Re: Michelle Wie will attempt to qualify for 2006 U.S. Open
Age isn't nothing but a number, and gender is nothing but a social classification and discrimination.
Point is. It doesn't matter how old she is, what race she is, or what gender she is. If the girl can play, let her play. If she wants to try and make the cut at a PGA even, let her, she's old enough to make her own choices. If it's a mistake on her part, she'll learn from it. Make the cut and that's good for her. Missed the cut and I applaud your effort. She's a competitor and I'd rather her set her goals high so even if she doesn't hit them, she'll still be in better position than if she we're to set her goals where OTHER people think they should be.
If she believes she can handle a course from the men's tees, so be it. She can nearly drive 300 yards. If my 10 year old can drive that long off a tee, I'll let him play with the big boys.
And how would you know she's arrogant? What makes you the professional critic to claim her arrogance
By definition (per dictionary.com):
Arrogant:
1. The state or quality of being arrogant; overbearing pride.
2. overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
Explain to the rest of us what qualifies her attempt be better at what she does as arrogance.
She doesn't need to prove anything to you or me or anyone else.
1. In 2002, Wie became the youngest player to qualify for an LPGA event, the Takefuji Classic
2.In 2003, she shot a 66 in a round at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, tying the amateur record for a women's major championship
3. Ernie Els remarked, "Give her another couple years to get stronger, she can play on the PGA TOUR."
4. Wie, at the age of 16, has an average drive of about 280 yards.
5. Arnold Palmer stated in 2003 that "she's probably going to influence the golfing scene as much as Tiger, or more. She's going to attract people that even Tiger didn't attract, young people, both boys and girls, and families."
6. Second at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay 2005
7. Second at the LPGA Championship (2005), one of the women's majors
8. In February 2006 she was ranked third in the first release of the Women's World Golf Rankings and soon afterwards she moved up to second
9. 2006 LPGA season, Wie earned US$73,227 for a third place finish in the Fields Open in Hawaii and US$108,222 for finishing in a tie for third in the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
10. In May 2006 Wie made the cut in the SK Telecom Open on the Asian Tour. She is the second woman to make the cut at a men's tournament in South Korea; LPGA star Se Ri Pak finished tied for 10th in the lower-tier KPGA Tour SBS Pro-Golf Championship in 2003. The Asian Tour is the highest ranking men's tour on which a woman has made a cut since Babe Zaharias did so on the PGA Tour in 1945
11. On May 16, Wie finished first in a local qualifying tournament for the Men's U.S. Open. According to officials with the sponsoring United States Golf Association, Wie is the first woman to ever win a local qualifier for the men's Open
How old is she....16? Enough said. Hate her or love her, that's probably fine with her. She didn't ask for your love or your hype. MJ has haters, Kobe has haters, Gretzky has haters, Tiger has haters, Jerry Rice has haters. But why do we hate? Why is there hype?
Because there's obvious talent. To deny that would be blind. To say they shouldn't try maximize their talent is arrogance in itself, claiming you have self-importance over another individual by saying you know what they should or shouldn't do.
My hat's off to you Miss Wie.
Age isn't nothing but a number, and gender is nothing but a social classification and discrimination.
Point is. It doesn't matter how old she is, what race she is, or what gender she is. If the girl can play, let her play. If she wants to try and make the cut at a PGA even, let her, she's old enough to make her own choices. If it's a mistake on her part, she'll learn from it. Make the cut and that's good for her. Missed the cut and I applaud your effort. She's a competitor and I'd rather her set her goals high so even if she doesn't hit them, she'll still be in better position than if she we're to set her goals where OTHER people think they should be.
If she believes she can handle a course from the men's tees, so be it. She can nearly drive 300 yards. If my 10 year old can drive that long off a tee, I'll let him play with the big boys.
And how would you know she's arrogant? What makes you the professional critic to claim her arrogance
By definition (per dictionary.com):
Arrogant:
1. The state or quality of being arrogant; overbearing pride.
2. overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
Explain to the rest of us what qualifies her attempt be better at what she does as arrogance.
She doesn't need to prove anything to you or me or anyone else.
1. In 2002, Wie became the youngest player to qualify for an LPGA event, the Takefuji Classic
2.In 2003, she shot a 66 in a round at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, tying the amateur record for a women's major championship
3. Ernie Els remarked, "Give her another couple years to get stronger, she can play on the PGA TOUR."
4. Wie, at the age of 16, has an average drive of about 280 yards.
5. Arnold Palmer stated in 2003 that "she's probably going to influence the golfing scene as much as Tiger, or more. She's going to attract people that even Tiger didn't attract, young people, both boys and girls, and families."
6. Second at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay 2005
7. Second at the LPGA Championship (2005), one of the women's majors
8. In February 2006 she was ranked third in the first release of the Women's World Golf Rankings and soon afterwards she moved up to second
9. 2006 LPGA season, Wie earned US$73,227 for a third place finish in the Fields Open in Hawaii and US$108,222 for finishing in a tie for third in the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
10. In May 2006 Wie made the cut in the SK Telecom Open on the Asian Tour. She is the second woman to make the cut at a men's tournament in South Korea; LPGA star Se Ri Pak finished tied for 10th in the lower-tier KPGA Tour SBS Pro-Golf Championship in 2003. The Asian Tour is the highest ranking men's tour on which a woman has made a cut since Babe Zaharias did so on the PGA Tour in 1945
11. On May 16, Wie finished first in a local qualifying tournament for the Men's U.S. Open. According to officials with the sponsoring United States Golf Association, Wie is the first woman to ever win a local qualifier for the men's Open
How old is she....16? Enough said. Hate her or love her, that's probably fine with her. She didn't ask for your love or your hype. MJ has haters, Kobe has haters, Gretzky has haters, Tiger has haters, Jerry Rice has haters. But why do we hate? Why is there hype?
Because there's obvious talent. To deny that would be blind. To say they shouldn't try maximize their talent is arrogance in itself, claiming you have self-importance over another individual by saying you know what they should or shouldn't do.
My hat's off to you Miss Wie.
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