Ah, the dreams of a teenager. Currently the youngest Omega ambassador in a group which includes golfers Sergio Garcia and Ernie Els as well as supermodel Cindy Crawford and actress Nicole Kidman, the ambitions of Michelle Wie are spreading to dreams of scoring 54’s and joining the U.S. Ryder Cup team one day.
“Hopefully I will be able to do it one day, that would be awesome. I think it is totally possible” stated a passionate Wiesy regarding her Ryder Cup aspirations at her pre-round interview for this week’s Omega European Master’s tournament. Another attempt for Wie to qualify in a men’s tournament and another possibility that she will go home empty-handed on Friday.
Sergio Garcia thinks Michelle Wie can make the cut. “It’s just a matter of…getting some good momentum on her side. It’s not an easy golf course, but she can definitely do it.”
Ernie Els shares the same confidence regarding her abilities. Jean Van de Velde, on the other hand, would prefer putting on a skirt and joining up with the LPGA tour.
Van de Velde believes that men should be able to play golf alongside the ladies. Perhaps the frenchman is convinced that joining the women’s tour might offer him an opportunity to take home a first place check and some accolades in a tournament that someone remembers. Can anyone even call to mind his last victory? Oh that’s right…Van de Velde won the Madeira Island Open. What I remember is his fateful fallout at the British Open in Carnoustie!
It’s interesting that Wie doesn’t believe that men should play in women’s events but she presumes the reverse is fair. I’m wondering if she feels that the infiltration of men into a women’s event might mark the end of the LPGA. Come on folks, Michelle is looking to dominate BOTH tours! How fair is that!
Michelle Wie isn’t backing down, at least in the near future. She’s more interested in continuing her journey on the men’s tour, gaining momentum from the SK Telecom Open in which she made the cut (and history) and believing that, by competing regularly against the men, she will one day convince naysayers that her ability far outweighs her hype. “I love playing men’s events. This is not going to be a short term event for me, it is long term for me and I intend to do it all the way.”

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