Before Saturday, I was not a big rah-rah for Michelle Wie but after the 7th in Saturdays delayed second round I am now firmly of the opinion that this young lady is going to be a major star...If she can get that putting thing down she'll be a superstar!!! That shot from the rough onto the green was AWESOME!!! One of the commentators said it was the best four he'd ever seen. I totaly agree. To come off that hole with a four after the penalty stroke, drop into a muddy lie and a putt that was defiantly not a gimmie was the most amazing thing I have ever seen a woman golfer do and only a few things I can think of that anyone, man or woman, has done and I have been lucky enough to see have been as good or better. So here's to Michelle!!! We always said in the Marine Corps that if you couldn't run with the big dogs you should stay under the porch. M.W. can run with the big dogs and most of them will have a view of her "doggy hind-end" if you catch my drift.
Seems to me that shes all about attention, why else would you want to try to play in the US Open?
A wise man once said, "Even the sun shines on a dogs behind every once and awhile"
I frankly, am tired of hearing about her, she's nothing more then a attention *****
"why else would you want to try to play in the US Open?" Why do several thousand men with very little chance try to qualify? Are they just doing it for the attention?
As for describing a 16 year old female who so far as any of us know has done nothing to merit being labeled any kind of a "****", well, fella, that says more about your morality and good judgement than hers!!!
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I think Ms. Wie deserves every bit of attention she has been given, and has backed it up with her play.
As for her bid to compete in the U.S. Open, I think it's great. She's not getting some sort of special treatment or an exemption - she is going through the qualifying process like all the men do, and outperforming most of them. And I think that is what really bothers guys like blackwater - a 16 year old girl can outperform them on the golf course. That's why they are tired of hearing about her, because they know on their best day they cannot play to the same level as she can.
"why else would you want to try to play in the US Open?" Why do several thousand men with very little chance try to qualify? Are they just doing it for the attention?
As for describing a 16 year old female who so far as any of us know has done nothing to merit being labeled any kind of a "****", well, fella, that says more about your morality and good judgement than hers!!!
So, by what your saying then is all these men are just doing it for attention? So lets say some of these men decide they want to play in the US Woman Open, you wouldn't say that they are just trying to get attention? Come on, everyone knows she's doing it just for the attention and thats it.
As for you Inconsistent, many people can out perform me on the course, being in a profession that I am in you learn very quickly that there is always someone bigger and badder, however opinions differ from person to person and I know a few people that think the same way I do about Wie, she's just looking for attention and thats it. We call that, well I spelled it out in the above post.
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From this thread, it is refreshing that Michelle's play appears to be winning over more and more people.
threefeathers, that shot you described, she did a similar thing at the US Open local qualifier, when she was under tremendous pressure on her 2nd last hole. She hit it left and had absolutely no route to the green. She had to hit the ball back away from the hole onto the fairway. From there she knocked it about 180 yards to 10 feet, and knocked in the putt to save par.
Maybe a year earlier, she probably would have made triple bogey on that hole and ruined her chance of getting to US Open sectional.
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On the attention thing, I think Donnakay described it well. She tried to qualify for the US Open, for the same reason as the others.
1. to try to actually qualify.
2. if failing to qualify, to do as well as possible and gain as much experience as possible.
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As for Blackwater, I know his kind. If she qualifies for next years US Open, he will say, why did she bother, what chance has she of making the cut. Then if she makes the cut later, he will say, what chance has she of winning and so on.
So, by what your saying then is all these men are just doing it for attention?
No Donnakay said, Michelle is doing it to try to qualify, just like the other players.
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So lets say some of these men decide they want to play in the US Woman Open, you wouldn't say that they are just trying to get attention?
They would not try to qualify for the US Womens Open because it is for women only.
The US Open is for anyone who can qualify.
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Come on, everyone knows she's doing it just for the attention and thats it.
She's doing it to try to improve her game, and hopefully win the thing at some stage. People can argue all they like about whether she can win it, but she has the right to try, just like everyone else does.
As for Blackwater, I know his kind. If she qualifies for next years US Open, he will say, why did she bother, what chance has she of making the cut. Then if she makes the cut later, he will say, what chance has she of winning and so on.
I frankly could care less if she ever makes it to the US Open. Would suit me just fine to rename the US Open to the US Mens Open and not allow a female to play in it, since they won't allow the men to play in the US Womens Open.
No Donnakay said, Michelle is doing it to try to qualify, just like the other players.
Keep telling yourself that, if you think the only reason she's doing it is to better herself then you and alot of other people need to wake up.
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They would not try to qualify for the US Womens Open because it is for women only.
The US Open is for anyone who can qualify.
Bingo, so we should rename the US Open to the US Mens Open and be done with it.
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She's doing it to try to improve her game, and hopefully win the thing at some stage. People can argue all they like about whether she can win it, but she has the right to try, just like everyone else does.
She needs to worry about improving her game on the LPGA instead of trying to do it with the men in the PGA.
The result so far has been she is bettering herself by doing it. Her game has improved drastically the more she has played against the best.
Doesn't appear that way to me, but hey, everyone see's things differently.
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Why? As Jack Nicklaus said, if you are good enough, you should be allowed to try to qualify. That is what the US Open is all about.
So then because Jack Nicklaus said its gold then. Simple fact is it isn't fair, men can't qualfy for US Womens Open, women shouldn't be allowed to quailfy for the US Open
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Why?
Why because this is the reason we have the PGA, and the LPGA. Men play the PGA, women play LPGA.
Simple fact is it isn't fair, men can't qualfy for US Womens Open, women shouldn't be allowed to quailfy for the US Open
Men under 50 cannot play in the US Seniors Open. Then by your logic, men over 50 shouldn't be allowed to play in the US Open.
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Why because this is the reason we have the PGA, and the LPGA. Men play the PGA, women play LPGA.
The lpga is for women. The Champions Tour is for men over 50.
The pga is for the best players.
Both the women and the Senior Players have tours of their own, which they are entitled to, because most of their members are not good enough to play the pga tour.
But if the odd Champions Tour Player, or LPGA player is able to play on the pga, they should not be excluded from doing so.
This does not work both ways. Men under 50 are not entitled to go on to the ladies tour, which is specifically for ladies because the men under 50 would have a physical advantage.
Men under 50 are also not allowed to play on the Champions Tour, because they would have a physical advantage there also.
This is the exact same for Junior golf. A junior golfer would be able to play on the pga tour. Yet pga tour players are not allowed to go back and play junior events.
I frankly could care less if she ever makes it to the US Open. Would suit me just fine to rename the US Open to the US Mens Open and not allow a female to play in it, since they won't allow the men to play in the US Womens Open.
That's a very silly thing to say.
The LPGA is for women. The PGA is for the best players in the world whether they be men or women. It's a VERY simple theory. Grasp it.
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