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teachgolf1 
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 Posted: Jul/20/2008 at 11:12am |
The perfect comment was made by the LPGA official who told her of the DQ."She acted liek a little kid who just found out there was no santa claus". That is exactly what Michelle Wie is, a little kid. In my opinion she doesnt even show the maturity of her age let alone someone who is making the money she is and playing professional golf.
The people who shill for her like Nike and the Golf Channel need to stop. She needs to go back to the drawing board not w her game but w behavior and then come back when she gets it right. And she needs to stop being given any kind of exemptions. The only way for her to earn any respect from anyone is to earn her way onto Tour. Go to Q School or play the Futures Tour but get off the big stage where she keeps falling on her face!
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Flash1
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Posted: Jul/20/2008 at 12:09pm |
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We've all been playing golf for decades. It's a game of strokes. Pros
play before galleries, cameras, officials, and in the company of other
pros. Did she play or not? Did she score or not? Was the score noted
and tallied at every hole and stroke or not? Golf is a game of supposed
honesty and integrity. What the @#%!! is this? Or is it because it's
Wie? Or because we never made mistakes when we were 18 years old?
Sick!!!
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TheBrain
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Posted: Jul/20/2008 at 12:57pm |
C'mon Teach, if you are going to use quote marks then you should use the actual words that were said. How are we supposed to respect a so-called teacher who makes up quotes?
From the AP report: “I felt like I was telling somebody that there was no Santa Claus,” Witters said.
She never said Wie acted like a kid. While we're at it, Wie was never accused of walking in Amaccapane's line at the open, just in some sort of imaginary "through line".
Quit making stuff up to support your anti-Wie stance. She has gone "back to the drawing board" this year. She has said that last year taught her the cold hard truth, has admitted to being humbled by it, as has conducted herself fine this year.
So she made a mistake and forgot to sign her card. I've already given you plenty of examples of other professionals, many of them veterans and most who went through the junior programs, who made the same mistake.
We don't know where she was when the scoring volunteers stopped her. If they told her to go ahead and sign it, it would be normal to assume that you were still within the rules.
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teachgolf1
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Posted: Jul/20/2008 at 1:11pm |
Actually you are wrong Brain. I was at the Open and she was also accused of walking in the line not just in the through line. I saw in person the confrontation between the two fathers.
And yes you gave examples of others who made the same mistake. But this is epidemic w this girl. Not a one time thing.
And really the semantics of the situation do not matter. Where she was, what exactly the official said. What matters is that she does not and has not conduct herself like someone who should be competing in these situations
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teachgolf1
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Posted: Jul/20/2008 at 1:14pm |
from the GOLFWEEK report...
“She was like a little kid after you tell them there’s no Santa Claus,” Witters said.
So as you can see semantics really do not matter because two published reports quoted the same woman differently. Again, the point is that stuff keeps happening w her and it is because she is not ready to be where she is
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Lance Ringler
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Posted: Jul/20/2008 at 2:01pm |
Many may not think she is ready to be out there, but her talent level is far better than many that are out there.
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Doornoch
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Posted: Jul/20/2008 at 3:39pm |
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She is talented and will have a nice career once she is out on her own and actually is able to run her own life. She has never had to think for herself and the LPGA has made many exceptions for her in the past such as changing the rules so an amateur is in the LPGA Championship. Likewise, the USGA gave her an exemption into the U S Open without having to qualify so they also have been enablers for her. This latest incident says more about how poorly run the LPGA is than Michelle when she can walk out of the scorers area without the rules official mentioning that she needed to sign her card. Can you imagine that happening on the PGA TOUR? I can't either.
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TheBrain
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Posted: Jul/20/2008 at 8:31pm |
The AP quote and Golfweek's quote are both accurate, she made the analogy twice. If you are going to paraphrase someone, don't use quote marks.
Regarding Wie's professionalism, here is Witter again:
SUE WITTERS: "She should be proud of herself for how she handled it. She was the utmost professional. She couldn't have handled it any better if the script was written.
You know, how do you feel when you make a dumb mistake? Not too good. I hope she doesn't let it effect her adversely down the road. You know, it's like how many times does she have to go to the school of hard knocks? I think she's been there plenty. Hopefully, this is the last, you know?
I don't know what's in her head except she should be proud of the way she handled it."
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logic101
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Posted: Jul/21/2008 at 3:41pm |
Hey Flash1. Not sure if you were serious with your comments.
I have always felt that the pro tours were foolish for having players'
participation based on a signing of a score card. Worse case scenario
is having your playing partner keep your score card. Someone follows
behind each group and keeps the players score. At the end of the round,
the only thing the officials should ask the player is if he or she agrees with
the tabulated score. If there are no disputes, the score stands. To disqualify
a pro player based on the signing of a score card is archaic and idiotic. I can
understand non-pro golfers signing score cards as there may not be anyone
following behind them to tabulate their score, but tha's not the case with pro golfers.
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gonegolfin
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Posted: Jul/21/2008 at 5:08pm |
It's a bad mistake at that level because it cost her so much, but kids her age make that mistake all the time...in college!
I do feel bad for her because she was so close to "earning" her way on the tour with a good tournament.
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