Michelle Wie(rd)
If you follow golf in the slightest bit, you've heard the name Michelle Wie. If lint plays a larger role in your life than golf, you still might have heard the name Michelle Wie. She's the female Tiger Woods (in-the-making). She's 15, hits it a mile, has the short game and imagination of a seasoned pro, and might just make it to the 2006 Masters if she can win an exemption at this week's U.S. Amateur Public Links. I hope she makes it. It could help ensure that Martha Burke's Assholes Without an Argument (AWA) stay home.
But anyway, this girl is 6 feet tall, has a picture-perfect swing, looks to be headed for greatness, etc. But she still talks like a 15 year old girl, which makes her interviews slightly comical, and slightly uncomfortable. The only word that seems to fit those two opposites is, weird. Yes, her interviews are weird. The Brits might call it queer. They all go something like this:
Tournament Interviewer (TI): "Michelle, how does it feel to have finished strong like that to beat such a great competitor like such-and-such?"
Michelle Wie (MW): "Well, at first I was like, (scared expression), you know, but then I was like, just relax and play your game, and then, you know, I was like, able to relax and like, play my game."
TI: "And how about that long putt on 17 to close out the match? How did that feel?"
MW: "It was awesome, I was just like (happy expression), you know? I had a good read on it and I just put a good stroke on it and it, like, went in. It was awesome."
TI: "What happened on 14?"
MW: "That was weird, I don't know. Bad swing, it happens. I was just like, 'forget about it and move on'."
TI: "How did you hit that amazing shot out of that nasty divot on 15?"
MW: "That was just an awesome shot. I usually hit my 5-iron 210 so I was like, okay with it being short 'cuz I needed the extra loft but I ended up hitting it, like, 220, which was awesome. It felt really good."
Yes yes, she's only 15 and she has every right to be 15 and not be expected to sound like a seasoned orator. I'm not, like, knocking her. It's just a weebit funny. That's all. I'd close by saying "You go girl!", but I'm not much of a tired-Oprah-idiom borrower.
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Saw her in an interview during last week's tourney where she used the word "sucked" to describe a part of her game. Not a word that usually raises my eyebrow, but still somewhat unusual for golf.
10:12 PM
After reading the link, I see that it is up to the discretion of the Masters to invite the champion to play. What are the chances of Cletus, or Jethro, or Billy Bob (whatever his hame is who runs Augusta) breaking tradition and not inviting the champion if it ends up being a 15 year old girl?
8:33 AM
My bad everyone, sorry.
His name is Hootie.
8:35 AM
I don't think they would have a problem inviting a woman (or girl, in this case) to the tournament. The issue was over *membership*, not who gets to play in the tournament. Many women have played that course, including Nancy Lopez, Annika Sorenstam and others. They have all been invited by members and the club to play there. This isn't an issue.
I hope she does win, and is invited. I'm sure Martha Burke will find something to complain about.
Martha Burke is a worthless bitch, by the way. I'd like to hear her opinion on my quest to join the Rochester Athletic Club for Women.
9:01 AM
Yea, I know that Augusta has no problem with women playing there. In fact, women guests play something like 10,000 rounds per year there. It has never been an issue. But a woman has never competed in the Masters before, and it would certainly be interesting.
It would be nice, though, if Wie would dominate her own field before trying to prove herself on the pga tour through sponsor's exemptions.
But anyway...
9:11 AM
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