Michelle Wie Needs To Go Away

[Uncle B]

Wie ready for LPGA comeback

Michelle Wie, nursing a sprained left wrist the past two months, will play her first tournament since February starting Thursday here at the 2.2 million-dollar LPGA Michelob Ultra Open.

The 18-year-old Korean-American prodigy who made her fame trying in vain to make the cut against elite US PGA men's fields has been frustrated following a poor 2007 campaign and an injury setback.

"Obviously it has been hard to deal with," Wie said Tuesday. "I've never really been injured before. I've learned a lot from it.

"I took the proper way to get back. Putted, chipped, didn't hit a golf ball. I learned when to push myself. I respect my body. I'm really excited to move forward."

After a month of practice with coach David Leadbetter, comes into the event at Kingsmill with modest expectations, hopeful of rebuilding the form of younger days that had her contending for major titles and competitive with men.

"I expect myself to keep my head in it, not expect too much out of myself, just go out there and enjoy it, commit myself 100 percent to every shot.

"It's one of my first tournaments back. Who knows what's going to happen? Maybe I will play great. Maybe I will make a couple mistakes here and there. I tried my hardest in practicing. Now it's all about performance."

Weeks of work with Leadbetter have paid off with renewed confidence.

"Working on my swing, seeing good golf shots over and over again, I feel like that has helped my confidence a lot," Wie said. "I feel like it's coming along. I've put in a lot of work. I've done the best I could.

"I've never practiced that much in my life. I feel like my hands are getting ugly as the day goes on but there's nothing more I can do. I'm hitting the ball a lot more solidly. We will see what happens."

There is no desire on Wie to turn back the clock and try to recapture the ball-blasting form of four or five years ago.

"I don't think anyone can return to the same swing when you were 13 or 14. No one can and I don't think I should," Wie said. "Everything should move forward. I don't think I should look back.

"I've changed a lot physically. I can't do the same things my body did when I was 13. Me and David are still working on the same things I worked when I was 13 or 14. We're trying to keep it in the same track, definitely the same swing thought."

Wie still plans to join the LPGA Tour in 2009 and expects a nice reception.

"I like the players out here. They have been really nice to me," Wie said. "I'm really excited."

There are no regrets for Wie about her child phenomenon status and the huge income and attention it brought. Wie's income was estimated at 19 million dollars last year, mostly from sponsorship money.

"I don't regret any choices that I made when I was younger," Wie said. "You only have one try at life. Whether it's a good decision or bad decision, what are you going to do? I just learned to accept things in life.

"Things happen. I just have to move forward."

[Tommyjay]

Originally Posted by Tommyjay

When everyone around is telling you how great you are, it's easy for a teenager to go around the bend. Being nuts and golf, do not mesh well. Morgan is a better person and a player, and probably will always be that way.

Michelle is crazy for going to Stanford. She will never finish anyway. Just like Tiger. What a waste of time.

It's been my experience with Orientals, that the father drives for goals and the mother drives for the money. I don't know why, it's just that way. Wei's mom is getting a free pass and I call bullshit on that.

I'm curious to see how long it takes to get her game back. I bet it's going to be a long time if ever. Michelle might just be the poster child for doing everything wrong. Shame on her, her parents, her agent, coaches, and Nike. They all should have listened to her caddy.

Jeez Tommy, you really know your shit. You could have wrote that quote yesterday.

2 months for a sprained anything? Not buying it. One week for a sprain, get back to work. Michelle, take note---no one ever feels 100%, especially golfers, get used to it.

[Uncle B]

Michelle Wie playing better lately

Professional golf may have lost one superstar for the year with Tiger Woods about to undergo season-ending knee surgery, but a potential star seems to be having a revival of sorts.

Michelle Wie, who is playing the Wegman's LPGA in Rochester, N.Y., enters the tournament looking a lot more like the prodigy she was two years ago than the bust she has been since.

She finished sixth in a Ladies European tour event June 1 in Germany, shooting 14 under par for four rounds and finishing a tournament under par for the first time in nearly two years.

Last week, she shot 70-67 at U.S. Open qualifying and easily made it through.

"I had a good two weeks," she said. "I feel like I'm getting back on track. I see my improvements coming, so I'm very happy about that."

Wie, who has been recovering from a wrist injury suffered last year, had missed four cuts and withdrawn twice in 10 tournaments since the beginning of 2007. When she made the cut, she finished 84th, 69th, 72nd and 19th in the 20-player Samsung World Championship.

"It was very tough for me, because, obviously, it was my wrist that was broken, not my mind," Wie said. "I felt like I could do better than that. I think what got me through it is the belief it was just my wrist. I just broke my wrist. I was not going to let my wrist break me."

[Uncle B]

Is this ' LPGA State Farm Classic' being televised live anywhere on t.v.?

Tseng passes Kim and Wie for State Farm lead
23 minutes ago

Taiwanese golfer Yani Tseng (YAH'-nee Sehn) has charged past Michelle Wie (Wee) and Christina Kim to take the lead halfway through the third round at the LPGA State Farm Classic.

Kim opened the day in Springfield, Ill., in the lead at 13 under, a stroke ahead of Wie, Tseng and Ji Young Oh (Gee Young Oh).

But Tseng eagled the par-5 sixth hole and birdied two others to drop to 16 under.

Katie Futcher is in second place at 15 under, while Hee-Won Han (Hee Wun Hahn) has picked up 10 strokes to move into third at 14 under.

A bogey on the par-4 seventh hole is keeping Wie two strokes behind TSeng while Kim is three strokes back from the leader.

[nostaw1952]

Somebody better put out a suicide watch on Alysheba: his boy Man Boobs, with the quintessential "While the cat's away, the mice will play" situation given Tiger's absence, stepped up with another clutch effort in the British Open, and now this:

Wie DQ’d from State Farm over scorecard mishap
By DAVID MERCER, Associated Press Writer
13 minutes ago

Buzz Up PrintSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)—Michelle Wie finished the third round of the State Farm Classic alone in second on Saturday—then was disqualified for failing to immediately sign her scorecard a day earlier.

Wie was playing her best golf of the year, finishing off a 5-under 67 to get to 17 under for the tournament, one stroke back of Yani Tseng.

That’s when Wie was disqualified by LPGA officials, who said they’d learned during play Saturday from tournament volunteers about the 18-year-old’s mistake.

“I don’t know why or how it happened,” said Wie, who had been crying moments earlier. She took no questions before leaving the clubhouse at Panther Creek Country Club.

Sue Witters, the LPGA’s director of tournament competitions, disqualified Wie in a small office in an LPGA trailer at the golf course after asking her what had happened.

“She was like a little kid after you tell them there’s no Santa Claus,” Witters said.

Wie said that after she finished her round on Friday, she left the tent where players sign their scorecards and was chased down by some of the tournament volunteers working in the tent who pointed out she hadn’t signed.

Wie returned to the tent and signed the card.

“I thought it would be OK,” she said.

But Wie, according to Witters, had already walked outside the roped-off area around the tent. At that point, the mistake was final.

Witters said she and other tour officials didn’t learn about the error from volunteers until well after Wie teed off Saturday. They let her finish the round, then took her to the office where she and her caddy, Tim Vickers, were informed of the ruling.

Wie, who is playing a part-time schedule while attending Stanford, opened with a 5-under 67 and followed with rounds of 65 and 67—though the last two won’t count.

It’s not he first time a mistake has cost Wie, either. She was in fourth place during the third round of the 2005 Samsung World Championship—her professional debut—when she was disqualified for taking an improper drop.

Tseng shot a 6-under-par 66 on Saturday to snatch the lead from Christin Kim, who entered the day atop the leader board. Tseng is 18 under for the tournament, and didn’t bogey a hole while sinking four birdies and an eagle.

Kim shot a disappointing 73, finishing the day in a tie for eighth place, six behind Tseng.

With Wie’s disqualification, Katie Futcher finished the day in third place at 16 under. She shot 66 on Saturday.

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The biggest choke in the history of sports, your 2004…NEW...YORK...YANKEES!!!

[chris@thegreek]

Nike should be happy- lol will never recover the $$$ they dumped into her

[Uncle B]

Originally Posted by nostaw1952

Wie DQ’d from State Farm over scorecard mishap
By DAVID MERCER, Associated Press Writer
13 minutes ago

Just saw that when i walked back in from dinner.....Un-fucking real...

Wie fails to sign scorecard, gets disqualified from State Farm

The 18-year-old, playing her best golf of the year, broke one of the game's most basic rules: She failed to sign her scorecard before leaving the scoring area.

"I don't know why or how it happened," Wie said.

I really just don't know wtf to make of that short of shit anymore...I mean, it just seems like it is always something with this chick...

[nostaw1952]

Originally Posted by Uncle B

Just saw that when i walked back in from dinner.....Un-fucking real...

Wie fails to sign scorecard, gets disqualified from State Farm

I really just don't know wtf to make of that short of shit anymore...I mean, it just seems like it is always something with this chick...

If she had realized what she'd done in time, she'd probably have feigned an "injury" like the one that popped up a while back when she suddenly realized she might be disqualified for a year if she shot an 88, which she was close to doing, lol...

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The biggest choke in the history of sports, your 2004…NEW...YORK...YANKEES!!!

[Uncle B]

Originally Posted by nostaw1952

If she had realized what she'd done in time, she'd probably have feigned an "injury" like the one that popped up a while back when she suddenly realized she might be disqualified for a year if she shot an 88, which she was close to doing, lol...

Well, on he positive side.....This probably puts Playboy a bit more securely in her future..l

[nostaw1952]

Originally Posted by Uncle B

Well, on he positive side.....This probably puts Playboy a bit more securely in her future..l

Number One: yuck!

Number Two: she obviously doesn't need the money, unlike 98% of the has been or never were "stars" who do Playboy, including that 60th ranked tennis playing bimbo who is in the issue currently. Somebody here-it might've been you-showed Playboy's asking price over the years for Cindy Margolis not too long ago, how it went up, up, up, several years ago, and then, as her popularity and her boobs sagged, it went steadily downward-and I think she eventually caved, no?

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The biggest choke in the history of sports, your 2004…NEW...YORK...YANKEES!!!

[jimike]

Originally Posted by Uncle B

Well, on he positive side.....This probably puts Playboy a bit more securely in her future..l

She should do porn. "Asian Ball Bangers #24".

[(sportman)]

Let's leave the Playboy girls alone....

There is a sparkling new breed out their selling their baby pictures for millions to People Magazine and the such...

Money fvckin hounds...all of them

No difference in this book of mine

[mjh218]

She is obviously still very young, but she seems to lack the mental strengths that other child prodigies like Tiger had at that age. She has really never done anything remarkable in her career to deserve all of the attention she has received.

[Uncle B]

Originally Posted by jimike

She should do porn. "Asian Ball Bangers #24".

#23 was awesome...Gonna be hard to top that one without the use of a few extra putters.

[jimike]

Originally Posted by Uncle B

#23 was awesome...Gonna be hard to top that one without the use of a few extra putters.

Yeah #23 is a classic for sure.

Guess the cover box for #24 could read "Wie love you longtime!"



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JOKE

Why did the golfer wear two pairs of pants?

---- cause he thought he might get a hole in one.


(if you can get banned for crappy jokes im done for )

[Uncle B]

Originally Posted by nostaw1952

Number One: yuck!

Number Two: she obviously doesn't need the money, unlike 98% of the has been or never were "stars" who do Playboy, including that 60th ranked tennis playing bimbo who is in the issue currently. Somebody here-it might've been you-showed Playboy's asking price over the years for Cindy Margolis not too long ago, how it went up, up, up, several years ago, and then, as her popularity and her boobs sagged, it went steadily downward-and I think she eventually caved, no?

Hey man, you can Yuck it up all ya like....I for one would love to see the long-legged hottie get nekkid...

[Bitter Bruin]

And now she gets an invite to a PGA tour event - this is total bullshit! She needs to go away.

[StarnetGypsy]

she was disqualified the other day, BB, for not signing her score card

keep that up and she will go away, and while we're expelling losers, can Danika go away too?

[Bostongambler]

How about Gilbert Godfrey. we need him to go away as well.