become_carnival_act_and
Wie fails to cut it with men
http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/wie-fails-to-cut-it-with-men/2007/01/14/1168709616446.html
It's clear she doesn't belong in the men's tournaments. But as long as someone is willing to pay her millions of dollars to embarrass herself as a circus sideshow, she will probably continue. So much for equality of the sexes.
She has never come close to making a cut, except for a very low level PGA event on the Asian tour), and even had to be hauled off to a hospital during one futile attempt.
She made over $20 million last year (Some sources say $25 million- all but a few hundred thousand from off the course income), despite the fact she's never won anything.
Here are a couple articles written before this weekend's Sony Open on her own home course in Hawaii--
Wie's act has gotten old - Wealthy teen needs to stop embarrassing herself
http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/01/11/11golfcol.html
Wie needs to forget about playing against men
http://www.nbcsports.com/pga/812271/detail.html
Wie's act wearing thin on some
http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/6354786
She then went out Thursday and Friday and again embarrassed herself with miserable performances. She missed the cut by a whopping 14 strokes, on her own home course! She had 14 bogeys and 2 double bogeys in the 2 rounds.
Another wipeout for Wie, who posts dismal showing at Sony Open
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/sports/story.html?id=29af9d7c-f104-466d-826d-4ae3147e0145
Sony Open provides another total wipeout for Michelle Wie
http://www.mcall.com/sports/golf/all-othergolfjan14,0,5374110.story?coll=all-sportsgolf-hed
Michelle Wie has become carnival act and national embarrassment
http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/tim.mcdonald/2007/01/13/michelle_wie_has_become_carnival_act_and
Wie fails to cut it with men
http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/wie-fails-to-cut-it-with-men/2007/01/14/1168709616446.html
It's clear she doesn't belong in the men's tournaments. But as long as someone is willing to pay her millions of dollars to embarrass herself as a circus sideshow, she will probably continue. So much for equality of the sexes.