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[Insomniac's Lounge] LPGA Milks Michelle Wie, Kills Santa: Although the LPGA was intent on disqualifying Wie, they did allow her to play the entire 3rd round, since it was being aired on ESPN and she was the only ratings draw for the tournament. Once the round was completed, and ESPN was given the opportunity to air one final Michelle Wie montage, tournament director Sue Witters went forth with her decision to DQ Wie:
[Digg / Golf / upcoming] Michelle Wie disqualified for violating the LPGA Rule - Blog: Golf player, Michelle Wie is the player to beat this week according to Cristina Kim but unfortunately Wie was disqualified in the LPGA State Farm Classic for violating the rule...
[No-Name247] LPGA PRO Michelle Wie -2nd in State Farm Classic- Forgets to Sign ...: A seasoned Golfer knows better, but Wie was part-time on the tourney, and the win would have allowed her a full time spot in next year's LPGA Tour. A stupid mistake that I am sure she will never do again.
[The Daily Illini] Following LPGA disqualification, Wie to compete on PGA Tour again: Fresh off a disqualification on the LPGA Tour, Michelle Wie has decided to tee it up against the men, again. Wie will play next week in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, the first time she'll play on the PGA Tour this year, .
[Pro Athletes Only] LPGA’s Michelle Wie Disqualified At State Farm Classic Over ...: “She was one shot off the lead, she was going to help boost the ratings,” said Christina Kim, who entered play Saturday as the leader before falling back to 12 under and a tie for seventh. “She was the player to beat this week.”
[Sports News Review] On Golf: When will Michelle Wie wise up?: Hadn’t everyone, including Wie, been forced to conclude that her thumbing her nose at the LPGA Tour in favor of the PGA Tour turned out to be a pipe dream? Hadn’t everyone, including Wie, come to conclude that she had suffered enough in her seven failed attempts to make the cut in a PGA Tour event?
[About Golf] Michelle Wie Disqualified at LPGA State Farm Classic: Properly signing one’s score card is one of the most basic rules in competitive golf and something that Miss Wie should have been able to do successfuly since she was 10 years old while playing in Junior Golf events. Conversely, not properly signing her score card is like not requiring the kicker in football to actually hit it through the goal posts for an extra point after a touchdown in the NFL.
[Sport Snipe - Sports News Made Easy] Michelle Wie: "No Claus" & LPGA's Sue Witters: " ...: The worst part of the incident with Michelle Wie was how Sue Witters, the LPGA’s director of tournament competitions, responded to her crisis. “She was like a little kid after you tell them there’s no Santa Claus,”
[NBCSports.com: Golf] LPGA DQ moves Wie to tee up on PGA tour: “This will be a great experience for the community to see a player like Michelle in this setting,” tournament director Michael Stearns said in a statement. “Michelle is getting her game together, she’s getting back in the swing of things and we have no problem extending her this opportunity.”
[Michelle Wie Blog] Wie Disqualified for Not Signing Scorecard: In fact, there has been no one on the LPGA tour to have such a sad saga for so long. Once again, Michelle has destroyed her own chances of living up to her incredible potential.
[Abritishman's Weblog] Yes She’s Learning But She Still Appears To Be So Dumb ”¦”¦”¦.!: With this incident now befalling Wie in competition one has to wonder what else can go wrong with her at this juncture that won’t create a stir on the LPGA Tour ? With each passing incident it can only be a matter of time before many will begin to consider whether or not Michelle Wie just a phenom whose yet to live up to her potential . Or indeed just another put upon self absorbed young athlete who can no longer handle real adversity when it comes their way. When so much is foisted upon someone with such a prodigious talent. It can only be matter of time before we’re able to assess whether or not they’re capable of proving themselves at all. Though now playing the LPGA Tour only part time while she attends Stanford University. Many of Wie’s obligations with regard to playing on the tour will come through sponsorship exemptions or through the schedule that has been set up for her by agent. Wie’s still an attraction on the LPGA Tour but for how long will the fans be willing witness much to their chagrin, her lackluster performances thus far. It’s a learning process but it’d appear that the learing curve hasn’t yet reached its peak for Wie.
[clubhusband.com - Daily Dose of Wisdom] LPGA doesn't want to be a major player - Michele Wie disqualified: The 2008 LPGA Rules of Play define the scoring area as the roped area defining the boundary of the scoring tent. Supplementary rules of play stipulate that the scoring area boundary may instead be defined by a white line, which has the effect of decreasing the size of the scoring area.
[Bunker Shots] Michelle Wie learns another hard lesson: There was resentment among LPGA Tour pros that so much seemed to be handed to her, so many sponsor exemptions she didn’t earn, so many endorsement dollars when she really hadn’t won anything of note beyond the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship.
[Hook's Center Sports Blog] Michelle Wie is disqualified after failure to sign scorecard.: Witters said she and other tour officials didn’t learn about the error from volunteers until well after Wie teed off Saturday. They let her finish the round, then took her to the office where she and her caddy, Tim Vickers, were informed of the ruling.
[Ara Sports] Reno-Tahoe Open to be Wie’s first PGA Tour event of ”˜08: Wie showed signs of improvement this past weekend at the State Farm Classic in Illinois. She was a shot off the lead going into the final round until Tour officials discovered she had left the scoring area without signing her scorecard after the second round.
[Mike Responts: The Blog] MICHELLE WIE BLUNDER: As most people know by now, golfer Michelle Wie’s career has really hit the skids. The one-time teen prodigy has fallen off the map in competitive womens golf.
[Sports Blogs :: All Sports, All Blogs, All The Time] Chris Baldwin's golf blog :: Michelle Wie earns her State Farm DQ ...: Michelle Wie made one of those dumb mistakes that a golfer in contention just cannot make. One of those blunders that fits right in with the illegal drops and dubious withdrawals that have marked her winless career.
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