The news came in the middle of the night in most of America, news that's fast becoming as predictable as snow in Michigan in January for all but the Wie Warriors.

Marketing monster Michelle Wie folded again when faced with a little pressure, bogeyed the last two holes in her second round to miss the cut at the Casino World Open. At some point, you have to start feeling sorry for this 16-year-old who obviously knows nothing about winning or performing in the clutch.

The only funny thing is how the Wie Warriors get so pumped up, convinced they are finally going to be proven right, only to see the wheels fall off the bus yet again.

Michelle Wie's now proven she cannot win, or even do anything artificially significant, in America, Canada and Japan. Maybe she'll try her hand at Liechtenstein next. It's obvious she needs a smaller stage.

Then again, she couldn't win big tournaments in the Juniors either.

Remember, this was the Casino World Open, a Japanese Tour event with a field less impressive than some major college tournaments. This is the tournament that Tiger Woods thought she might be able to contend in. Making the cut seemed to be a given with Tiger declaring, "there's no reason why she can't make the cut."

Well, no reason except the fact Wie would likely blow a three-foot putt playing for a local country club's beer round trophy.

Now we know why Tiger Woods is no Phil Mickelson when it comes to sports betting. Of course, working for Nike, Tiger has to play nice to Michelle.

The Wie camp cannot acknowledge the farce this has become of course. If only it wasn't all about dollar signs and Wie could go back and try to learn how to handle anything stressful in low-level amateur tournaments.

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