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Larry Jones [Visitor] in response to: Morgan Pressel tells the Michelle Wie truth

Larry Jones [Visitor] — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:46:03 +0000

I've never once heard Michelle Wie dish on other golfers...she only says positive things unlike you know who...the elite guys on the PGA like Michelle...because she is humble and nice...lol...the big Wiesy...kinda nice of Ernie to take her under his wing...and great comments from Tiger too...anyone who matters think Michelle is a nice person...that's all that matters in this world of ours...right?

reader [Visitor] in response to: Morgan Pressel tells the Michelle Wie truth

reader [Visitor] — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:53:47 +0000

hey el-stupido - these same kids with low IQ are children of america your kids will be dealing with when they grow up. of course, your kids are smart. i make a 100K and was C student. what a country!!! it is not the IQ that makes someone succeed (assuming success is money). it is MOTIVATION!!! you want it bad enough i dont give a shit if you are stupid. you will get it.

Chris [Visitor] in response to: Morgan Pressel tells the Michelle Wie truth

Chris [Visitor] — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:00:48 +0000

Here is a quote that sums it up:

"She's going to make something like $10 million? For what? For winning one tournament?" 17-year-old Morgan Pressel in the latest issue of Fortune magazine that features Wie on its cover.

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No Morgan, she is going to make 10M because she is the only woman golfer in recent history, or perhaps ever, that has any chance to play on the Men's PGA tour. This is the only reason she is getting the attention, and making all this money. Sure, she's be a pretty big story by playing well at age 13-16 against the ladies, but others have done this in the past, at least to some degree. If she drove the ball 250 and still did very well in LPGA tournaments, she would be as intriguing as, well, Morgan Pressel.

If Annika was 6'1" tall, she would probably average about 285-290 off the tee (she averages 265 right now) and she could make a run at the men.

Unfortunately, she is 5'6" and is pretty much maxed out as far as distance is concerned.

If Michelle Wie hits the weights anywhere near what Annika has done in the past 5 years, Michelle could average 295-300 off the tee (she probably averages 275-280 right now), which would gave her a better chance of getting a Men's PGA tour card than any other woman golfer.

Morgan Pressel, Paula Creamer, and
Annika do not have this potential primarily due to the fact of their height/size.

Morgan should take notes from Creamer, who has been classy all the way as Wie is taking some of her thunder, and Creamer deserves much more attention with 2 wins and an awesome rookie season.

Again, Morgan continues to wear the black hat and maybe it fuels her performance on the course, but it sure is not helping her off it.

bruce erikson [Visitor] in response to: Morgan Pressel tells the Michelle Wie truth

bruce erikson [Visitor] — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:38:48 +0000

Pressels would have a tough time breaking 80 in a PGA event...'nuff said!

Chris [Visitor] in response to: Morgan Pressel tells the Michelle Wie truth

Chris [Visitor] — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 09:12:08 +0000

Well it looks like Michelle Wie will turn pro next week and earn about $10 Million in endorsements for the first year.

Do you think she would have got this deal if she didn't play reasonably well in Men's events, missing the cut by 1 and 2 shots, etc.?

The Wies played this one perfectly, striking the deal when she was hot.
The worst case scenario is that she never wins on any major tour and goes off to college with $10M. Personally, I think she and her family have a strong enough foundation to withstand any craziness that may occur from success or failure.

She will have to get tough to deal with all the attention, but she can drop out of the spotlight at any time if she quits golf. The only difference is that she and her family will be set for life financially and able to pay for her Stanford education.

As for the poster that stated that 'thousands of amatuers can make a PGA tour cut with 2 good rounds', well, are any of them a 14-15 year old girl? A 14-15 year old boy? Can any of them almost do it twice in 3 tries? Maybe, but none of them are 15 year old girls that is for sure.

Pressel is not 14 or 15, and has no chance in hell of making a PGA tour cut, that is why Wie is the story. I don't care how many women's events Pressel wins.. she's 17 and she damn good, but so was Nancy Lopez, and so is Paula Creamer at 18. They are NOT as unique and therefore are not as intriguing a story.

Hell, Annika Sorenstam, who is almost as long as Wie, missed the cut by over 5 shots. Wie missed cuts by 1, 2, and I think 6 or 7 shots in 3 tries. That in and of itself is a pretty telling stat. Its not that Wie can hit it long...its the fact that for a 15 year old girl, she is showing signs of scoring well on a PGA tour level. She needs to learn how to finish, and I think that will only come when she is playing EVERY week on the LPGA or elsewhere. This may not happen for a long time, but that is when you will she her full potential.

Notoriety is not based purely on performance and of course her looks, her height, her length, have a lot to do with it, but she also is performing at a very high level. As for not winning..... SHE'S 15 YEAR OLD! Jeez. Instead of comparing her to Pressel and Creamer, why not compare her to other 15 year old girls... are any of them winning anything? What, a US girl Jr. event? Please.

Whatever detriment there is to not playing jr events and 'learning how to win' is made up for by playing against the men on the PGA tour and learning from them (lag putting tip from Ernie Els in 04 comes to mind, you know the tournament where she made two 40+ ft bombs en route to a -2 68). Even Annika admits learning a lot from the men whenever she plays with them. To me, this is great experience and is just as valuable to beating a bunch of 15 year old girls.

I will be watching, as we all will be, to see what this girl can really do, but either way I'm sure she will have no regrets and neither will her parents.

As for Morgan Pressel, quit your belly-aching! One glaring story I read about her is how she pointed out how there was no media coverage about Wie's terrible Sunday round at the US Womens open... What did she want, a human interest story about it? Laurena Ochoa shanked one in the water on 18 with a chance to win and there was minimal coverage over that one as well. They never cover women's golf failures too much. What is the point.

Some advice to Morgan: There are sports figures all over the world that get more attention and money then other players who are better. It may not be fair, but bitching about it all the time will not help your cause. Show some class as its not Michelle's fault that she is getting all the attention.

James COULTHARD [Visitor] in response to: Morgan Pressel tells the Michelle Wie truth

James COULTHARD [Visitor] — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 04:17:43 +0000

As of September 4 Wie and Pressel are even in LPGA Tournaments played for the year at 7--all but the US women's Open are on exemptions.

Mike [Visitor] in response to: Morgan Pressel tells the Michelle Wie truth

Mike [Visitor] — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:26:16 +0000

I have no idea how much Wie's been bashed in this forum but I appreciate hearing Pressel's point of view as a player who has a better career in competition yet got few exemptions to display her game on the LPGA stage. If I (or my daughter) beat Wie and got less media coverage I'd be upset for not getting the same opportunities afforded Wie mainly because she hits the ball longer than most her age. Coery Pavin won a US Open with 250 yard drives and too many clueless golf "fans" think because Michelle Wie hits it 300 yards that she must be ready to compete on the PGA tour. Mr. & Mrs. Wie have hrut Michelle's growth as a player in my opinion. There are thousands of amateurs (including a few 15 year old girls) that could make a cut at a PGA event with a couple of great rounds. But none have proven they can compete week in and week out with the best players in the world. In my opinion Wie should have played JR and amateur events over the past two years and a few LPGA events on exemption. Learn to compete and manage the golf course. If Annika, the best player on the LPGA tour for years can't make a cut on her hand picked PGA course and then admits her place is on the LPGA tour I see no reason for a PGA pro missing a spot so Wie can sell tickets for two days. Kudos to Morgan Pressel and her grandparents for raising her right and teaching her to speak her mind. I hope she has a great LPGA career to go with an awesome JR and amateur career. To the yahoo who mention Pressel losing last week, that's part of competing, and you learn from that. Pull up their amateur careers and place them next to each other. Look at the results when they played the same LPGA events. Look at the facts, not what the media says about Wie. Then you'll see why Pressel says what she says about Wie and the media and better understand her view.

James [Visitor] in response to: Morgan Pressel tells the Michelle Wie truth

James [Visitor] — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:11:41 +0000

Yeah John--Ochoa is so great she didn't even make the cut at the Women's British Open and

Pressel just choked another final...