Sorry guys. I hate to be the one to pee in the pool but just a word of caution about all this fawning over Michelle Wie. Her Solheim Cup performance was magnificent, yes, but match play on home turf in front of friendly crowds is a different animal from tournament golf. Perhaps some of you can recall Peter Baker's performance at The Belfry in the 1993 Ryder Cup Matches. He played like a lion. Baker qualified for that team by winning his 2nd and 3rd career Euro Tour wins and, following his awesome Ryder Cup play, never won another event. Sadly, he finally lost his Tour card 5 years ago and is now on the Euro Challenge Tour.

The most gifted in sports don't always reach their potential. We've been through this discussion a few years ago when Wie was just missing cuts on the PGA Tour, so I won't bother to repeat just yet. And I'm not saying she won't flower now. In fact, I believe she will soon. It was huge that she was able to dig out that win on Sunday after coughing up a three hole advantage over Helen Alfredsson. In years past, I doubt she would have been able to do that. This rookie year was always going to be about her learning to win. Let's just exercise a little caution before anointing Michelle Wie as Annika Sorenstam's successor. Again.

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