tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-72559735758467733662007-07-19T23:34:00.000-07:002007-07-19T23:34:00.000-07:002007-07-19T23:34:00.000-07:00A few comments:<BR/>1) Her current swing is awful. Her driver is all over the place. Her former coach, Gary Gilchrist (he left Leadbetter's Academy), has said that in her quest for distance, in order to play against the men, she has sacrificed her once smooth tempo and balance.<BR/>2) Her parents really haven't looked out for her best interest, I agree. Tiger once cautioned her that she should play amateur events and work her way up the golf ladder. There's a ginormous difference between bombing 300+ yard drives and scoring low. Basically, she hasn't learned how to win. If you look at Tiger (3x junior amateur & 3x US amateur championships), he learned at a very young age how to win...By the way, my dad's accountant once met BJ Wie (Michelle Wie's father) he has nothing nice to say about him.<BR/>3) To be quite fair to her, I'm not sure what I nor my parents would do if we were in her and her parent's shoes and we were faced with a mountain full of cash. It's very easy for us to stand in judgement when we are mere spectators.<BR/>4) If you look at the sports landscape, they are replete with athletes that, for one reason or another, never met the high expectations we heaped on them. Ryan Leaf, Andre Ware, Tim Couch, Tony Mandarich, Michael Olowokandi, Harold Minor, Brien Taylor, Matt Kuchar, etc. etc. It seems as though we like to build up our stars and then we salivate when they fall.<BR/>5) I agree that college will do a world of good. If nothing else, she'll be away from her parents.Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505852078096246690noreply@blogger.com