Michelle Wie Needs To Go Away

[chris@thegreek]

Lets see if she has to go to Q school for the LPGA like Morgan Pressel and many other had too , or they rubber stamp her on too the tour

[Uncle B]

bah, i don't care what she does on the mens tour...don't even care what she does on the womens really.



i'm just hoping that when she turns 18, she starts wearing leopard skin mini-skirts and tube tops on the green.

[GoodKarmaGuy]

There's a poll on the Golf Digest website

Do you think Michelle Wie quit the Ginn because of her injured wrist or to avoid shooting higher than 88?

1,657 responses

8% injured wrist

92% To avoid shooting 88

[Bitter Bruin]

Originally Posted by Uncle B

bah, i don't care what she does on the mens tour...don't even care what she does on the womens really.



i'm just hoping that when she turns 18, she starts wearing leopard skin mini-skirts and tube tops on the green.

[jjgold]

Originally Posted by Total Square

the jennifer capriatti of golf???

Capriati was a major winner on the tennis tour, no comparison, I beleive Jenny won two majors.

[nostaw1952]

I read that she just quit in the middle of the round again. I guess that wrist is hurting again, whatta trouper...

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[chris@thegreek]

As I posted before Morgan Pressel kicked Wie's ass in Amateur's and now is kicking her ass on the LPGA


Pressel has won a Major why Wie can't break 80

[Tommyjay]

I was a big supporter of Wie at one time. But now that I've had a while to think about it----Here's what I think now. By playing in the men's tournaments, she by de facto, was saying--I'm already better than all you ladies, and I don't want to play in a minor league. The truth is that she is not better, by a long way, and now most women on the tour have a giant resentment toward her. Playing in the Deere Classic was a gimmick, the problem was that she took it seriously. If she just played that one tourney once a year, and had some humor about it all, she could have made all her money and kept everyone's respect. But no, it didn't turn out that way.

[nostaw1952]

Originally Posted by Tommyjay

I was a big supporter of Wie at one time. But now that I've had a while to think about it----Here's what I think now. By playing in the men's tournaments, she by de facto, was saying--I'm already better than all you ladies, and I don't want to play in a minor league. The truth is that she is not better, by a long way, and now most women on the tour have a giant resentment toward her. Playing in the Deere Classic was a gimmick, the problem was that she took it seriously. If she just played that one tourney once a year, and had some humor about it all, she could have made all her money and kept everyone's respect. But no, it didn't turn out that way.

100% agree. From strictly a financial stand point, her relatives made the right choice, she got something like 20 mill and is set. But from the standpoint of development her potential, enhancing her rep, whatever, they could hardly have done a worse job if they were her sworn enemy...

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[Dell Dude]

When's Wie going to turn 18 so I can see her Playboy spread?

[nostaw1952]

I saw Railbird refer to her as "Yao Ming with boobs." OUCH!!!

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[BaseballSeason]

Originally Posted by nostaw1952

I read that she just quit in the middle of the round again. I guess that wrist is hurting again, whatta trouper...

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Yep, she did...again! She is absolutely pathetic!

[alysheba88]

You he men are badmouthing a 17 year old girl who has accomplished more in her life then you ever will in your sorry lives. Pathetic.

17 and you he men take delight in belittling her. Says far more about you then her

[stevo]

Originally Posted by alysheba88

You he men are badmouthing a 17 year old girl who has accomplished more in her life then you ever will in your sorry lives. Pathetic.

Depends on what you set out to accomplish. Good luck to her.

[alysheba88]

Originally Posted by stevo

Depends on what you set out to accomplish. Good luck to her.

She has accomplished more than any professional golfer in history before age 18.

Just seems strange seeing grown men bash and rip a 17 year old

[stevo]

Here is the thing I feel bad for (ya they make 20 mil a year) these kids about. Every single thing they do is scrutinzed and the good will come with the bad.

It has to be tough to have every move you make watched. Can the kid smoke a joint or experience any of the other things normal 18 year olds do? No they can't.

Has to be hard.

[nostaw1952]

Originally Posted by alysheba88

You he men are badmouthing a 17 year old girl who has accomplished more in her life then you ever will in your sorry lives. Pathetic.

17 and you he men take delight in belittling her. Says far more about you then her

That attitude of yours exhibits what I referred to as an enormous blind spot when it comes to her: you can't gush about her accomplishments amongst adults-although there has precious little of that lately-and then coo, "oh, go easy on her, she's still a little girl!" when she does something wrong. First of all, you don't KNOW what the people who have ripped her on this forum have accomplished, and secondly, are you taking the ridiculous stance that nobody should ever comment about a public figure unless they've made as much money or accomplished what said figure has accomplished? As far as her play goes, that's a separate issue, one that is addressed on an ongoing basis in the "Is Michelle Wie getting worse?" thread-one that you are mostly silent on nowadays except for the odd surly comment here and there-and even in THAT area, I've asked several golf fans about your stance that Wie is, or will be, vastly superior to Morgan Pressel, and, to a man, they all said you didn't know what you are talking about. But this isn't about her play, or, at best, that's a side issue here: it's about her tactics, her choices on developing her game, and her attitude. There were numerous people who predicted right from the start that her frequently playing on the men's tour before learning to win on the women's tour was a huge mistake for her development, and those people haven't exactly been proven wrong, have they? If you want to keep pretending that a player who withdraws twice within a month, in the manner that she did, and with the circumstances that surrounded her, is business as usual, you go right ahead. Many of us have our eyes wide open, and have suspicions both about the extent of her injury-and I'm tired of hearing about THAT, too, if you're injured, don't play, if you play, don't alibi-and her motives for withdrawing. You think we're pathetic for commenting on that, that's your privilege; personally, I think it's pathetic that you have your head in the sand when it comes to this player, so I guess we're even...

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[nostaw1952]

Originally Posted by alysheba88

She has accomplished more than any professional golfer in history before age 18.

Just seems strange seeing grown men bash and rip a 17 year old

Actually, I'm tired of hearing THIS mantra, too: she hasn't won a tournament, much less a major, never made a cut on the men's tour despite numerous attempts, so, other than pad her bank account since her team was able to find saps willing to throw money at her for not winning anything, a la Kournakova, more power to her, what exactly has she accomplished????

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[rockingham]

alysheba,
How do you define accomplishment in life? Contributing to society in science, engineering, business and medicine; or is it by having some success at hitting a liitle white ball into a hole?


Personally, I root for Michelle Wie, it is unfair because Nike and her family have put a lot of pressure on her to succeed, and that is unfortunate at such a young age. But she cashes the enormous checks as well, which does subject her to criticism by the masses.