06-06-2007, 04:55 PM
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Quote: Quote: Hall of Fame golfer Annika Sorenstam on Tuesday pointedly criticized the manner in which Michelle Wie withdrew from an LPGA tournament in South Carolina last week.
But Wie, scheduled to play here Thursday in the LPGA Championship at Bulle Rock, later defended her actions and said, "I don't think I need to apologize for anything." After 16 holes in her first round this past Thursday at the Ginn Tribute, hosted by Sorenstam in Mount Pleasant, S.C., Wie withdrew, citing an injury to the left wrist she said she had initially fractured in February while falling during a workout.
A 17-year-old native of Hawaii who recently graduated from high school, Wie is a professional but not a member of the LPGA and was playing the Ginn event on a sponsor's exemption. Competing in her first tournament since the injury, Wie was 14 shots over par and in jeopardy of shooting a score of 88 or higher at the time she withdrew.
LPGA rules specify that any non-LPGA member who posts 88 or worse in a tournament round is barred from playing in another LPGA event for the remainder of that season. "I just feel there's a little bit of lack of respect and class just to leave a tournament like that and then come out and practice here, especially being the hostess," Sorenstam said.
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that shit is pretty weak.  |