Whether you're a Wie Wacko or a Wie Wannabe, you have to admit she has played the system perfectly to get to where she is -- $10 million richer overnight. She hasn't played it traditionally, just in a perfect, capitalistic way.

Would she be $10 richer today if she had followed the usual route up through the amateur ranks? I seriously doubt it. She'd be just another, teen, amateur phenom.

Look for my full column on this theme coming out Monday. You'll find it amusing, insightful and informative, not at all like those crazed, obsesssive, mean blogs Chris Baldwin writes.

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