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A Wie Bit of Hope?
Finally, there's news from the Michelle Wie camp that suggests the poor girl's future as a golf legend may not be completely lost. As my esteemed colleague Ron Sirak of Golf World reports, Wie's handlers (i.e., her much-criticized parents, Bo and B.J.) have decided to spare her the humiliation of getting slaughtered in any professional men's events this season. They're also planning on keeping her out of school (Wie is a freshman at Stanford University) for the first quarter of 2008 so that she can focus on gaining her back her golf game and confidence.
While I'd rather see the girl put college first and golf second, I hope this decision is a sign that her parents have regained some semblance of sanity. The charade that was Wie's 2007 season can only be blamed on them. The list of their atrocities is endless: They let her play injured; they kept putting her into top-level tournaments even though she couldn't hit the broad side of a barn; they made her look like a liar and a cheat by taking her to Bulle Rock to practice for the McDonald's LPGA Championship two days after the 88-rule debacle at The Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika; they moved to a house by Stanford's campus so that they could spend every waking moment with their daughter even after she enrolled in college; they got rid of yet another agent; and they failed to listen to anybody who told them to just step back and let the girl be.
But now it seems they may be listening. Let's just hope it's not too late.
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Could not agree with you more about the Michelle Wie situation!! I am hopeful that through plain old hard work and perseverance that this year will fare much better for this young gal. How difficult it must be for all of them to confront the criticism and I give them credit for attempting to turn things around. We'll see and I hope for the best.
Michelle is great for golf and can be fixed in one afternoon, just goes to show you how bad it can get working on the wrong information. When she first came out her swing was PERFECT.
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