The Michelle Wie Meltdown Continues

Michelle Wie’s abysmal play continues in the US Open:

Michelle Wie was in good company at the U.S. Women’s Open, but in the worst way.

In a rugged start to the biggest event in women’s golf, the 17-year-old from Hawaii continued her free fall Thursday by hitting only four fairways and matching her highest score ever in this championship with an 82.

While her bad play continues, the backlash against Wie continues as well:

In the two weeks since Annika Sorenstam publicly criticized 17-year-old Michelle Wie for a "lack of respect and class" in the way she withdrew from the Ginn Tribute tournament this month, Sorenstam said Tuesday she has had no contact with Wie or anyone else from her camp. Asked specifically if an apology this week at the U.S. Women’s Open would be too little too late, Sorenstam replied, "It’s never too late." <…>

"I just voiced my opinion a few weeks ago," she said, referring to Wie’s withdrawal, when she left the course citing a wrist injury after being 14 over par through 16 holes. "But I think I have said what I wanted said and I’m over it. I’m here and I’m playing and that’s really what matters to me. I’m not really sure how they deal with these type of things. All I can say is I said what I wanted to say and I stand for what I say and I still feel that way."

I think Sorenstam is going at this the wrong way because I really can’t blame Wie for what is going on, she is still only 17 years old.  Everything that is going on with Wie can be linked right back to her father.  He is the guy that should be apologizing for what he is doing to his daughter’s career and its effects on women’s golf in general.  Need I remind everyone what her dad had to say about his daughter to the Korean media in order to score endorsement dollars in Korea.  He has completely sold out his daughter to make money and the expense of developing her talent. 

Remember her father is also the same guy who blew off advice from Tiger Woods to develop her talent at the amateur level in order to learn how to win before competing in professional events:

"Michelle shot even par on the PGA Tour at age 14. How old was Tiger when he did that?" he added. "Whenever we hear these statements by Tiger, we don’tunderstand. It [Woods’ position] doesn’t make any sense."

Michelle Wie is still young enough to turn it around and hopefully turn her career into a Jennifer Capriati story instead of the Anna Kournikova route she is currently going. 

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Mark
17 years ago

Well, hopefully her dad she has made enough money to retire already.

wangkon936
wangkon936
17 years ago

BJ Wie is an idiot. Damn stupid adjushi…

The Florida Masochis
17 years ago

GI,

Annika is being a hypocrite(and will be a Knucklehead winner when I do a marathon on July 4th.) She's criticizing Michelle for withdrawing from the Ginn Tribute and then practicing at another tournament site two days later.

Last November Annika played in the Merril Lynch shootout the same weekend the LPGA had its tournament of Champions in Alabama. There is a LPGA rule requiring players to play in a tournament at least once every four years. Annika hadn't played at the TOC since 2002, so Annika was required to play the TOC but didn't do so. Actually she brushed off those who criticized her not playing. I posted about this all back when it happened.

http://thefloridamasochist.blogspot.com/2006/11/w

Michelle was wrong, so was Annika. Two wrongs don't make a right, and Annika is being hypocritical for criticizing Michelle for her conduct when she's done the same.

There's also some other rule cheating episodes involving Annika. Look at this.

http://thefloridamasochist.blogspot.com/2006/06/k

The pot calling the kettle black. Annika needs to look at herself in the mirror.

I honestly think Michelle has an injury problem. It would account for the drop off in her play.

Cheers,

Bill

Tony
Tony
17 years ago

You know, the more I read about BJ Wie, the less impressed I am.

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?t

Willy
Willy
17 years ago

[b]"Michelle Wie is still young enough to turn it around and hopefully turn her career into a Jennifer Capriati story instead of the Anna Kournikova route she is currently going."[/b]

Not only did Anna Kournikova never win anything, she never even came close. Michelle already has several 2nd and 3rd place finishes on the LPGA tour.

If she will stop for a while and let herself heel, I'm sure her first win won't take that long.

The Florida Masochis
17 years ago

GI,

I don't care for BJ Wie either. Many of Michelle's problems fall are directly the result of decisions.

Michelle has second and third place finishes. The semis at Wimbledon is no better than 3rd place.

Cheers,

Bill

kingkitty
kingkitty
17 years ago

Yea but Anna Korn is Hot

wangkon936
wangkon936
17 years ago

Remember, Michelle is a minor so all these professional decisions she can't legally make for herself. Thus her parents (particularly BJ) are even more to blame for this situation.

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Anna Kournikova is one of the sexiest russian tennis players i have ever seen. Russian tennis players are really pretty eh.:-.

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