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I hope Leadbetter is correct.

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The John Deere Classic still is offering a sponsor's invitation to Wie.

It's a good move. I wouldn't be opposed seeing her teeing it up against the men again but she needs some wins against the women first. I understand she's still in high school so I think she deserves a pass on a lot of things but she graduates in a month and after that, there won't be a "she's young" excuse.

BTW, where did you see that she's not playing in the Womens U.S. Open?

Is she playing in the Ginn Tribute by Annika before then? That surprises me. I think that is a bad move especially if she's playing the week before and she is exempt from her finish last year.

I think I read that she's set to play the Ginn Tribute. There was a thread somewhere else saying that it would be her first tournament back. She will also play the Canadian Woman's Open.

I know I read that she didn't enter qualifying for the mens U.S. Open but I didn't see anything about her not playing the female one. If she is exempt, I hope she plays.

BTW, where did you see that she's not playing in the Womens U.S. Open?[/quote]


It was the U.S. Open, not the Women's U.S. Open...

I think this is a good move for her, too. Like nikeone, I'm not opposed to her playing the men but I don't think it's good for her to do so right now. If she can dominate the women, then I wouldn't be opposed to seeing how she could do against the men. I think recent showings have made it clear that she's not near that level yet.

I saw two other things from Leadbetter's comments, which I thought were interesting.

1. It looks like he is trying to get her to focus on winning events. I think that's a big positive.

2. He mentioned that she could win 8 or 9 times per year. I don't see that until she either drops out of college or graduates. I think college will be too big of a distraction for her to win more than 1 or 2 times a year.

She definitely needs some wins under her belt. She's graduating high school in a few weeks and she's not 15 or 16 anymore. Okay, she is still 17 but we've seen a lot of other young LPGA Tour players win recently.

I agree with you here. I think if she played full time and devoted herself fully to the LPGA Tour, she would be a big threat for #1 golfer based on her past performances. She always seems to place in the top 10 and playing more consistently and with a better focus, I think she could win a lot of tournaments. By attending Stanford, she won't be able to fully dedicate herself to golf but I'm interested to see how many tournaments she plays a year after high school.

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I hope if she plays in this event, this is the last men's event. I hope Zach Johnson plays here, so Wie could be an afterthought here.

I bet there's a good chance she plays the Sony again in 2008. Isn't Sony one of her largest sponsors? Also, it's her hometown tournament even though she'll probably be living in the Bay Area at the time attending Stanford.

I hope you are wrong. There are several things that leave me to believe she won't be in 2008 Sony. I wonder if the John Deere Classic still wants to give her a sponsor's invite, because they offered her one three to four months ago. So much has happened in the last three/four months to put Michelle Wie in the background (Lincicome, Creamer, and Pressel victories plus Zach Johnson, a regular John Deere competitor, winning the Masters).

1. Mark Rolfing mentioned on the Golf Channel during the Sony Open that he felt the 2007 Sony was her last one with her going to Stanford.

2. Schofield, European Tour commissioner, suggested that Wie will not receive any more sponsor's exemptions for the European tour. He said that she is not even competitive there. Could it pressure PGA events to no longer offer Wie sponsor's invites until she proves herself on the LPGA?

FYI - Ken Scholfield, CBE, was never the Euro Tour commissioner. George O'Grady succeeded him as Chief Executive Director (nee Director) 28+ months ago. Today he is the President of the Europena Golf Foundation and a paid commentator for TGC.

Just sayin'

He may be correct, but he is private citizen speculating, not a deciding authority promulgating.

I think what's going to pressure PGA Tour tournaments to stop giving her sponsors invites is if people just stop paying attention to her. Then there will be no reason to invite her. I think interest is slowly waning because her performance recently hasn't been that great and it's not "new" anymore.

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