The Official "I hate Michelle Wie" thread

[SF Kid]

Jesus...Wie gets another sponsor's exemption. When will this crap end?

WIE GIVEN SPONSOR'S INVITATION TO PLAY IN GERMAN OPEN

MUNICH, Germany - Michelle Wie will make her first appearance in a full Ladies European Tour field at this week's German Open.

The 18-year-old American was given a sponsor's invitation to play in the event, which begins Thursday. A sore wrist hurt in March and studies at Stanford University have limited her to just two tournaments on the LPGA Tour this year.

"I feel a lot healthier and I want to start playing more and playing some good golf," Wie said Tuesday. "My goal is just to have fun and keep my head on straight and shoot some low scores."

The 172nd-ranked Wie shot a practice round Tuesday with 18-year-old Amy Yang of South Korea, the European Tour's leading money earner. Others in the field include recent winners Lisa Hall, Emma Zackrisson, Gwladys Nocera and Lotta Wahlin.

Wie played the Fields Open in Hawaii and Michelob ULTRA Open in Virginia two weeks ago.

"I found at the last tournament I was really rusty and I needed to play in more tournaments," Wie said. "I thought, 'Wow, Munich,' I've never been there and it's a great opportunity."

The event is the first held by the Ladies European Tour in Germany in seven years.

http://tsn.ca/golf/story/?id=239000&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_golf

[McCovey]

Apparently, the Orioles have a new pitcher. :p

[SF Kid]

Well she can't play golf so maybe pitching is her calling. :p

[McCovey]

Well she can't play golf so maybe pitching is her calling. :p

Hey, maybe Wie can beat this golfing opponent. Or maybe she'll whine about her painful wrist when the kid beats her. :)

[Bear]

Hey, at least it is a women's tournament!;)

[McCovey]

Hey, at least it is a women's tournament!;)
What will the Kid do if Wie does actually win an LPGA event, especially a LPGA major? :shrug:

[SF Kid]

Hey, maybe Wie can beat this golfing opponent. Or maybe she'll whine about her painful wrist when the kid beats her. :)Bwahahahaha.

Hey, at least it is a women's tournament!;)Yes that's a plus I suppose. At least she's figured out that playing against the men is futile.

What will the Kid do if Wie does actually win an LPGA event, especially a LPGA major? :shrug:Not too worried about that happening any time soon.

[SF Kid]

I was listening to the Golf Channel last night and they were saying that this event that Wie is in is a European Tour event. Apparently none of the top or even middle LPGA players are in the field and many of the players that are in the field are 7 handicaps etc. So they were saying that Wie is by far the best player in the tournament and that it would actually be an upset if she didn't win. :eek:

Anyway, I guess we'll see. Talk about picking your spots.

[Bear]

I was listening to the Golf Channel last night and they were saying that this event that Wie is in is a European Tour event. Apparently none of the top or even middle LPGA players are in the field and many of the players that are in the field are 7 handicaps etc. So they were saying that Wie is by far the best player in the tournament and that it would actually be an upset if she didn't win. :eek:

Anyway, I guess we'll see. Talk about picking your spots.

This is what they need to do with her. They really have to remake her from the ground up. If this is the case I think they made a good choice.:beerbang:

[McCovey]

The whole Michelle Wie is kind of sad really. You have this great talent going nowhere it seems. I put the blame on Wie's father. He's the one that was behind Michelle's futile attempt to try to play with the men. When she should have been developing her game and playing against the best women in the world, Wie was wasting her time missing cuts in men's events by 15 strokes. Wie is very talented but her game is totally screwed up right now. And she needs to find her game, the game that led her to five top-5 finishes in women's majors from age 14-16.

[SF Kid]

Good post Mac. That is exacty what happened.

Her father is an asshole and was pushing her from the beginning telling her she would be playing in the Masters and stupid stuff like that. I'd like to say she isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer however she is attending Stanford so she can't be a dummy.

Anyway maybe playing against a bunch of back markers will get her a win and boost her confidence. On the other hand it may be too late. Dunno.

[Bear]

On the other hand it may be too late. Dunno.

For your sake I hope not. You would miss her, and we all know it!

[McCovey]

Good post Mac. That is exacty what happened.

Her father is an asshole and was pushing her from the beginning telling her she would be playing in the Masters and stupid stuff like that. I'd like to say she isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer however she is attending Stanford so she can't be a dummy.
I don't think she's a dummy. I just think she has been very immature not knowing how to act on a golf course or give a good interview. Not knowing the ettiquete of the game is just not acceptable. This goes back to her dad pumping all that silly junk into her head at a young age. Even though Wie looks like a woman she is not. She is still a kid really and thinks like a kid. she needs to grow up and mature. When peopel like Annika Sorenstam are berating her publically that speaks volumes.


Anyway maybe playing against a bunch of back markers will get her a win and boost her confidence. On the other hand it may be too late. Dunno.
She needs to get back to what made her good in the first place. She needs to focus on the mind game of golf. She has the physical tools but golf amongst most other games requires a strong and focused mind. That's what makes Tiger so dominating. He comes to every tournament with his mind focused razor sharp ready to play.

[Bear]

Mac do you or have you ever played the game?:confused:

[McCovey]

Mac do you or have you ever played the game?:confused:
I think once or twice. I do have some friends that play a lot and I ask them lots of questions.

[Bear]

I think once or twice. I do have some friends that play a lot and I ask them lots of questions.


It's a great game that at one time the Bear played very well, and the Kid is still trying to play. However you have to give it to him he is still trying. Very Trying!:rotf:

[SF Kid]

1. The Bear NEVER played golf with a shit. Don't buy that crap Mac. He is a legend in his own mind that's all.

2. Wie shot 68 today---that put her in 17th place. The leader shot 63! :eek:

Hmmmm.

[McCovey]

1. The Bear NEVER played golf with a shit. Don't buy that crap Mac. He is a legend in his own mind that's all.

2. Wie shot 68 today---that put her in 17th place. The leader shot 63! :eek:

Hmmmm.
Are they playing on a minature golf course at a Chucky Cheese or something? :shrug: Also, Wie is actually in 7th place, not 17th. I'm sure the Kid was so shocked at Wie playing well that he simply mistyped. :D:


Wie shoots 4-under 68

MUNICH, Germany (AP)—Michelle Wie shot a 4-under 68 in the first round of the Ladies German Open to share seventh place four strokes behind leader Nina Reis of Sweden.
The 18-year-old American birdied three of the first five holes and made par the rest of the way at the Golfpark Gut Haeusern, north of Munich.
“I felt I was a little bit rusty. But I am happy with how I played today,” said Wie, who is hoping to gain some confidence after playing just two tournaments in the United States this year.
“I feel I can do a lot. I left a lot out there on the par-5s.”
It’s Wie’s first appearance in a full Ladies European Tour field after receiving a sponsor’s invitation to play in the event.

Reis had eight birdies, including at the last two holes, for a bogey-free round of 64.
Lora Fairclough of England, who won here in 1998, and France’s Jade Schaeffer were tied for second, two shots behind Reis. Three players had 67s to sit a stroke further back.

[Bear]

Are they playing on a minature golf course at a Chucky Cheese or something? :shrug: Also, Wie is actually in 7th place, not 17th. I'm sure the Kid was so shocked at Wie playing well that he simply mistyped. :D:


His memory is as good as his reading ability and his golf game. Poor Guy! We must humor him. :pound:

[McCovey]

Wie shot a second round 69. She's three shots of the pace.


Wie in contention at German Open




MUNICH, GERMANY (TICKER) —Michelle Wie remained in contention at the Ladies German Open after firing a 3-under-par 69 in Friday’s second round.

Making her first career appearance on the Ladies European Tour, the 18-year-old Wie brought her overall score to 7-under 137. The Hawaiian is locked in a sixth-place tie with six other golfers.
“I had a lot of chances to make a lot of putts, but they didn’t drop in,” said Wie, who opened with a bogey at the 10th hole before rebounding with four birdies between Nos. 17-7. “I felt like in the middle of my round, I really pulled it together.
“I felt like I hit the ball and played better golf than I did yesterday, so hopefully I can do that tomorrow and the day after.”

Wie faced a birdie putt on the ninth hole - her last of the day - when play was suspended for almost 2 hours due to thunder and lightning in the area.

After a day of glorious sunshine and temperatures of 82 degrees at Golfpark Gut Hausern, rain lashed the course and Wie finished with two putts for a regulation par.

“It’s dangerous to be out there in the lightning, and I think they made a really good call,” Wie said. “It was crazy. It was amazing how cold it got.”

Wie is three shots behind leader Lora Fairclough of England, who is one stroke ahead of Italy’s Veronica Zorzi.

Wie has appeared in just two American tournaments this season due to a wrist injury but received a sponsor invitation to play in this event.

[SF Kid]

Yeah looks like she has a chance in this no name field.

[SF Kid]

After three rounds Wie is 9 back in the German!

Some unknown shot 63 today and is at 16 under. Must b e playing at Lincoln Park I guess. :D

[Bear]

After three rounds Wie is 9 back in the German!

Some unknown shot 63 today and is at 16 under. Must b e playing at Lincoln Park I guess. :D

Now there is a course that the Kid has left a few clubs wrapped around a few trees!:pound:

[McCovey]

Now there is a course that the Kid has left a few clubs wrapped around a few trees!:pound:
Really? :shrug:

[SF Kid]

Come on Mac. You know better than to believe the Bear. He's full of shit. Next thing he'll be spinning is that he used to beat me playing golf. Trust me that BS too. ;)

[Bear]

Come on Mac. You know better than to believe the Bear. He's full of shit. Next thing he'll be spinning is that he used to beat me playing golf. Trust me that BS too. ;)

Truth be known the Kid has never beaten me at anything except wiffel ball once when we were little kids. But as I am a kind Bear I try not to remind him except when he pops off!:rolleyes:

[SF Kid]

Guess she's NOT back...

She got smoked by a bunch of back markers. It was a valiant effort though and probably a good idea to try and get her some confidence. It just didn't work. :D

[SF Kid]

...and as usual the Bear is full of shit. He couldn't beat me in a table top hockey game. ;)

[SF Kid]

...or a APBA Board Baseball game. :D

[Bear]

Oh my God the battles we had with these games. My favorite of all board games when we were kids and even later on was APBA Board Baseball. That was a great game that I would play even today. Is that game still made?

[McCovey]

I thought Wie did ok, shooting 14 under, considering her long layoff.

[Bear]

I thought Wie did ok, shooting 14 under, considering her long layoff.

With the time off she did just fine. Only the Kid thinks she should have done better! Because as we all know the Kid is always under par!:eek:

[SF Kid]

I thought Wie did ok, shooting 14 under, considering her long layoff.You have to put her performance in proper prospective.

First, she played against a extremely sub par field. The winner shot 21 under par. Ever heard of her? Didn't think so -- nobody else has either. So that means the golf course was not hard or at least it wasn't set up to play difficult at all. So the player in the field who is the only one anybody has ever heard of (Wie) who was suppose to win losses instead by 7 shots. *shrug* I know, the long layoff. Her wrist still hurts -- yada. yada. What if she plays next week against the real women? She'll be destroyed again as usual unless she quits AGAIN. ;)

No doubt her career was mismanaged by her piece of shit father. The rat bastard. But what's done is done and frankly Wie is most likely done. She'll be nothing more than a name who never amounts to anything in the game of golf. Had she been directed correctly who knows what could have been. But it's too late now. The game of golf is too delicate from a mental standpoint. You have to look no further than the former number one player in the world David Duval. The guy can't do it anymore and it's mostly in his head. You can't tell me he woke up one day and forgot how to hit a golf ball. Wie's mental state relative to golf is destroyed whether she admits it or not.

The end.

[SF Kid]

Bwahhahahahahahahaha... What a fraud. I told you ^^^ her performance in that tourney in Germany wasn't an indication of things to come. Better hit the books hard little girl -- golf isn't your life's work.

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Updated: June 27, 2008, 2:15 AM EST 251

EDINA, Minn. (AP) - Michelle Wie climbed three steps onto a platform, preparing to explain her quintuple-bogey 9 on one hole and her 81 in the first round of the U.S. Women's "This is my execution platform," she said with a grin.

Her performance at Interlachen wasn't that bad — it just felt that way.

Wie's road to recovery took a nasty detour Thursday when she took seven shots to navigate the final 30 yards of the ninth hole, which took her from the middle of the pack toward the bottom of the leaderboard.

When she tapped in for a 9, she lightly banged the shaft of her putter against her head. Dazed, she stood to the side of the green muttering to herself. She never quite recovered, and she failed to break 80 for the second straight year in the Women's Open.

"I had trouble counting how many strokes I had on that hole," Wie said. "But like I said, it was just one bad hole. And it's the U.S. Open. It will bite you in the butt."

The 18-year-old player from Hawaii had to qualify for the Women's Open for the first time since the eighth grade, and she finished second in her qualifier. That was sandwiched around a sixth-place finish in the Ladies German Open and a tie for 24th last week on the LPGA Tour, her best showing in nearly two years.

One hole changed everything.

Wie pulled her tee shot into the right rough, then tried to hit a low approach through the trees to an elevated green. The shot came up about 30 yards short in the rough, although the ball was sitting up, and Wie had a reasonable chance of saving par.

But her third shot created the problem. The low screamer scooted over the bowl-shaped green into thick grass, leaving her a steep, downhill chip that could get close only if it hit the pin.

"I was surprised it came out that way," she said. "I didn't blade it all. It looked like I bladed it, but I hit behind the ball. It was weird."

Instead of playing sideways and using some of the contours, she tried a flop shot that came up inches short of the fringe. She thought about invering the blade of her putter for the fifth shot, but she putted it conventionally, and it hopped out quickly and rolled down the ridge and off the green. Her chip reached the top of the ridge, then trickled back to her feet.

Wie's seventh shot was a chip past the hole, then down the slope to 5 feet. But she missed the putt.

"I shouldn't have been there in the first place," Wie said.

Trying to regain her composure, Wie had a 3-wood into the par-5 10th that took a hard hop and rolled through the green, denying her an easy chance at birdie. She dropped three more shots along the back nine until making birdie on the par-5 18th.

The 81 on Thursday looked nothing like the 82 she opened with last year at Pine Needles. Wie showed her strength is nearly back to normal, and her short game featured imagination that few other players have on the LPGA Tour.

"I just have to putt better," she said. "I'm doing everything else the way I wanted to. I'm hitting my irons great. I have to do the good things, and the bag things, keep them in the closet."

She probably will need a round of 3-under 70 for a chance to make the cut, which will be tougher in the afternoon. Despite a setback at Interlachen, Wie thought she had that in her.

"I had one bad hole," she said. "And tomorrow, it's going to be a new day."

Unless she makes a few putts, it could be her last day.

[SF Kid]

***News Flash****

Wie completes the second round of the LPGA's US Open tied for 127th and misses the cut. :D :D :D

[McCovey]

I wonder what the real story is with her wrist if any? I guess Wie is at that point where she needs to decide if she really is going to take golf seriously. Golf is not a game you do on the side and do well at it.

[SF Kid]

The wrist injury IMMO was a convenient excuse for her poor play. I don't doubt she hurt the wrist but come on...it's been going on way too long and it seems the wrist acted up the most when she was 15 shots off the lead and in the process of shooting an 85 and being banned from the LPGA tour for the balance of the season last year. I'd say that was pretty convenient.

Agreed Mac. Wie doesn't seem to be dedicated to golf. She seems to think "having lot (sic) of game" was going to get her by. No chance. The women from the far east are taking the LPGA by storm and without full dedication there is no chance Wie will ever be anything. In fact I think it's pretty clear it's too late for her now.

[Bear]

The wrist injury IMMO was a convenient excuse for her poor play. I don't doubt she hurt the wrist but come on...it's been going on way too long and it seems the wrist acted up the most when she was 15 shots off the lead and in the process of shooting an 85 and being banned from the LPGA tour for the balance of the season last year. I'd say that was pretty convenient.

Agreed Mac. Wie doesn't seem to be dedicated to golf. She seems to think "having lot (sic) of game" was going to get her by. No chance. The women from the far east are taking the LPGA by storm and without full dedication there is no chance Wie will ever be anything. In fact I think it's pretty clear it's too late for her now.
Even the Bear is beginning to agree! :eek:

[SF Kid]

:eek:

[McCovey]

:eek:

[SF Kid]

The :eek:'s have it.

[SF Kid]

OMG. This is the funniest thing I have ever heard.

The Queen of Golf was disqualified for failing to sign her score card yesterday.

I don't know what to say except Bwahahahahaha... talk about a dummy.

[SF Kid]

Here is the full story...

SPRINGFIELD, 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.


:gold:

Gawd is she dumb. How did she ever get into Stanford?

[Bear]

By DOUG FERGUSON, The Associated Press
2008-07-22 02:30:34.0
Current rank: # 1,916 of 6,431

Fresh off a disqualification on the LPGA Tour, Michelle Wie has decided to tee it up against the men, again. Wie will play next week in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, the first time she'll play on the PGA Tour this year, tournament organizers said.

It will be her eighth time playing on the PGA Tour, and she has yet to make a cut. The only time Wie has made money playing against the men was on the Korean Tour, in 2006, at the SK Telcom Open.

"It's not every day that a woman is given the opportunity to play on the greatest tour in the world," Wie said in a statement. "This is a tremendous opportunity for me to learn from these great players and take those lessons into the future to becoming the best player I can be on any tour. This is another step in the process of making me a better player."

Wie, who is 18 and attends Stanford part time, has no status on any tour. She has only one sponsor's exemption left this year. She will be playing her seventh and final LPGA Tour event of this year at the CN Canadian Women's Open in August.

The Reno-Tahoe Open starts July 31 at Montreux Golf & Country Club. The Nevada tournament is one of the weakest fields on the PGA Tour, held opposite the World Golf Championship in Ohio. Steve Flesch won the Reno-Tahoe Open last year.

"This will be a great experience for the community to see a player like Michelle in this setting," tournament director Michael Stearns said in a statement. "Michelle is getting her game together, she's getting back in the swing of things and we have no problem extending her this opportunity."

Wie showed signs of improvement this past weekend at the State Farm Classic in Illinois. She was a shot off the lead going into the final round when Tour officials discovered that she had left the scoring area without signing her scorecard after Friday's second round. Wie finished her round Saturday, and after officials spoke with her about the scorecard problem, she was disqualified.

A win or high finish would have all but guaranteed her enough money to finish in the top 80 LPGA players this year, the cutoff for automatic inclusion in next year's tour.

There's been speculation Wie would concentrate solely on women's competition, especially after last year when she injured both wrists and made only two cuts.

Wie's chances of securing a 2009 LPGA Tour card now rest with her winning roughly $80,000 in her final tournament, which probably would take a top-three finish. Otherwise, she could be headed to the first of two stages of qualifying.

"I think the qualifying conflicts with school, so I probably won't go to that," Wie said last month at the U.S. Women's Open in Minnesota. But that was when she had greater hopes of winning enough money to become exempt for next year.

Her father made it sound as though Q-school was a distinct possibility at the time.

"What other options do we have?" he said.


I guess some people never learn. Even the Kid learns quicker than Wie! I for one can now say I don't give a damm what happens to her career, and will no longer follow or post anything that has to do with her. Talk about a total waste of time, and talent. :thumbdown: :shakehead: :gripe: :puke:

[SF Kid]

BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!

The little phony misses another cut on the men's tour. Good god. Do you realize that there were virtually no players of note in the field? Look at the leadereboard. You won't recognize many players. Sure a few has beens but the highest rated player in the field was 52nd on the PGA money list and none of those players were invited to the tourney at Firestone. So Wie shoots 73/80 and misses the cut. What a joke.

Isn't it time for the PGA and the sponsors to finally stop this crap? It's not funny anymore and this little phony is taking a spot from a player who really is trying to make a living playing golf. Sponsors exemptions in this situation are a farce...

Here is the sickening article (http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/8401302/Wie-misses-cut-at-Reno;-McLachlin's-62-ties-record). Somebody shoot her and take her out of her misery. Good night Irene.

[SF Kid]

Unbelievable...and the Golf Channel and ESPN News continue to spin this latest debacle as if the little bitch played well and deserved to be in that field. I just don't get it. What is the fascination with this nobody?

On the other hand her appearance in this men's event was a complete win-win situation for Wie. If she makes the cut the media attention and ink on paper would have been off the hook. That she got her ass handed to her again is merely ``well she wasn't suppose to make the cut"...so why is she in the field in the first place? Fact is she doesn't deserve to be in these tournaments.

[McCovey]

What I don't get is why Morgan Pressel gets no press? She's only a year older than Wie is ranked #4 in the World and won an LPGA major at age 18 in 2007 making her the youngest ever to do so. And she's not "butch" either! :pound:

[SF Kid]

...and she IS good looking. I don't get it either.

[Bear]

The reason is she does not get the Kid all hot and bothered. She is just a great golfer, but not much of a personality. Good looks alone do not sell a thing unless it's sex.:eek::pound:

[McCovey]

Well, didn't the LPGA print a "Women of Golf" calender a few years ago?

[SF Kid]

Well, didn't the LPGA print a "Women of Golf" calender a few years ago?God, I hope not.

[McCovey]

God, I hope not.
Natlie Gulbis, Kid? :shrug:

http://www.sports-wired.com/women/showPhoto.asp?ID=803

[SF Kid]

Problem is the top players in the world are all Asian and have you seen them. UGLY (Wie included). Natlie is a fox and clearly an exception to the rule in the LPGA...

Here is the winner of the Women's British Open -- beauty, huh?

[McCovey]

Golf is like a national sport in Korea. My wife is Korean and she explained to me that many, many, many parents have their kids playing golf from the time they start to walk. The game is that popular over there.

[SF Kid]

They were interviewing a lady on the golf chaneel and they asked her why the Asian's as a group were so dominate on the LPGA. The simple answer was "they work harder". "They are the first ones at the course and the last to leave". So what you're saing Mac is very true. Unfortuantly it's not so great for the sport here in the US. People don't want to see a leader board like this:

1 Ji-Yai Shin -6 F -18
2 Yani Tseng -6 F -15
T3 Eun-Hee Ji -5 F -14
T3 Yuri Fudoh -1 F -14
5 Ai Miyazato -2 F -13
Ugh.

[SF Kid]

Well, well, well...the sweetheart of golf has to finish first or second in this tourney or she will have to go to Q School in order to play next year. :chuckle:

Yesterday she shot an amazing 3-over to end up tied for 87th in the tournament. Not looking good sweetie... :chuckle:

She's a lost soul...dig:

Wie questioned again over critics' comments

Updated: August 13, 2008, 5:40 PM EST 108 comments

OTTAWA (AP) - Michelle Wie fended off yet another round of criticism before her final LPGA Tour appearance of the year in the Canadian Women's Open.

"Everyone has their own opinion of what I should do, but I think that it's my life," Wie said. "I know there might be wrong decisions that I make and there might be right decisions that I make, but they're decisions that I make for myself. :rolleyes:

"And I think the only decision I can make is to be 100 percent supportive of myself and not doubt myself at all." :rolleyes:

The 18-year-old Stanford student, down to No. 309 in the world, is using the last of her sixth sponsor exemptions for the season. She needs to win or finish second at Ottawa Hunt to avoid a trip to Q-school — if she decides to try qualifying.

"I haven't really decided anything yet," Wie said. "I think planning what's going to happen next year or this fall is going to happen after this week. Right now, all I'm thinking about is how am I going to play good this week. How am I maybe going to possibly win this?" :rolleyes:

Asked if she would consider Q-school, Wie replied, "I'm not going to think about the future right now." :rolleyes:

In her last start, she missed the cut in the PGA Tour's Reno event with rounds of 73 and 80. In the State Farm Classic in her last LPGA Tour start, the 18-year-old Stanford student was disqualified for failing to sign her second-round scorecard.

"I kind of feel sad for her," Evian Masters winners Helen Alfredsson said. "I kind of feel sad for the guidance that she seems to not have in the right direction. If she wants to be a golfer, she should really concentrate on the being on the women's tour and dealing with them and learning to win."

Annika Sorenstam, the 2001 winner at Angus Glen, is making perhaps her final tournament appearance in Canada.

The 37-year-old Swede, a three-time winner this year, announced May 13 that this year would be her last on tour, that she will be married in January (to Mike McGee) and hopes to start a family, as well as tend to her golf academy and business interests. admits that her mind now sometimes drifts away from the golf course.

"If I will come back in the future, I guess time will tell," Sorenstam said Wednesday. "In my announcement, I said I was stepping away.

"I never used the R-word. That gave me an opening. But I don't have a timeframe. I have a lot on my plate and I'm excited about the next chapter."

Sorenstam will open Thursday in a threesome with LPGA Championship winner Yani Yseng of Taiwan and U.S. Women's Open champion Inbee Park of South Korea, both 19.

Lorena Ochoa, the winner last year at Royal Mayfair in Edmonton, Alberta, will play with South Koreans Se Ri Pak and Seon Hwa Lee.

Lorie Kane and Alena Sharp are the top Canadians in the field.

[SF Kid]

Well Wee Wee made the cut by shooting -2 today. To bad it still leaves here in a tie for 35th. Still she has to finish first or second or she will not be eligible for any sponsors exemptions (as I understand it) any longer. See 'ya at Q School Wee Wee.

:pound: :neener: :rotf: :righton: :toast: :yes:





:D

[SF Kid]

Ooops...tied for 12th.

Cya in Q school Wee Wee. :rotf::righton:

Beautiful.

[McCovey]

Hey, Wie is going to Q-School!! I guess she and her father swallowed their collective prides when faced with reality. No one will take Wie seriously until she earned her LPGA card.

Wie, unable to earn card on tour, enters Q-school

ESPN.com news services
Tuesday, September 8, 2008

Unable to earn her card through sponsor exemptions, Michelle Wie (http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/players/profile?playerId=1187) has entered the LPGA Tour qualifying school and will play the first stage next week on the California course where she first rose to fame at age 13.

Her father, B.J. Wie, had said at the U.S. Women's Open that Wie had "no other options" but Q-school if she didn't make enough money to finish the equivalent of 80th of the LPGA Tour money list. "Nothing has changed since then," he said Tuesday morning from Palm Desert, Calif. "She will go to Q-school." The first stage will be at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, Calif., site of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, where Wie played in the final group of the LPGA's first major when she was in the eighth grade. The top 30 will advance to the final qualifier in Daytona Beach, Fla., in December, where the top 20 and ties will earn LPGA Tour cards.

If Wie falls short in California, she can also go to the Florida qualifier to try and get to the finals. Wie turned pro in 2005 and a year later had at least a share of the lead on the back nine of three majors. Her career went into a tailspin shortly after that, when she tried to play through wrist injuries, withdrew from the Ginn Tribute when she was on the verge of shooting 88 and facing suspension, and continued to play the occasional event on men's tours. She has not won any tournament since the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links in 2003 at age 13.

But she showed signs of getting her game back in order this year. Wie was one shot off the lead going into the final round of the State Farm Classic in July when she was disqualified for leaving the scoring trailer before signing her card. That might have kept her from earning enough money to get an LPGA Card, and she tied for 12th in the CN Canadian Women's Open at her final event. Her father said Wie, who turns 19 on Oct. 11, will return to Stanford after the California qualifier. Wie went through the first quarter at Stanford last fall as she tries to blend college life with professional golf. Going through LPGA qualifying could soothe some criticism that she has taken too many free passes. The USGA gave her an exemption into the U.S. Women's Open when she was 14 while teammates on her Curtis Cup team had to qualify. She made it through qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open this year, but took an 8 on her ninth hole of the opening round and shot 81, and she failed to make the cut.

[SF Kid]

Hey, Wie is going to Q-School@@ I guess she and her father swallowed their collective prides when faced with reality. No one will take Wie seriously until she earned her LPGA card.She has no options. The way I understand it she is no longer eligible for sponsors exemptions. So "qualifying" is her only avenue for playing professional golf in the future. Not sure if she'll qualify or not although you'd think she would.

[Bear]

She has no options. The way I understand it she is no longer eligible for sponsors exemptions. So "qualifying" is her only avenue for playing professional golf in the future. Not sure if she'll qualify or not although you'd think she would.


You are kidding? She will qualify for sure. The Question now is will she ever win on the LPGA tour? On that I would say the odds are only 50/50.:eek:

[McCovey]

You are kidding? She will qualify for sure. The Question now is will she ever win on the LPGA tour? On that I would say the odds are only 50/50.:eek:
I never doubted her physical talents. It's her mental toughness that I question. That will determine if she wins on the LPGA Tour or not.

[McCovey]

Kid, this is for you. All the Korean golfing "cuties". :D

http://www.seoulsisters.com/main.htm

[SF Kid]

Thank you.

[Bear]

Thank you.

The Kid will not be able to sleep tonight! :pound:

[McCovey]

The Kid will not be able to sleep tonight! :pound:
:pound:

[SF Kid]

Wie Wie shot 70 yesterday int he first qualifying round at Misison Hills.

That puts her tied for 8th place with three rounds to go and gives her a good chance to qualify. Then she can get on the LPGA next year and continue toi get her ass handed to her! :beerbang:

[Bear]

Wie Wie shot 70 yesterday int he first qualifying round at Misison Hills.

That puts her tied for 8th place with three rounds to go and gives her a good chance to qualify. Then she can get on the LPGA next year and continue toi get her ass handed to her! :beerbang:

Let it go Kid! There are lots of players on the LPGA and she will be just another one. Who Cares! :tantrum::gripe:

[McCovey]

Let it go Kid! There are lots of players on the LPGA and she will be just another one. Who Cares! :tantrum::gripe:
Just what the LPGA needs, another Korean player! :pound:

[SF Kid]

Just what the LPGA needs, another Korean player! :pound:Yep.

At least she speaks a "form" of English although the Queen doesn't think so. ;)

[SF Kid]

Who Cares!I do. And I genuinely hate her.

[McCovey]

I do. And I genuinely hate her.
Yes, we already know that. ;)

[Bear]

Yep.

At least she speaks a "form" of English although the Queen doesn't think so. ;)

The Queen is not in charge here, you are and that is bad enough!:pound:

[McCovey]

Kid, just curious what LPGA players do you like?

[Bear]

Kid, just curious what LPGA players do you like?

Barbie!!!:pound:

[McCovey]

Barbie!!!:pound:
:pound:

[SF Kid]

Mc -- none.

Bear...you stay out of my thread. Dummy.

[SF Kid]

The little b*&*h shot 65 today. :eek:

[McCovey]

Hey, our little girlie is hanging in there. She plays golf like Matt Cain pitches! :pound:


Wie salvages round with late birdies

Associated Press
09/18/2008

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Michelle Wie salvaged a ragged round with a birdie-birdie finish to remain among the leaders after the third round of an LPGA Tour sectional qualifying tournament Thursday.

Wie's closing birdies gave her 2-over 74 on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club, the home of the LPGA Tour's Kraft Nabisco Championship.

That left Wie at 7-under 209 entering Friday's final round. She was fourth and still comfortably inside the top 30 players and ties who will advance to the final qualifying tournament in Florida in December.

Wie again declined requests for interviews after the round.

South Korea's Sun-Ju Ahn and Anna Norqvist, a Swede who played at Arizona State, were tied for the lead at 12 under. Norqvist shot a third-round 67 with just one bogey, while Ahn had a 72 after opening the tournament with consecutive 66s.

Japan's Miki Saiki was 9 under after a 70.

Wie's was even par through seven holes. But she made a triple-bogey 6 on the eighth hole when her tee shot on the par 3 hooked left into trees and apparently lodged in the branches. After searching unsuccessfully for the ball, she again hit from the tee and the ball sailed into the trees, but this time it came out. She pitched on the green and two-putted.

Wie struggled with her tee shots throughout the round, hitting just six of 14 fairways and only one fairway on the back nine. But her short game kept her score lower than it might have been on the final nine, with just one bogey, on the par-4 12th.

She made a 3-foot birdie on the par-3 No. 17 and scrambled from behind a tree on the par-5 closing hole to make a 10-foot birdie.

Wie's threesome in the final round will include Stacy Lewis, who tied for third in the U.S. Women's Open this year. Lewis was 5 under after a 70.

[SF Kid]

Wie again declined requests for interviews after the round.Is she finally starting to get it? Keep your mouth shut and TRY and play. Two over 74. Pfffft.

I guess if she makes it in the top thirty she has to go to Florida to the actual final of the Q-School qualifying before getting her LPGA card. There is still hope she'll implode as usual.

[McCovey]

Looks like Wee Wee made it through.


Michelle Wie breezes through final round of sectional qualifying

Ken Peters
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri Sep 19, 2008

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Michelle Wie breezed through the final round of an LPGA Tour sectional qualifying tournament on a scorching Friday in the desert, shooting a steady 1-under 71 to tie for fourth.

Completing the first step toward earning her tour card, she was 8 under after 72 holes. The 18-year-old Stanford student needed only to finish in the top 30 to advance to final qualifying tournament in Florida in December.

The scene at Mission Hills Country Club was far different than in the past for Wie, who became a golf celebrity at 13 when she played in the final group in the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

This time around, she was just grinding it out along with 163 others hoping to pass the first test toward earning a tour card.

Two Canadians made the cut. Angela Buzminski of Oshawa, Ont., shot a 71 to finish ninth at 285. Lisa Meldrum of Montreal carded a 72 to wind up at 289, tied for 18th.

The qualifying tournament was not open to the public, and for the final round, there were no huge galleries, no grandstands, no food booths; just a golf course.

At the turn, there were some 30 people trailing along with her. As the temperature on the desert course reached 39 C, the group thinned down to 12 or so, including Wie's mother and father.

"When I came the first time (this week), I didn't know where anything was because I was so used to everything being here by the grandstands," she said. "Sometimes you play in big crowd and sometimes you don't. The game's the same, the goal's still the same, the opportunity still's the same. I just try to play my game."

Her game was most uneventful over the last 18 holes. She was 4 under for the day through 12, but bogeyed the next two. She then bogeyed the par-3 17th when she hit into the left bunker, hit out to 10 feet of the cup, but couldn't get her putt to drop.

"I felt like I played pretty solidly," she said. "Had a couple mistakes here and there, but I did what I had to do."

Her forehead was still glistening with sweat.

"It was really hot. That's all I remember," she said. "Even in the shade, it's hot. I'm just waiting to get in the shower. I feel disgusting."

Anna Nordqvist of Sweden shot a 70 to wind up second at 274, and Miki Saiki of Japan had a 69 to finish third at 276.

Wie wasn't able to earn her card this season through sponsor exemptions, not having won enough money to finish the equivalent of 80th on the LPGA Tour money list.

She turned pro in 2005 and a year later had at least a share of the lead on the back nine of three majors. Plagued afterward by wrist injuries, her game fell off dramatically.

Her last victory of any kind was when she was 13 and won the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links.

Wie has always played well at Mission Hill, finishing ninth in the Kraft Nabisco in 2003, fourth the following year, and 14th in 2005.

In 2006, playing the tournament for the first time as a pro, she missed a 10-foot putt on the 72nd hole that would have put her in a playoff with Lorena Ochoa and eventual winner Karrie Webb.
POST # 1,000!!!!

[Bear]

Way to go Mc. Here is to 1000!! Welcome to the club.:toast:

[McCovey]

Way to go Mc. Here is to 1000!! Welcome to the club.:toast:
:toast:

[SF Kid]

Nice going Mc. And to think you did it in the Wie Wie thread. :toast:

[SF Kid]

I see big things for Wie Wie in 2009...

Hopefully it's be playing miniature golf in Modesto.

I guess she now goes to the finals of Q School in Florida. She'll get her card. Should be interesting to see how she does if she focuses on the LPGA and gives up this ridiculous quest to play with the men. Jesus H. Christ what a dumb b****.

[McCovey]

I see big things for Wie Wie in 2009...

Hopefully it's be playing miniature golf in Modesto.

I guess she now goes to the finals of Q School in Florida. She'll get her card. Should be interesting to see how she does if she focuses on the LPGA and gives up this ridiculous quest to play with the men. Jesus H. Christ what a dumb b****.
It was her dad pushing her to play the PGA Tour. I think if she really focuses on the LPGA she'll be one of they best players on the Tour. She has great phyiscal gifts. But can she develop the great golfing mind? That's what we'll find out.

[Bear]

It was her dad pushing her to play the PGA Tour. I think if she really focuses on the LPGA she'll be one of they best players on the Tour. She has great phyiscal gifts. But can she develop the great golfing mind? That's what we'll find out.

Only if she can get away from papa! It appears Dad wanted a boy and got a girl. He should be happy with what she got and let her play with the women.

[SF Kid]

That guy (the father) is an idiot.


And, in this case, like father, like daughter. :puke:

[McCovey]

Only if she can get away from papa! It appears Dad wanted a boy and got a girl. He should be happy with what she got and let her play with the women.
Some men are like that. His daughter was a freak on the golf course at 12 years old so then gets delusions of grandeur and wants to play her on the men's tour. Dude, let your daughter dominate the LPGA first. :rolleyes:

[SF Kid]

Trouble is Mc is that although she has a lot of talent she doesn't think she has to work at it. And to beat the top players on the LPGA she will have to work at it a lot. Having a "lot of game" (in her words) won't/isn't be enough. She seems to think it is.

The rest of the Korean players (+ Ochoa) as you said work at it day and night. She thinks her natural talent will get it done. It won't.

[McCovey]

Trouble is Mc is that although she has a lot of talent she doesn't think she has to work at it. And to beat the top players on the LPGA she will have to work at it a lot. Having a "lot of game" (in her words) won't/isn't be enough. She seems to think it is.

The rest of the Korean players (+ Ochoa) as you said work at it day and night. She thinks her natural talent will get it done. It won't.
Perhaps going to Q school is the first sign that Wee Wee will put the hard work in necesary to win on the LPGA Tour. :o

[SF Kid]

Perhaps going to Q school is the first sign that Wee Wee will put the hard work in necesary to win on the LPGA Tour. :oWell it remains to be seen.

As for Q School I think she just went there and did it on raw talent. That won't be good enough when she is on tour. Those women are way too good for that. Wie Wie (yeah i like Wee Wee better Mc) will have to work at it a lot harder to get to the top of the mountain. I wonder if she has the fire in her belly?

[McCovey]

Well it remains to be seen.

As for Q School I think she just went there and did it on raw talent. That won't be good enough when she is on tour. Those women are way too good for that. Wie Wie (yeah i like Wee Wee better Mc) will have to work at it a lot harder to get to the top of the mountain. I wonder if she has the fire in her belly?
That's the key.

I remember this guy in junior high and high school, Joey Souza. He was the most natually talented kid I ever saw. He was like a mini Bo Jackson. His strength, agility, speed, and power were off the charts. In PE we'd have to climb this 12 foot pole. Most of us would struggle using our arms and legs. Joey would climb up it just with his arms faster than anyone else using their arms and legs. As a 6th grader he was the fastest kid in school, beat all the 8th graders. In the gym we'd have to climb up a wall with wooden pegs. Most of us couldn't do the whole thing. He'd climb the whole wall in no time. He was ripped and had no body fat. He never lifted weights. But he was a dumbass. Not dumb as in retarded but he had no motivation, no desire to excel at anythng. He was just into gang banging, girls, and smoking pot. One time in high school we were going to a track meet and Joey go off the bus right before we left because the coach asked him to do something he didn't want to do. :rolleyes:

I think he could have been a world class sprinter or a great half back if he had any sense and desire to be great. Now that I think of it Joey reminds of Napoleon Kaufman physically.

[SF Kid]

I don't want to say anyting but...

http://www.lpgascoring.com/leaderboard.html

Wie Wie...tied for 61st at +7. That's only 17 shots out of the lead. Looks like she can't hang with the big girls. And, BTW, I saw some of it on TV when I was in Palm Springs. Looks like Wie Wie is "thickening up" in her old age. I wonder what her mother looks like. :rotf:

That is all.

[Bear]

I don't want to say anyting but...

http://www.lpgascoring.com/leaderboard.html

Wie Wie...tied for 61st at +7. That's only 17 shots out of the lead. Looks like she can't hang with the big girls. And, BTW, I saw some of it on TV when I was in Palm Springs. Looks like Wie Wie is "thickening up" in her old age. I wonder what her mother looks like. :rotf:

That is all.

Is this you way of saying she is more well rounded and putting on a few pounds?:pound:

[TkleMstr52]

Gotta love the girls who eat real meals!!:beerbang:

[SF Kid]

70 Michelle Wie +9 F +17 71 81 81 233Niiiice.

She made the cut in this tourney and is now dead last... Yeah she's "got a lot of game". :rolleyes:

+17 for the tournament.

[Bear]

70 Michelle Wie +9 F +17 71 81 81 233Niiiice.

She made the cut in this tourney and is now dead last... Yeah she's "got a lot of game". :rolleyes:

+17 for the tournament.

And your last three rounds were?:pound:

[McCovey]

I can't imagine what The Kid would do with himself if Wie ever won an LPGA major? :shrug: Wie doesn't look any heavier than before to me.

[TkleMstr52]

She doesnt belong with the men, I feel that way about all the women tho. They need to stick to thier own tour.

[McCovey]

She doesnt belong with the men, I feel that way about all the women tho. They need to stick to thier own tour.
Which is why Wie is now a member of the LPGA Tour where she belongs.

[TkleMstr52]

I see, I thought the exemption was for her to play in a pga event, dont watch golf much. Play it more than I watch.

[TkleMstr52]

Thanks for correctin me again AHole!! jk :pound:

[McCovey]

Hey Kid, Wie only finished 25 shots off the pace! :pound:

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard?tour=LGA&key=2009LGAKRAFTNABISCOCHABOARD

[TkleMstr52]

She had them right where she wanted them, then the tourney ended

[SF Kid]

Hey Kid, Wie only finished 25 shots off the pace! :pound:

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard?tour=LGA&key=2009LGAKRAFTNABISCOCHABOARDShe just doesn't have it Mc. All the hype and she's just another player on the LPGA. She made the cut by one shot and then blew up.

I heard but didn't see it that the winner holed out on the last hole for an eagle to win that tournament. Wow..

[McCovey]

She had them right where she wanted them, then the tourney ended
:pound:

[Bear]

She just doesn't have it Mc. All the hype and she's just another player on the LPGA. She made the cut by one shot and then blew up.

I heard but didn't see it that the winner holed out on the last hole for an eagle to win that tournament. Wow..

Reminds me of my game!:eek:

[TkleMstr52]

I had a birdie once, its name was tweety:pound: I was a creative kid, what can I say!!:D

[McCovey]

The Big Wiesy has won her first LPGA tournament! Drinks are on the Kid!

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-lpgatour&prov=ap&type=lgns

[Bear]

Congrats to Michelle Wie on her 1st LPGA Tour win. I believe this will be the first of many over the coming years.:beerbang::clap:

[jandajuice]

who cares about golf

[SF Kid]

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie...

She's bee playing well. She's stopped this crap about playing on the PGA Tour and this ridiculous idea of playing in the Masters. I think she told her parents to take a hike.

I think she turned the corner playing in that tourney where it was USA against the world. She seemed to bond with the players on the team and they have more respect for her now.

We'll have to starrt a Michele Wie is a god thread. She's pretty good.

[Bear]

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie...

She's bee playing well. She's stopped this crap about playing on the PGA Tour and this ridiculous idea of playing in the Masters. I think she told her parents to take a hike.

I think she turned the corner playing in that tourney where it was USA against the world. She seemed to bond with the players on the team and they have more respect for her now.

We'll have to starrt a Michele Wie is a god thread. She's pretty good.

Who is this impostor? Where is the real SF Kid? Someone has kidnapped the Kid!:oops:

[McCovey]

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie...

She's bee playing well. She's stopped this crap about playing on the PGA Tour and this ridiculous idea of playing in the Masters. I think she told her parents to take a hike.

I think she turned the corner playing in that tourney where it was USA against the world. She seemed to bond with the players on the team and they have more respect for her now.

We'll have to starrt a Michele Wie is a god thread. She's pretty good.

Speaking of Wie's parents...

[McCovey]

Some more Wie photos...

[SF Kid]

Damn it...Michelle blew it...

Kim wins in Dubai despite Wie charge

In-Kyung Kim held on to her third-round lead to win the Dubai Ladies Masters Saturday.

December 12, 2009 3:03 p.m.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Michelle Wie’s late charge fell short at the Dubai Ladies Masters on Saturday and In-Kyung Kim claimed a three-shot victory at the season-ending tournament for her first European Tour title.

Wie shot a 7-under 65, tied for the day’s best round, but the 13th-ranked Kim responded to the pressure with a 4-under 68 that left her at 18-under 270. Maria Hjorth was third at 274 after a 68.

“Michelle had a great turn. She had six birdies until 13 and that was very impressive,” Kim said. “But I tried to keep playing my game and I think I did a good job. After I made the birdie on the 10th, I knew I was playing well and had nothing to worry (about).”

Wie could have made Kim sweat on No. 18, but her attempt to reach the green in two failed when her ball rolled back into a water hazard. Wie made par but the pressure was off Kim.

“I was annoyed by that second shot. But you know, other than that, I felt like I tried my hardest out there,” Wie said.

Sophie Gustafson, who finished at 6 under and tied for 14th, did enough to win the European Tour’s Order of Merit title ahead of Catriona Matthew.

Anna Nordqvist was named rookie of the year after shooting a 72 that gave her a share of fourth at 11 under with Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (65), Laura Davies (67) and Tania Elosegui (69).