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Originally Posted by Wi-Golfer  I'll probably get flamed for this, but golf has a number of lame archaic rules that need to be changed & that's one of them. Everyone & their brother knows what she shot, what difference does it make if she even signed the card? The girl has been living under a microscope for how many years now? Every little thing she does is commented on, torn apart, analyzed, & disected. Sure she has made mistakes, but I think it's more the fault of her parents/handlers than anything else. Any of us probably would have cracked from the intense amount of pressure she has been & is under. |
No flame from me on this one. She's a kid for chrissakes! She's been put into the meatgrinder, and told what to do for the last 8 years by people whose only goal is to put her in a position to make THEM money. Loads of natural talent, ruined by her stint with Ledbetter, beaten into submission by expectations playing on sponsors exemptions in tournaments she had no business entering, and subjected to intense media pressure that would have melted most kids her age.
She's got some growing up to do. She needs to have some time to be Michelle Wie, and not everyone's idea of what Michelle Wie should be.
And yes, that rule, along with several others, is idiotic.