Michelle Wie - various topics

[OH10]

For a qualifier you are correct. But Michelle or Annika at Coloniel that is incorrect. They bump a man to make room for a woman who does not hold a PGA tour card.

Hey, I have no issues with playing with the men. But there is a finite pool of $ that is spent on Mens golf for purses and sponsorships. If Michelle takes some of that money it comes directly out of some guy that is trying to pay his family's bills pocket. Compete full time or it should work both ways.

The sponsor's exemption is going to go to somebody that the sponsor feels will attract viewership anyway. That's not likely to be some Joe Schmoe having difficulty putting food on the table. So it really doesn't matter if it's Wie or some other 'name' figure, because the player that needs the $ is staying at home either way.

And to be fair, the sponsor's exemption is there for a reason. The sponsor puts money behind the tournament looking to turn a buck, and the best way to do that is publicity. So if the sponsor wants to put someone in there they know will attract attention, they've kind of paid for that right.

 

[IronBuckI]

The PGA does not have the words "young" or "men's" anywhere in the title. It is simply the best golfers in the world. Regardless of age or sex. It is also not a tour with a mandatory schedule. The same people do not play in all of the same events. Tiger, Phil, and the other top players pick and choose which events they decide to participate in, mostly based on money. So why can't someone that's qualified to play decide that they want in an event that there is a lot of interest in them being a part of? With the potential of making more money doing it. If the men want to bitch about a woman creating more interest in a tour event that normally would draw no interest, potentially increasing the amount of the prize pool. Then they need to think a little harder about whether costing one fringe player one paycheck is worth the amount of money and interest that they all could benefit from.

 

[strohs]

But Michelle or Annika at Coloniel that is incorrect. They bump a man to make room for a woman who does not hold a PGA tour card.

I definitly did not like seeing either of them play on a sponsers exemption...

 

[jimotis4heisman]

-2 under through 30 of 36, prediction for playoff at -3.

edit bogey to go to -1 through 31
edit bogey even through 32

 

[jimotis4heisman]

bogey +1 through 33

 

[jimotis4heisman]

still at plus one, leader quigley at -11, cut looks to be -4. has fin 35 of 36

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

The PGA does not have the words "young" or "men's" anywhere in the title. It is simply the best golfers in the world. Regardless of age or sex.

Then why is there the LPGA, which has the word "Ladies" in it?

 

[scooter1369]

Then why is there the LPGA, which has the word "Ladies" in it?

Should there be a MPGA?

 

[Folanator]

The PGA does not have the words "young" or "men's" anywhere in the title. It is simply the best golfers in the world. Regardless of age or sex. It is also not a tour with a mandatory schedule. The same people do not play in all of the same events. Tiger, Phil, and the other top players pick and choose which events they decide to participate in, mostly based on money. So why can't someone that's qualified to play decide that they want in an event that there is a lot of interest in them being a part of? With the potential of making more money doing it. If the men want to bitch about a woman creating more interest in a tour event that normally would draw no interest, potentially increasing the amount of the prize pool. Then they need to think a little harder about whether costing one fringe player one paycheck is worth the amount of money and interest that they all could benefit from.

Your post makes way to much sense, so I am going to do the intellectual thing and just say blow me.

 

[IronBuckI]

Your post makes way to much sense, so I am going to do the intellectual thing and just say blow me.

Fair enough. I'm not going to blow you though.

 

[hawaiianbuckeye]

Plain and simple it's just a matte of WHEN and not 'if' she ever makes the cut in a men's tournament. She's ONLY 16! Her best golf is ahead of her and she is already one of the best women in the world! She is a winner in this no matter what. She has accomplished more and has had a bigger impact on her chosen profession WORLDWIDE than about 99.99999% of the population in their respective lines of work/profession. I don't know of anyone else who personally who ranks up that high in their line of work! Wait, I take that back...my Uncle in Chi Town was name one of the top 25 consultants in the world a few years back. So, yeah, Michelle is already a winner and she WILL make the cut on the men's tour someday.

On a side note: remember the name Stephanie Kono b/c she is the next Michelle Wie. She's a sophmore at Punahou and, well just google her and you'll see! She won the Westfield Junior PGA last year.

PUNAHOU...NO KA OI!

HAYN

 

[cincibuck]

The course doesn't get tougher or easier if you are a man, woman, or child.
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You hitting off the red tees?

 

[Golferdow01]

You hitting off the red tees?

With some of his drives I've seen you might think so

 

[Brutus1]

Drive for show.


Putt for dough.



That's the difference between the tours.

 

[strohs]

With some of his drives I've seen you might think so

You should have seen the driver today, too bad I dont know what I was doing to hit it so well.
But I hit 4 or 5 drives in a row right at or just over 300 yards; and then it all fell apart...