Wie withdraws from Ginn Tribute after 16 holes (14 over)

AP via ESPN.com ^ | 05/31/07 | Unknown

[Froufrou]

If you think back to the famous tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, you’ll recall an interesting and pertinent discourse concerning male vs. female centers of gravity and strength.

It was said at that time the she would lose because men have upper body strength whereas women have lower body strength.

So much for predicting female athletic performance against males.

As for her being a star or not, don’t you think that depends on how many other 17-year-old girls have like golf scores?

[Maximus of Texas]

"It was said at that time the she would lose because men have upper body strength whereas women have lower body strength.

She won because she was in the prime of her career and Riggs was 61.

[the OlLine Rebel]

True. But, you know, men are ALWAYS better than women, no matter what.....

[Froufrou]

She won because Riggs’ BMI was off the charts. That he ever expected to haul that flab around and beat her is ludicrous.

[Maximus of Texas]

Agreed.

[theFIRMbss]

>Wie withdraws; Mickelson withdraws

Oh! Wonder if Phil
will turn up at a resort
with his Asian "niece"...

[Froufrou]

Now that’s funny!

[theFIRMbss]

>But I'm not sure why it's still "bandaged"...

Well, when real athletes
take a looooonnnnnnng time to heal then
people think steroids...

[Froufrou]

Steroids would explain her size, too.

[CougarGA7]

Wie didn't want to play?

[the OlLine Rebel]

Which is exactly what the premise of Riggs’ challenge was...

[theFIRMbss]

>Michelle Wii ...

Maybe that is why her wrist will not heal--she plays Wii golf constantly!

[Cowboy Bob]

It's not like she's Anna "what's a semifinal?"

Anna won some Doubles titles. Plus, Anna is HOT.

[Cowboy Bob]

So much for predicting female athletic performance against males.

Riggs was restricted to half the court. It was by no means and even match. Besides, I think Riggs threw the match. He made out better financially by losing.

[Froufrou]

Money is the only reason either of them did it. Riggs wasn’t really a serious athelete, anyway.

[Cowboy Bob]

Riggs wasn’t really a serious athlete, anyway.

If you recall, Riggs had already beaten Margaret Court. She was the #1 ranked woman tennis player at the time.

Surprisingly, Riggs was a fairly good tennis player in his day (in the '30s and '40s)

[Froufrou]

No, I hadn’t thought of that. I don’t follow tennis much and I don’t remember Court. I remember Martina as King’s biggest competition. I remember Arthur Ashe as the man to beat.

By the time the King match came up that blond was already climbing up, the one with the tennis bracelet. OTOH, it was really a little before my time. I think I was still in high school.

[gotribe]

She’s a little young for ginn tributes.

[L.N. Smithee]

I’m not sure. She’s never won on the women’s tour and yet she keeps trying to play with the men. Beat someone of your own sex first, then maybe try to take on the men.

Her own coach has said as much, but she can't hear -- the money's talking too loudly.

The clock is running out on Wie. In the same way that Anna Kournikova became completely irrelevant once Maria Sharapova won a Grand Slam tournament, she's going to be among the all-time underachievers of sport if she doesn't win something before she turns older than 18 years, nine months, and seventeen days (the age Paula Creamer won a four-round tournament, the second youngest ever) and give some return on about $40 million in endorsement cash.