Calling Michelle Wie’s behavior at her Reno/Tahoe presser petulant, deluded, and ungrateful – something that many people notice at a lot of her pressers – Czaban fired off this epic rant.
From the article:
“Her performance at the pre-pre-tournament presser for the Reno-Tahoe Open was at best laughable. She claims to not recall saying earlier this year that she was going to focus on playing just LPGA events. She issued nonsensical psycho-babble about her goal of just playing “pain free.” (What’s the “Pain Par” for a golf course, anyway?) And she seemed defiant about anybody who didn’t wish her the very best in this idiotic quest.
What I was hoping for — and I don’t know why I even thought it might happen — was for a little dose of humility from this girl. I was hoping she might say something like:
“You know, I am really focused on getting my full time LPGA card. But I only have one event left on the LPGA, and after last week’s scorecard situation, I just felt I was playing too well not to keep playing. So I’m here this week to compete the best I can and sharpen my game. I hope the men on this tour, who are the best players in the world, appreciate the unique situation I am in.”
Nah. Nothing of the sort.
Petulance. Entitlement. Delusion.”
Here’s some of the hard evidence he cites:
“Question — “In retrospect, do you feel like you owed Annika (Sorenstam) an explanation for what happened, since she was the hostess and you did have a sponsor’s exemption?”
Michelle Wie’s answer — “I mean, well, just I don’t think I need to apologize for anything. It’s just I played bad, but that’s what golf is. Sometimes you play good and sometimes you play bad. Unfortunately I played bad on that week, and it’s just-I wasn’t playing like myself. Like I said, my wrist was not the way I wanted it to be. I tweaked it on 10. It just wasn’t feeling good the whole day.
So, I don’t really feel like I have to apologize for anything. I just have to take care of my body and move forward and only think of positive things.”
Here Wie go again. Let’s see if she learned from her mistakes. But it sure doesn’t look like it. As czaban said earlier:
“Right now, the Wie family has produced a young woman who is totally lost in her game, smothered under the weight of her contractual obligations, a pariah among her peers on the LPGA Tour and increasingly the subject of media scorn.
Good job. At least I hope the money has been invested wisely.”
