The first nine holes are in the books. She’s +2 after the first nine, tied for 75th. She started on the back and happily for her, the front is significantly easier. According to my sources on site, she did not hit driver at all on the front nine. According to people on site, David Leadbetter has her swinging at 80% because she really is hurt and more than that...
Sal Johnson of Golf Observer points out there were a number of unsavory things happening from Team Wie…like her father BJ offering options while looking for her ball on 15. Sal will have my Black Mesa piece and a Tom Doak pieces up soon on Golf Observer. Next, Beth Ann Baldry of Golfweek has some stinging observations, among them: “Wie said she WD’d...
Thank goodness Geoff Shackelford is on top of this. And Golf Observer too, linking to this excellent Jeff Hartsell article from the Charlston paper. During her four question, two minute interview with Golf Channel, Wie said “you know” THIRTY times…at once three times in a row in the same sentence fragment. That got into Stanford. I’ll...
Phil Mickelson withdrew from the Memorial Tournament after 11 holes with a wrist injury. Sean O’Hair was -7 after twelve to lead by three as of 1:00 p.m. Michelle Wie also withdrew today. She split from the Ginn open in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. with just two holes left in the day. She was a ghastly 14-over after sixteen holes. From the article on Fox Sports:...
***UPDATE*** Matt Biondi at Cybergolf got this great quote from one LPGA player about Wie getting a sponsor’s exemption to the Samsung World Championship. “We’re working our butts off while it’s just handed to her.” Matt, I think that player meant “handed to her without her earning it…” Besides her getting an exemption...
Sirak says that Wie may play in the John Deere. I’ll be interviewing a few people about that soon, but I’ll bet one of you dinner at Sushi Samba that the casino masters of Turning Stone Casino invite Wie to their post-FedEX Cup card-quest event for guys struggling for Tour exemptions next year to boost gate receipts. She’ll probably come..after...
Well, here you go. The tour players voted in a landslide – 70% in favor of declaring The Players golf’s fifth major. That’s “fifth of five,” Geoff Shackelford. There is no need to resist this. Don’t be preconditioned and afraid of change. Embrace Sawgrass as hosting a major…after all, you can go play it. Now by an even...
According to an article in The Australian, Michelle Wie’s swing coach David Leadbetter implies Michelle has not got any men’s events planned for the moment. This is a wise decision for Michelle. She was clearly overmatched. She can concentrate on learning how to close out tournaments and winning. She has plenty of talent, so I fully expect she...
Make no mistake – if Michelle Wie had won the Kraft Nabisco this week, we would never have heard the end of it. All the talk about “Lady Tiger” and “making history” and “one of the 100 most important people who shape our world” would have been resurrected and we’d be swimming in hullabaloo, hyperbole and ham-fisted hero...
Let’s sop up the weekend sports au jus in Bullet Points today: 1. We’ll start with golf. Tadd Fujikawa ended his dream weekend and started his dream career with a terrific T-20 5-under performance at the Sony Open. The roars heard all over the course for the kid were reminiscent of a rock concert and the kid was grateful, humble and fun to watch the whole...
It’s not a dog and pony show, it’s a shell game. A dog and pony show has the potential of being true, if a little campy and delivered with some slick marketing. A shell game on the other hand is exactly what “Michelle Wie against reality the men” has become – a false bill of goods. Let’s debunk a few of the myths the mainstream...
To: All Staff Writers, Columnists, Researchers, Wie Warriors I mean Wie Supporters, Marketers, Branders, etc. Fr: Editors Re: Michelle Wie (R) is 17 today After review of all field resources, consultation with the branding department, expert analysis from Martha Burk, three public opinion polls, and a note from Michelle’s dad, wie (R) have some operational...
Two long time bloggers have done some excellent work on the Michelle Wie debate. Tony K at Hooked on Golf Blog had this hilarious picture (and the one from my piece below on “What Planet are Wie on?”). The statistical analysis is particularly telling. I hope he can do a chart analyzing all ten of Michelle’s tries. That would be interesting. Next, I...
As we go to press, Michelle Wie closed out the first nine holes at Nemacolin’s Mystic Rock Course with a dismal 42. That’s six-over par for the front nine and six-over in a mere five hole span. She stands at plus-eleven overall, tied for dead last with Boyd Summerhays at the 84 Lumber Classic. But the situation is so much worse not for the score, but for...
Ron Sirak has two excellent pieces two ponder: 1. This piece on how hitting into galleries and clubhouses and getting a free drop is unfair. Personally, I also thinks it violates the spirit of the game as well; and 2. This piece on the latest Michelle Wie windmill tilt. Again, I ask the question. If we absolutely, positively have to have a woman make the cut in a...