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Newsflash--ESPN sucks on Wie

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Swift Terror

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Well, Michelle Wie did not qualify for the U.S. Open. Now, I was all for Wie being able to attempt to qualify, but some of the commentators and sports journalists (ESPN of course) who agree with me are just pathetic. They are on Wie's side only because of political correctness. I just look at it as just another person who may have the ability to compete on the PGA tour. Watching the live cut ins on ESPN was a hoot--when it became clear she wasn't going to make it, the comments by the dumbass PC commentators were truly pathetic. One nitwit sportscaster on ESPN (don't know his name, he's a regular) kept saying "What went wrong, how come she fell back". The woman who was at the golf course was trying to explain how in the world this could've happened. Uh, maybe because she's a 16-year old girl with little experience on a PGA course under these pressure circumstances. Even the experienced men had trouble dealing with the pressure, etc. Steve Fleisch, who at one point was leading the Memorial tournament last week (one of the biggest and most prestigious events on the tour) failed to make it. Everyone was acting as though it was a disaster, it was as if Dwayne Wade just went 0-20 in the first half of the NBA final.

 

 

 

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It's a lot like Danica Patrick in the Indy 500. All the build-up was surrounding her name. Then when she fell to 8th or whatever it was, they just didn't mention her again thinking people would forget. However, up to that point, it was all about Petty making sexist remarks and whatnot.

 

What'd you have to shoot to qualify for the tour? Wie shot a 68, right? So she missed by four strokes? It's not like it was a colossal collapse or something. She'll get there.

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I think the qualifying mark was -3 and she shot even or -1. Yeah, by the time she's 18 I'd bet she'll be qualifying for just about any PGA event.

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