Michelle Wie is annoying. Wie gets more press than Terrell Owens. Amazing for a girl who only recently got her drivers license. For those of you unfamiliar with "the big wiesy" you can read all about her here.
What gets my goat about Wie is that she has absolutely no respect for the other players on the LPGA tour. Wie does not have a tour card and plays at all major tournaments with exemption cards. Basically that means that she gets a free pass to come play while other players have to try to qualify for these events. That is bullshit. Paula Crammer, Morgan Pressel, Annika Sorrenstam, Karrie Webb all had to go to Q School and qualify to be on tour. What makes Wie any different? If she is getting paid and believe me she is getting paid she should have to go to Q School. Nike pays her $20 million a year in endorsements. Thats a lot of coin to spend on tasteless earrings.
There is no doubt that Wie is talented. She has a beautiful swing and she can get a hold of the ball. But, it seems to me that Wie is constantly trying to bend the rules. The rules of golf much like the rules of hair care are finite. You have to follow them. Without these rules there would be anarchy in the world. The purpose of this whole rant has to do with Wie's behavior at the Ginn Tournament this weekend. Wie pulled out because she had a wrist injury. This injury has become suspect to many on the tour. Wie was on the cusp of not breaking 88 as a round score. If you fail to break an 88 at any point during the season and you aren't a member of the LPGA you're banned from all events for the rest of the season. Wie's manager was alerted of this by LPGA officials. Wie met with her manager and decided to withdraw from the tournament with a "wrist injury". That is weak. First of all why is the LPGA alerting a manager of the rules and second why is he allowed to meet with her on the course to discuss this? A player can only take advice from his/her caddie while playing a round. After conferencing with her manager she simply told the rules official "We aren't going to play anymore". This disgusts me to no end. I can't decide who disgusts me more. Wie for bending the rules on numerous occasions? Or the LPGA for continuing to cater to her?
Not only am I not tired of her, but I have utterly no idea who she is. :-)
Posted by: La Gringa | June 05, 2007 at 10:37 PM
Well, call me a "just one frothing-at-the-mouth, shrieking fit short of a padded cell" conspiracy theorist, but one gets the impression that because Wie is young, hot, thin, and not obviously dyke-y in any broad brush stroke sense of that term, the LPGA thinks she is the ideal poster child for the future of women's golf, rules be damned. And bent. And broken.
Posted by: Miz B | June 06, 2007 at 11:08 AM
why you gotta hit my sisters on the LPGA?
Posted by: exilegrrl | June 06, 2007 at 02:05 PM
No hitting, exilegrrl, don't misunderstand. Mine is more of a response to the commerce driven culture of EVERYGODDAMNTHING nowadays. Look at Annika Sorrenstam - probably the best women's golfer ever, right? Is she going to sell ad time on a major network during the women's LPGA Championship? Is some ad exec more apt to think the Michelle Wie might? Is having her out of the rest of the championships on the tour this year good for their bottom line? Miz B don't think so. Integrity means so little these days. Oh, and check out Sorrenstam's comments about Wie's withdrawal in today's paper. "Lack of class", I believe, is a direct quote.
Posted by: Miz B | June 06, 2007 at 02:38 PM