In class on November 10th, we talked about the young talented women's golfer Michelle Wie. Wie has been in the golf news ever since she was first spotted when she was young playing golf in Hawaii. Her hype was being built up so much she was expected to be the Tiger Woods of the LPGA. My sister, a young golfer looked up to her and had the chance to watch her at the Owens Corning Classic in Toledo. She was also interviewed many times and she repeatedly said how she wanted to play with the men in the PGA. Although she is 17th ranked on the money list all her hype was turned to dust after going through this big spotlight she couldn't back up all her hype.
Well, it might be a little to early to say this but the spark may have just been reignited for Michelle Wie. She recently just went 13 under par to win her first professional tournament. This win could help her get back on track and help her start winning more tournaments to get her back into the scene. I personally am happy for her that she finally won a tournament but it has been ten years since her first professional tournament in the LPGA. Though I will say even if she starts winning more tournaments in the LPGA, I will always feel that women should play in their respective sports and men in theirs. The reason I say this is because for men it is like a double edged sword. If a male plays in a women's sport they are expected to win, but if they lose then they are most likely to be taunted and ridiculed because they lost to a woman.
Overall, I do feel as if this win will help Michelle Wie get back on the scene in the LPGA and possibly jump start her career, but I will still back up that she will never be able to play at the level of the men in the PGA.
It is hard to fathom that Michelle Wie has played professionally for ten years. I must admit that I was ready to "write her off," so I am glad to know that she is doing much better. When she tried to play on the Men's Tour at the beginning of her involvement, I was definitely against it, because I felt that she needed to pay her dues before she should do that. But if she establishes herself, with the same kind of dominance that Annika Sorenstam displayed, then I believe she should be allowed to play on the PGA (not regularly, because that would hurt the LPGA). In fact, I believe it will be the sponsors who seek her out, just as they did with Sorenstam.
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