[nostaw1952]

Originally Posted by alysheba88

For the last time I will try to clarify. AGAIN.

She has numerous top tens in Majors. You want to exclude the top tens she had as an amateur? When she was not allowed to be a pro? You want to wipe the book when she couldnt be a pro? That the events didnt happen?

Point two ignores most of this year. She has been INJURED. Do you know that? She hasnt played in many events. She is injured.

What rules has she bent?

How has she disgraced herself? That is the exact language I have a problem with. Disgrace. Any person who says a 17 year old professional golfer has disgraced herself by being hurt or playing bad is probably not Mother Theresa. Dont follow the Golden Girl stuff. Again if you go back a year you will find several critical comments from me. Several

There is some nasty stuff in this thread. Some perspective is needed.

If people think she will never win or be anything on the LPGA tour I dont have a problem. I disagree but dont have a problem. Its the other nonsense

Define "numerous." I'm curious how many "numerous" Top Ten finishes she has compared to how many time she has missed the cut-in women's tournaments-or made the cut but finished well back in the pack. I'm also curious how many professional tournaments she has played in. I could be quite wrong about this, but I suspect that for the hype and money she has received thus far, we should be talking about some tournament WINS by now, not "top ten finishes." I'd be willing to bet that there ARE players who have won something by the time they'd played as many tournaments as she has-and even if they HADN'T, they haven't received the money and hype that she has. As far as "wiping" things out, you did EXACTLY what I predicted: I don't care WHAT she did as an amateur, or why she wasn't alowed to play, we're talking about WHEN SHE TURNED PROFESSIONAL-"She has accomplished more than any professional golfer in history before age 18-THAT sound familiar? And I asked what has she accomplished as a professional, and the answer is, much to your-and her-chagrin, not much.

Point two: Oy, the injuries again. Sorry to beat a dead horse, but if you're injured, don't play, if you play, don't whine about injuries. In the tournaments she HAS played in, what's her average score and finish? As for what rules she has bent, there was some incident some months ago, I don't remember the specifics but I'm sure that a poster who doesn't have an agenda can google it, where she did something against the rules-inappropriately marked her ball, moved a blade of grass when she couldn't, something like that-and she claimed she didn't know the rules. That doesn't ring true, and you can take her at face value when she had her "wrist injury" when within two shots of a year long ban, I DON'T. ESPECIALLY since she was seen practicing a few days later. That's the part that Annika commented on, and, for the umpteenth time, I ask, why do you not have any comment on Annika's stance on the subject or belittling HER "accomplishments?" You didn't even address Point Three, I'm assuming because, more than on any of the other points, you realize you were wrong. As far as disgracing herself, I suspect that you avoid her bad press the way a thin skinned actor avoids bad reviews, both for the "88 ban" fiasco and for what I assume will be a shitload of criticism over this latest fiasco. Since it irks you so much that so many of us think she deserves to be ripped, I don't understand why you don't just breeze on by such threads...

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