Michelle Wie - various topics

[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

You're talking about a 16-year-old kid. She could probably walk the course three times without getting tired. It's the 30+ year-old lard-asses on the tour who need to worry about fatigue...

id disagree here, although wie can really strike the ball she has to put more force into it, two rounds of golf in a day with this pressure will wear on anyone. it will be interesting. i dont think major physical problems with the people trying to qualify while be as important as the mental aspect. also someone said she is trying to qualify at the shortest course.

[OH10]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

You're talking about a 16-year-old kid. She could probably walk the course three times without getting tired. It's the 30+ year-old lard-asses on the tour who need to worry about fatigue...

Maybe I should have elaborated. I meant to say "mental fatigue". She's dealing with the pressure pretty well so far, but she also hasn't faced much adversity yet. It's really going to come down to whether she can continue to keep her composure over the next 18 holes like she's done up to this point.

[MililaniBuckeye]

Teens are amazingly resilient mentally, plus the fact she's been playing this game almost her whole life. She hasn't fallen apart before and she's already been in similar situations.

[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

Teens are amazingly resilient mentally, plus the fact she's been playing this game almost her whole life. She hasn't fallen apart before and she's already been in similar situations.

did you forget her falling apart in a major as a 13 year old?

but what golfer hasnt fallen apart.

[Golferdow01]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

Teens are amazingly resilient mentally, plus the fact she's been playing this game almost her whole life. She hasn't fallen apart before and she's already been in similar situations.

You have a point, I mean until last year wasn't Phil Mickelson the king of mental meltdowns?

I will admit, however, that more often than not the younger players have a more difficult time dealing with the pressures and are more suseptable to mental breakdowns than experienced golfers. Unless you were watching the Memorial of course

[jimotis4heisman]

bogey on the first. now -1.

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by jimotis4heisman

did you forget her falling apart in a major as a 13 year old?

but what golfer hasnt fallen apart.

Big difference between 13 and 16 year old mentality...