The U.S. Women's Amateur kicks off this week at Pumpkin Ridge in Oregon - a perfect venue for Michelle Wie to end her winless ways and beat some of the finest young women in golf.

Sadly she went pro before ever winning it and is now ineligible to ever enter the tournament again.

Tiger Woods of course won three consecutive U.S. Amateurs before letting Nike reel him in.

As Tiger won his 50th tournament this weekend and Wie wasn't a factor in the British Open, allow me to insert the obvious "woulda coulda shoulda". The Women's Am would obviously be a much bigger deal with Wie in it, and she should be in it. Which poses the question:

With tons of other young girls seemingly poised for early success on the LPGA Tour, should the LPGA, like most other professional leagues, impose an 18 or 19-year old age limit?

Clearly, Wie is missing out on the pajama parties and spin the bottles that helped Tiger mature and get over the hump.

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