Your Game Is Wie-k
⊆ 8/04/2008 10:59:00 PM by Tommy Ricchezza | Golf , Michelle Wie . | ˜ 0 comments »When will Michelle Wie's mis-adventures on the PGA Tour end? Does she really need to keep humiliating herself? I understand that she is eager to prove herself, but is this really the way to do so?
The 18-year old Wie has played in eight PGA tournaments in her career and has failed to make the cut in all eight. The most recent attempt was this past weekend at the Reno-Tahoe Open where she missed the cut by 9 strokes after shooting a second round 80.
Wie has gained notoriety for being the youngest golfer to play in a PGA Tour Event (14), and the youngest golfer to make a cut in an LPGA Tournament (13), among other noteable firsts. What she has failed to do however, is to win a tournament on the LPGA level. She has been the runner-up before, but has failed to be the one to hoist a trophy in a professional tournament. Wie should focus upon honing her game to the point where she can be a consistent threat to win tournaments on her own tour before she attempts to play on the PGA Tour again. By continually playing on the PGA Tour, she is giving herself a poor reputation. What is the sense in trying to make a cut on the PGA Tour? Making a cut should only be a intermediary goal on the way to being competitive and winning a PGA Tour event. Until she does, Wie should remain with the LPGA Tour and wake me when she has finally gotten around to being consistently competitive with the upper-echelon of women's golfers like Sorenstam and Ochoa.
