I like to stay "abreast" of the latest news in the overly manufactured career of Michelle Wie. In doing so I read many of the articles that make their way into print touting her meager accomplishments, and mounting failures. You can guess which topic has more substance.
Today I had a near stroke trying to comprehend an article on the Fox Dorks web site, in the golf section, concerning Ms Wie written by the Associated Press. Besides the poor writing, legendary at the AP, the concluding paragraphs are so out of joint and erroneous, that it almost seems intentional deceit. The following comes from the AP release:
..."What taints her year was competing against the men.
Wie rose to international acclaim as a 14-year-old player when she shot 68 in the Sony Open and missed the cut by one shot. A year later, she shot 70-71 at the John Deere Classic and narrowly made the cut. (my italics)...
..."She tied for 26th at the Women's British Open - her only finish outside the top 5 on the LPGA - and fired her caddie without anyone from the Wie family breaking the news. And after starting her senior year at Punahou School in Honolulu, Wie took a two-week break to take on the end and finished both times, in the European Masters and the 84 Lumber Classic. (my italics)..."
First, Wie has not made a PGA cut other than the Korean croquet championship earlier this year against men that cannot make the U.S. tour.
And second, the last sentence has absolutely no meaning whatever. Wie finished dead LAST in both the European Masters and the 84 Lumber. She missed the cut in both. It was a joke, yet the AP prints an indecipherable gobble gook about both tournament results and misleads to imply "she finished". Does the AP employ editors?
You can bet there are people out there right now declaring that Wie made a PGA Tour cut, based on their reading of this bozo article. Further evidence that just cause it's in print, don't mean it ain't a pile a sh!t.