The HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship opens today. Summary Coverage beings on The Golf Channel at 8:30 PM (2:30 PM Hawaii Time). Winner takes home $500,000.

Parents, let your kids become duffers.

Now some words from Michelle:

Wie looks ahead to match-play tourney: “I know there are people out there critiquing me, saying I haven’t won or [...]

From the comments section of WIEblog, Tony Lord offers this:

As a golf enthusiast, my only question of Ms. Wie and her handlers is: why doesn’t Michelle concentrate on making her mark on the LPGA tour, and then, if she is dominating that tour (as is Anika Sorenstam), then tunr her attention to trying to [...]

That’s the conclusion reached by Gavyn Davies of the Guardian UK. Not only does he state the seemingly obvious, he supports his contention that Annika Sorenstam could compete against men in his number crunching (always with the numbers!):

Sorenstam and Wie are not just average women. They are as dominant in their own game as Tiger [...]

Michelle Wie can play in six LPGA events with sponsor exemptions. This Royal Canadian Golf Association event wouldn’t count toward the six, though they could be a scheduling conflict once the 2006 LPGA calendar is known.

“Michelle and B. J. (her father) are well aware of our event,” said Van Kesteren, who has spoken numerous times [...]

USA Today’s Tom Spousta reports that Michelle Wie got a text message from Annika Sorenstam the day after the Samsung World Championship.

“Annika was not happy to hear of Michelle’s disqualification,” said Wie’s father, B.J. “She encouraged her to keep her chin up and not to get frustrated or disappointed. They were comforting words. Michelle was [...]

SI.com’s Rob Stanger says there’s plenty of blame and questionable decisions for everyone including SI senior writer Michael Bamberger, caddie Greg Johnston, and tour officals.

I saw Anna Sorenstam’s televised conversation regarding line of sight, and at the time it seemed like it was going on for a lot longer than it should. Stanger explains it…

All [...]

As the women come in for the weather delay we know there’ll be talk of Michelle Wie’s killer instinct ala Annika Sorenstam’s “quiet focus.” This weekend’s rounds showed Michelle nerves taking over on each day’s front nine. Whether she shakes off today’s +3 start there’s still a matter of how she’ll overcome this hurdle.

Saying that [...]

Michelle’s performance on the front nine this morning could have signaled disaster as her recent history has shown. It seemed that we were taking that familiar road again, but our girl steeled herself and put together a game that kept her in third place and 5 shots behind leader Annika Sorenstam.

Now Annika’s a Sweed, right? [...]