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Under Par [Visitor] in response to: To Beat Wie, You've Got To Be A Little Meena'

Under Par [Visitor] — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 00:21:43 +0000

I'm off to smack some balls - it's a much better use of energy. Maybe this year I'll actually break 100.

Mary

That seems doubtful, Mary. You're only a girl.

Mary [Visitor] in response to: To Beat Wie, You've Got To Be A Little Meena'

Mary [Visitor] — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:38:38 +0000

Ya know, if everyone took all their fervor off the keyboard and took it to the driving range, we'd all be dropping our handicaps. I'm sure Baldie and Tim would be sad to lose the traffic, but since
no one is going to change anyone's mind through the blogs (although you might learn about some fascinating pathologies - some of the anti-woman stuff is actually kind of scary), so why break cerebral arteries trying? Cheap Bastard would enjoy getting more hits as we research good spots to play.

I'm off to smack some balls - it's a much better use of energy. Maybe this year I'll actually break 100.

Mary

Norman [Visitor] in response to: To Beat Wie, You've Got To Be A Little Meena'

Norman [Visitor] — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:07:29 +0000

James,
I had extensive experience in match play situations as an amateur.
As you suggested, I did find the adjustment massive in professional tournaments and more stroke play.

It is a very different situation. In match play, you tend to play alot of shots based on what someone else does.
In stroke play you really need to concentrate on your own game.

James COULTHARD [Visitor] in response to: To Beat Wie, You've Got To Be A Little Meena'

James COULTHARD [Visitor] — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:10:46 +0000

PATRICK

Next tournament hope that Michelle plays with Annika during the final round--that, presumeably, would be the fianl pairing.

JOE COOL

If you remember evey 4 foot putt Michelle Wie misses, and forget all the ones she makes, then it will certainly look like she has trouble with such putts. I wonder how well she does if we take all such putts into account.

DAVID

All tennis is match play, and so is a lot of amateur golf--but most professional golf is stroke play. Gamesmanship is far less important. Indeed, I wonder whether extensive experience with the match play format, such as Morgan Pressel has, might not be a disadvantge when you are going to play almost entirely stroke play tournaments. Presumeably it depends upon the individual.

David [Visitor] in response to: To Beat Wie, You've Got To Be A Little Meena'

David [Visitor] — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:39:56 +0000

George said:

>> Do you apply this competitive drive to Michelle Wie?

Specifically, would you also make the corollary statement, to wit:

"David is sure that deep-down Michelle sees Morgan as a nice young lady, but David bets Michelle would slit Morgan's throat just to win the U.S. Women's Open against Morgan."

Yes, George, it goes both ways. In all sports, I believe. I'm sure Under Par would confirm that a similar sort of thing happens in tennis (gamesmanship, really, but only inside one's head), as I believe he is a tennis pro.

Norman [Visitor] in response to: To Beat Wie, You've Got To Be A Little Meena'

Norman [Visitor] — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:17:14 +0000

Joe Cool,

I think Wie has a good chance at the Nabisco. If she were playing more events at that time, I would give her an excellent chance.

Instead the lpga championship, might be a very good bet. If Annika doesn't bring her A-game, I would class Michelle Wie as the favourite.

Joe Cool [Visitor] in response to: To Beat Wie, You've Got To Be A Little Meena'

Joe Cool [Visitor] — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:16:53 +0000

The biggest nemesis for Michelle the last three years has been the straight four foot putt. Hopefully, she will get that monkey off her back very soon. She had a four foot putt on the 13th and misread it for just outside right edge, when it was a straight putt. Maybe at the Nabisco she will right the ship.

For the Wie haters...did you shoot under par (from the tips) when you were 16 years old?? I didn't think so!

Patrick [Visitor] in response to: To Beat Wie, You've Got To Be A Little Meena'

Patrick [Visitor] — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:52:03 +0000

What was the question you had for me george? Didn't see in it in your post...only saw david's quotes...

Anyway, 60 minutes did a interview on Michelle today at school (their follow up from last year's interview). There were huge cameras and lights and all the jazz, she even had some of her friends join in on the taping...so I guess the matter of fact is Michelle draws crowds and tv ratings...kind of like a tigeresque or Daly-esque aura don't you think?

I personally love Morgan and Michelle. They are two fantastic golfers with tremendous talent...what I don't appreciate is how Morgan attacks her fellow competitors stating so and so, but when she comes face to face with her "biggest" rival...she doesn't seem to have the actions to back up her statements. morgan has repeatedly said that She is a closer who knows how to close the deal and win. This is very true in the AMATEUR RANKS, and she has gone even further stating that Michelle did not play amateur events as to the extent of Morgan in which she could "LEARN HOW TO WIN" and not choke. Morgan did exactly the opposite of those statements in which she praised herself as a closer, ending with two-bogeys going from a T5th to T11th.

I'm sure Morgan wanted birdies and became aggressive at the end, but if she really knew how to close, she would not have made those mistakes.

Anyway...I hope in Michelle's next tournament she gets paired up with someone like Paula or maybe even a natalie gulbis...christina kim maybe? That would be fun to watch.