Am I right? The girl is awful. Maybe good in general, but a HORRIBLE professional. First off, women shouldnt be allowed to play with the men, you would never let a woman play in the NFL, NBA, MLB or in college they would never mix, why in golf? Second, she sucks and will never win a tournament with the men, hell she cant even beat the women.
In saying that, I actually wouldnt have a problem with Sorenstam playing the men b/c she is proven she is by far the best woman golfer in the world, but Wie hasnt proven anything...absolutely anything. This is a joke.......Wie doesnt even EARN her way there, she is just givin it b/c she's a damn girl....
Where do you stand? She should be in mens, she shouldnt, or she should after she proves herself?
Also, they should let the men play in the womens tourneys if they are gonna let the women play in the mens...then they wouldnt like it so much.
2006-11-23 05:47:43 · 16 answers · asked by wcbaseball4 4 in Sports ➔ Golf
How has she ever proven herself? She hasnt even won against women..........not a single professional victory...she's terrible
2006-11-23 05:56:26 · update #1
I just think of her as the comic relief. Every tournament she can be counted on to do something hilarious... heat exhaustion, cheating, firing caddy, coming in dead last.
I especially like it when she makes comments like today when she said, "I'm not really playing that bad..." after she shot 9-over! Or after her last dead-last finish with the men when she said, "I'm going to have to hit the weights...", as if more strength will somehow help keep the ball in the fairway.
My personal hope is that she sets an unbreakable record for most dead-last finishes in a row and/or that she gets in a fist fight with her caddy or that feisty Morgan Pressel! That would be great. Or, if she got caught cheating for a 3rd time - I'd love to hear her expanation for that.
And sooner or later we will all get the satisfaction of seeing her limp back to the LPGA with her tail between her legs.
But hey, she made $20M her first year in endorsements so even if she is the Anna Kornikova of golf she gets the last laugh at the bank. Lets all boycott Nike!
2006-11-23 11:41:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Too many people think that Michelle Wie is the problem. She is not the problem, it's the elite players on the Tour who don't support the lesser PGA tour events, even those with purses in the millions.
You have a lot of sponsors putting up lots of money for these events. People will show up if Eldrick and Phil are not playing, but Michelle Wie is. Well at least for Thursday and Friday.
TV networks have also shelled out big money to get PGA tour events, and they have to take events like the Kmart Pitch and Putt Pro-Am along with the majors and high profile events. Michelle Wie gets in the field, you can sell commercials. Well at least you can for Thursday and Friday.
And like it makes a big difference to fans that she's in the field and JL Lewis or Skip Kendall doesn't get in. Face it, there are a lot of tour events, and more each year, that are completely unwatchable.
Her sponsors are telling her to keep doing what she's doing. She's probably out-earning most if not all the LPGA players. Like anybody who criticizes her would do anything different.
Heck, Tiger just showed what he thought of the Tour Championship. Then he went and followed the money to Asia, where his appearance fee was greater than the total purse for the event. Tired from the Ryder Cup? Whatever.
The tour has too many events, so a circus act like Michelle Wie doesn't hurt anything.
don't forget, she's just a girl...
The PGA did it to themselves. They coddle their players even if they don't play in many events. Now they have to deal with it. Michelle Wie even helps them out by making less marketable events more attractive.
2006-11-23 07:04:07 · answer #2 · answered by H_A_V_0_C 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
So what are you saying she sucks? I sure if you were the only girl and ONLY 16, wouldn't you feel a bit nerves. Sorenstam sucks I don't how she how she is that good SHE LOOKS MORE AND MORE LIKE A MAN EVERY TIME I SEE HER. Wie has proven it for her age. Find me another girl her age that can cream the $hit out of the ball as she can.
2006-11-23 09:25:09 · answer #3 · answered by Andy 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
ahh yes this question
ok so i have seen her play in person,..and her swing is pretty ammazing...she seems to struggle at times with easy putts..often not putting them with right speed....her short game and ballstriking aspects of her game are good but i have seen better at her age with non-professionals.
with all that said..out of golf? NO
out of the pga tour? PLEEEEEEEEEEASE..i am absolutely tired of hearing..this is the tournament when she gets better and makes the cut....
shes wasting her time playing somewhere she WONT win(even if she does end up makin the cut) so i dont know what shes thinking of doing....
every postround interview seems to start with..."well i feel like i played good and this was the round..." and im sick of hearin it
mike duemig...co host of the grey goose hole on the golf channel...is one of her harshest critics and i absolutely love his motto...i dont have a problem with her playin with the men..AFter she proves herself on the lpga
enough said.
2006-11-23 08:44:10 · answer #4 · answered by Brown man 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree 100%!
She sucks and she's taking a spot from another deserving golf pro. If she really wants to play, she should be made to qualify for the tournament.
But... the people who pay for everything, the sponsors give her that special exemption. Guess they have every right to make that decision in capitalist country like US.
2006-11-23 07:13:28 · answer #5 · answered by terencework 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think she should win on the Women's Tour first. It's one thing for Annika to try, it's quite another for Winless Wie to do it.
And no, I don't think men should b on the women's tour
2006-11-23 05:53:26 · answer #6 · answered by k_e_p_l_e_r 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I also think that the if the women are going to play on the men's tour, they need to tee it up from the men's tees and not the women's.
2006-11-23 06:27:03 · answer #7 · answered by boeckers2 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The jokes on us dude....she made $$$$ this year. It's pure marketing,dollar signs and her international looks that people can't get beyond....and wie can't do anything about it.
2006-11-24 03:27:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
they tried to put her with the men way to soon
2006-11-23 06:41:24 · answer #9 · answered by Doug 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Really, I never thought that was right!
2006-11-23 05:51:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋