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Wie Sits Above Cut

Edgy DC Jul 08 2005 04:00 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 08 2005 04:08 PM

In the John Deere Classic, Michelle Wie is two under in round two, just above what appears to be the projected cut line. Depending on the outcome of the players still on the course, she is poised to become the first female to make the cut of a men's (otherwise) PGA Tour event since Babe Didrickson, like 60 years ago. And, if you hadn't heard, she's 15.

Willets Point Jul 08 2005 04:02 PM

I saw the asterix next to her name and thought it meant "chick" but instead it refers to amateur status.

Edgy DC Jul 08 2005 04:05 PM

And with that, the projected cut drops to -3. OE: So does she.

Edgy DC Jul 08 2005 04:51 PM

She's birdied of her first four holes today and sits at -4. OE: Bogie on 15 (she's started on the back nine) drops her down to -3 and costs her her apparent margin for error.

Frayed Knot Jul 08 2005 10:16 PM

Wie double bogied the 6th then bogied the 7th (the 15th & 16th holes for her) to miss the cut by 3 strokes.

Elster88 Jul 09 2005 04:54 PM Re: Wie Sits Above Cut

Edgy DC wrote: And, if you hadn't heard, she's 15. I am still unable to comprehend this. I know exactly zero about golf, but doesn't this mean she's ahead of where Tiger was at the same age.

Edgy DC Jul 09 2005 05:38 PM

Yes and no. (1) Tiger was generally not pushed at that age. At 15, he was pretty much the dominant amateur in the country (and the match-play titles common to amateur play is a killer way to establish yourself as such) and didn't play his first PGA even until he was 16. Also, if I recall, when he was an amateur, the only tour events he'd accept invitations to were the very major ones with the best fields. (2) Go to a junior high and recall that girls tend to mature earlier. A girl kicking a boy's butt at 14 doesn't mean she'll be able to do it at 24.

TheOldMole Jul 09 2005 08:13 PM

At least not in the same way.

Frayed Knot Jul 09 2005 11:02 PM

]Go to a junior high and recall that girls tend to mature earlier Yup, Wie is a full 6-feet tall. I doubt that Tiger - about 6'1", or maybe 2 now - was that big at age 15. Tiger won the USGA Junior Amateur at age 14, 15 & 16, then the full-fledged US Amateur at 17, 18 & 19. Winning the US Amateur is what got him automatic invites to 'The Masters' and the US Open, so yeah, young Tiger was, for the most part, playing in tourneys he had virtually no chance at winning due to the stacked fields. He also played in a small handful of other tourneys as an amatuer before turning pro after his soph year at Stanford. The 2 men's tourneys that Wie has played to date - getting in through "Sponsor's exemptions" (invites from the money people who realize that she'll rake in the TV ratings) - weren't chosen randomly. Both were on weeks where most of the top pros took off. One was an early season deal that most skip at a course she knows well in Hawaii (she's from there) and this week's stop when all who qualify are over in Scotland getting ready for the Brit Open.

Frayed Knot Jul 16 2005 01:58 PM

Wie was entered this week into the 'Public Links Amatuer' tournament. I'm not really sure what the qualifications are (only playing on public courses?) but 'The Masters' - which maintains a strong connection to amatuer golf - traditionally invites the winner to play the following year. She finished high enough (playing against mostly college aged men) to get through the initial stroke play round, then won 3 rounds of match play (head-to-head) rounds. She finally lost in the 4th round of match play, about 2 rounds short of being in the final.