The Media Calls Bullsh*t On Michelle Wie

For the second time in the past year, Michelle Wie has dropped out of a tournament under suspicious circumstances. Last year she left a men's tournament after "suffering from heat exhaustion", not to mention the fact that she was stinking up the joint at the same time. Now she removed herself from a tournament because her previously injured wrist was bothering her. While that may be true, the fact that she was on pace to shoot at least an 88, which would have disqualified her from competing in any more LPGA events for the rest of the year, is another reason she would have been smart to withdraw.

From Winning the Turnover Battle, here is how her withdrawal from the event went down:

- The LPGA COO was talking to the media about the 88 rule.
- He then drove over to Wie's manager and had a conversation.
- Wie's manager soon afterward talked to Wie.
- Wie withdrew.
- She then talked to her parents for 15 minutes.
- THEN Wie is brought an ice pack for her injured wrist.

And to make matters even worse, Wie's playing partner Alena Sharp had this to say about Wie:

"She wasn't holding her wrist," Sharp said. "I think she just had a bad day. If it was her wrist, why wait until the last two holes [to withdraw]?"

Even the World Wide Ass-Kissing Network thought it was suspicious:

Missing the cut became the least of Wie's troubles. The somewhat obscure Rule of 88 states that a nonmember who shoots 88 is forced to withdraw and subsequently banned from LPGA co-sponsored events for the remainder of the calendar season. Wie said later that she never considered the possibility, but soon after her score ballooned to 12-over on the par-72 course, her parents began consulting with each other and William Morris manager Greg Nared, who had a cell phone to his ear. Chris Higgs, the LPGA chief operations officer, soon drove up in a cart and spoke with Nared. Higgs had been talking about the Rule of 88 in the media tent, but he said he came out to Wie's rope line for "no particular reason."

Wie's score climbed to 14-over, and then, after Wie finished up on the seventh hole, Nared spoke to her briefly before she announced, "We're not going to play anymore."

Someone needs to get control over this young lady's career, because whoever is running it now, doesn't have any. She is a prodigy with great talent, but she obviously needs better direction. She needs to earn her position on the ladder by playing golf, doing well, then and only then should the people around her let the accolades come. Her star is dimming with every event that things like this happen and she is far too young for her light be snuffed out.