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Michelle Wie likely makes cut at Casio World Open
thegolfchannel.com ^ | 11-24-05 | self

Posted on 11/24/2005 8:54:00 PM PST by staytrue

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To: staytrue

Looks like she choked and missed the cut.


21 posted on 11/24/2005 10:35:11 PM PST by Cowboy Bob (Liberalism cannot survive in a free and open society.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Actually, I could be wrong about that because the leader also bogeyed the last hole and if the 10 shot rule is in effect, Wie still makes the cut.

The 10 shot rule applies to the PGA in the US. I don't know if it applies in Japan.


22 posted on 11/24/2005 10:36:20 PM PST by staytrue
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To: Cowboy Bob

She choked but may have backed in via the 10 shot rule which applies in the US.

I don't know if it applies in Japan.


23 posted on 11/24/2005 10:39:04 PM PST by staytrue
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To: staytrue
I don't know if it applies in Japan.

Don't know either, but maybe they will give her a sponsor's exemption :0)

24 posted on 11/24/2005 10:42:29 PM PST by Cowboy Bob (Liberalism cannot survive in a free and open society.)
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To: staytrue

Does she have a long history of beating women tour pros?


25 posted on 11/24/2005 10:43:18 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

She is 16 years old and still in high school.

She does not have a long history of anything really.


26 posted on 11/24/2005 10:44:40 PM PST by staytrue
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To: staytrue

So, why all the attention?


27 posted on 11/24/2005 10:50:36 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: Cowboy Bob

KOCHI, Japan (AP) -- Michelle Wie bogeyed her final two holes Friday, missing the cut against the men at the Casio World Open.

Wie, who shot a 1-over 73 in the opening round, had three birdies and six bogeys at the Kochi Kuroshio Country Club course for a 3-over 75 and a 36-hole total of 4-over 148.

The top 60 players in the $1.7 million Japanese men's tour event made the cut.

The 16-year-old American is only the second woman to play in a Japanese men's event. Sophie Gustafson missed the cut in the 2003 Casio tournament.


28 posted on 11/24/2005 10:51:39 PM PST by staytrue
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

She is 16, a girl, and can play with the guys.


29 posted on 11/24/2005 10:53:03 PM PST by staytrue
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To: satchmodog9

What a pretty young lady.


30 posted on 11/24/2005 10:55:23 PM PST by Dustbunny (Main Stream Media -- Making 'Max Headroom' a reality.)
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To: kpbruinfan
"Annika Sorenstam, the best women's golfer ever, played The Colonial a couple years back, missed the cut and admitted it was too much course for her."

IIRC, The Colonial was the second shortest course on tour that year, which is specifically why Annika selected it. She missed the cut by five shots in a tournament that the top players don't even bother playing.

This just shows how much better the male golfers are. As great a player as Annika is, she would have to play her best golf on one of the easiest courses just to have a chance of making the cut. If Tiger or Vijay played the LPGA Tour, they would win EVERY single tournament. That's the difference.

If any woman is going to make a cut on the PGA Tour, it's probably Wie. She has the length. Whether her putting, short game, wedge game, etc. will develop as she matures remains the big question.
31 posted on 11/24/2005 11:02:03 PM PST by CALawyer
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To: staytrue

And can make excuses with the best of them.

"Because of a backlog of players, Wie had to wait 40 minutes after her first nine holes. She then missed a couple of putts on Nos. 2 and 3 to go 3 over.

"I never had to wait like that before," Wie said. "I missed a couple of 4- or 5-foot putts that I should have made."


32 posted on 11/24/2005 11:02:10 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: kpbruinfan
She's got tremendous talent no doubt, but she knows she won't make any money - or lasting fame - beating the girls. She's made no secret that she wants to be the first woman to play in the Masters and she gears her schedule toward winning tournaments that will get her a free invite. I don't believe she has a chance to win it but the publicity will be enormous if she does get in. Annika Sorenstam, the best women's golfer ever, played The Colonial a couple years back, missed the cut and admitted it was too much course for her. I guess I'm really just disgusted by the publicity-grubbing stunt she's pulling.

Well said. Wie's fame is built not on being a really good young player, because phenoms are a dime a dozen in any sport. No, she's famous for 1) being really hot at too young an age (which is not her fault), and 2) trying to become the "Jackie Robinson" of women's golf, which doesn't annoy me as long as she truly earns the mantle. But unlike Indy Car racer Danica Patrick (who had the fastest qualifying time in the 2005 Indy 500 and finished fourth), Wie doesn't seem to want to earn it; she wants it to be handed to her.

How many people are aware of the fact that despite the massive publicity Wie gets, she has never won a tournament against professional players? On the other hand, at the age of eighteen, Paula Creamer -- whom you may never have heard of -- did, and has won two LPGA events in her short career. She is second on the 2005 LPGA earnings list, trailing only Annika Sorenstam.

As I wrote in the post linked above, wake me when Wie wins a tournament against her own gender.

33 posted on 11/24/2005 11:12:30 PM PST by L.N. Smithee (How Many Lies Will The MSM Repeat To Enable a Bush Impeachment? http://lnsmitheeblog.blogspot.com)
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To: staytrue
She is 16, a girl, and can play with the guys.

Uh huh. Say, how many women's tournaments has she won?

34 posted on 11/24/2005 11:14:21 PM PST by L.N. Smithee (How Many Lies Will The MSM Repeat To Enable a Bush Impeachment? http://lnsmitheeblog.blogspot.com)
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To: staytrue

Does that mean men get to play for prize money in women's tournaments? It should open up a new source of income for teaching pros everywhere.

Get her off the men's circuit and stop this crap.


35 posted on 11/24/2005 11:15:41 PM PST by Roy Tucker
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Blame her Korean slave driving father. He's the one who's pushing her so hard to bypass the womens tournaments and try to play on mans to rack up the endorsement deals.

Christ, I don't care how long she can drive a ball. She's only 16 and needs to gain more experience playing on a woman's tour first.


36 posted on 11/25/2005 2:16:42 AM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: staytrue

She can "play with the guys" because of sponsors' exemptions. She has missed the cut six times at mens tournaments and made the cut zero times.


37 posted on 11/25/2005 3:13:39 AM PST by Dilbert56
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

But the tournament directors should stop giving her exemptions.


38 posted on 11/25/2005 3:25:32 AM PST by Roy Tucker
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To: Khurkris

Look, there is no jealousy whatsoever. I hope Michelle Wie goes on to be the greatest woman golfer in the history of the sport. It would be great for women's golf. She's pretty and seems reasonably intelligent.

The issue is that her exemptions and playing in men's tournaments prevents a man from earning money as a professional in his sport. My point is why should it only work one way. I know there are a lot of club pros who could make the cut and make money on the women's tour.

Why should it only work one way in this era of supposed women's lib?

I can understand in a sport where there is no equivalent women's profession, but can't see it in golf.


39 posted on 11/25/2005 3:44:43 AM PST by Roy Tucker
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To: Khurkris
Whats with all the negative comments?

Jealousy?

Damn right. 73/75 I'm jealous.

40 posted on 11/25/2005 5:12:45 AM PST by bkepley
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