Michelle Wie

[letswastemoney]

Originally Posted by GPK

Fred Funks short game is only a billion times better than Michelle's. It is VERY impossible for her to be an average player on the PGA Tour. Truth be told she would struggle to be average on the Nationwide Tour.

I have spent an awful lot of time around tours and seen some really incredible players. Michelle has the potential to be very very good on the LPGA Tour. People don't realize the disparity between the mens and womens tours. I can comfortably say that in my best years, I could have made a very nice living playing against the caliber on the LPGA. I came close to qualifying for a Nationwide event ONCE. Best I ever did was make a cut on the Hooters Tour.

Now wait a second....is there a female deficiency that would prevent Michelle Wie from improving her short game? Maybe she will never be long, but she can practice her short game to that point of someone like Fred Funk.

I'm not saying she is good enough at the immediate moment, but I don't believe it's out of the realm of possibility in time if she worked on it.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

Now wait a second....is there a female deficiency that would prevent Michelle Wie from improving her short game? Maybe she will never be long, but she can practice her short game to that point of someone like Fred Funk.

I'm not saying she is good enough at the immediate moment, but I don't believe it's out of the realm of possibility in time if she worked on it.

No deficiancy, but she doesn't have enough years left on this earth to improve her short game enough to be even average on Tour. The PGA Tour money list from spots 150-250 are filled with guys with the exact same kind of game as Michelle...hit it a long way, hit it solid, but have NO short game whatsoever

Gales mentioned Michelles showing in the LPGA majors a few years back. There are guys on the Nationwide Tour that could win the Grand Slam in a single year on the LPGA. The games simply are not comparable.

[packerbacker7964]

Drive for flash and putt for cash right Kev? 2 and 3 putting holes will ruin your score just like missing the green on your 2nd and 3rd shot.

[GPK]

Don't get me wrong here, Michelle is obviously very talented. I truly think she was steared in the wrong direction very early on in her career. Yes, she almost made the cut a few years ago at the Sony Open, but that was on her home course that she knows like the back of her hand. Other than that, she has performed poorly in other PGA events she has played in.

[gales0678]

if she focuses pn the LPGA alone she can be a force , she hits it out by me , 290 - 300

i watched the other girls last year at sybase kev and i could hit 3 wood by all of them

she is playing pitch and putt course , heck i shot par at wkygal from the red tees one day as we wanted to see how we could do!

[GPK]

Originally Posted by gales0678

if she focuses pn the LPGA alone she can be a force , she hits it out by me , 290 - 300

i watched the other girls last year at sybase kev and i could hit 3 wood by all of them

she is playing pitch and putt course , heck i shot par at wkygal from the red tees one day as we wanted to see how we could do!

I agree with you Martin. I just find it hard to agree with the fact she people think she could be average on the PGA Tour. She would find it difficult to break the top 100 on the Nationwide money list.

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by GPK

I agree with you Martin. I just find it hard to agree with the fact she people think she could be average on the PGA Tour. She would find it difficult to break the top 100 on the Nationwide money list.

i know what you mean , i have a friend who is similar to you in abiltiy in tennis

serena williamns wouldn't even sniff the top 100 with the men accoridng to him

it's all relevant though as she and wie can get paid by just beating there own kind

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

I remember that tour, it was for all golfers 5'8" and under.

LOL....The only thing holding this girl back is she is a choker severe. That's it. I have never seen a more classic choke artist. To be brutally honest, Stricker is one, too(a functioning one, though.) So, there is still hope for her to have a career of some sort.

[letswastemoney]

Originally Posted by GPK

Don't get me wrong here, Michelle is obviously very talented. I truly think she was steared in the wrong direction very early on in her career. Yes, she almost made the cut a few years ago at the Sony Open, but that was on her home course that she knows like the back of her hand. Other than that, she has performed poorly in other PGA events she has played in.

You're forgetting the John Deere Classic when she was 15. She basically only had to par in to make it, and her nerves got her. But she could have done it there.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

You're forgetting the John Deere Classic when she was 15. She basically only had to par in to make it, and her nerves got her. But she could have done it there.

Put her in that same tourney this year and she won't sniff making the cut. She didn't know any better when she was 15. And IMO she was a better golfer at that age than she is now.

[gales0678]

2nd place not bad

a little disappointing that she couldn't finish off Stanford , Stanford though played flawless golf on the back and made 3 birdies in a row

hold your head high Michelle your day is coming

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Which one she gunna win? Longs Drugs Challenge?

[letswastemoney]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Which one she gunna win? Longs Drugs Challenge?

She'll win the women's grand slam, whatever tournaments those are

[GPK]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

She'll win the women's grand slam, whatever tournaments those are

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Which one she gunna win? Longs Drugs Challenge?

scuds she was clear by 2nd by 3 shots , she lost to the player that finished off '08 as the hottest player on tour / stanford , no shame in that

pretty soon she will be a winner , once that hybrid gets under control

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by gales0678

scuds she was clear by 2nd by 3 shots , she lost to the player that finished off '08 as the hottest player on tour / stanford , no shame in that

pretty soon she will be a winner , once that hybrid gets under control

She'll win on the LPGA tour. She will NOT be Tiger status dominant on that tour. There are too many player better than her. Laura has a much better chance at Tiger style domination of the LPGA.

She will never finish in the top 30 in a mens tourney and she will be lucky if she ever makes even one, maybe two cuts.

[letswastemoney]

Michelle Wie will cure cancer

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by gales0678

scuds she was clear by 2nd by 3 shots , she lost to the player that finished off '08 as the hottest player on tour / stanford , no shame in that

pretty soon she will be a winner , once that hybrid gets under control

Yea, she can come 2nd. Hey, she went to Q-School, got a card, and came 2nd in the 1st tournament. That's a lot better than she was doing a while back. Even Iggy Puglisi can close better though.

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Yea, she can come 2nd. Hey, she went to Q-School, got a card, and came 2nd in the 1st tournament. That's a lot better than she was doing a while back. Even Iggy Puglisi can close better though.

well today she won , she won down in mexico , beat all the top players , watch out for her in '10

She has a big edge on these women , once she putts it's game over

[GPK]

Originally Posted by gales0678

well today she won , she won down in mexico , beat all the top players , watch out for her in '10

She has a big edge on these women , once she putts it's game over

Glad to see her get that first win.

Marty, any coincidence her best playing has come after switching putting coaches?