Archive for the 'Daddy Wie' Category
Friday, November 24th, 2006
Alex Pappas as Japundit, a semi-regular read on my list, summarizes all the basic criticisms of Michelle Wie’s attempts at playing in PGA events in his post Golfing with the guys:
Michelle Wie, please stop embarrassing yourself by trying to play on the men’s tour… Ms. Wie characteristically went into denial mode and could not [...]
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Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
Michelle Wie bashers might ask: Did Daddy Wie’s cell phone battery die out during the overseas flight, or is some lowly administrative assistant getting chewed out as this is posted?
Probably neither since sports agent Ross Berlin delivered the bad news to caddie Greg Johnston himself…
A public relations firm in New York released a statement from [...]
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Thursday, July 27th, 2006
Michelle Wie, Lorena Ochoa, and Karrie Webb are tied for first at nine under.
Choice quote from the tour page:
Seated with his back to the border of a flower bed, Michelle’s father watches his daughter hit in her third birdie in the game she’s only just begun. Everything she does is committed to the memory of [...]
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Thursday, July 13th, 2006
WTF, Daddy Wie!
WTF!
I don’t care if Jason Day is the top amateur turned pro from Australia, but you keep those 18-year-olds away from Michelle off or on the golf course.
Hell, you probably do a good enough job scaring them “good” Punahou boys away at home, but when the game is on I don’t want any [...]
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
The Seattle Times reports that a family friend of the Wie’s purchased MichelleWie.com along with other variations of the dot com. The domain registration shows BJ Wie as the sole owner of the domain, listing his University of Hawaii office as the contact.
The domain http://www.michellewiegolf.com/ points to a spam site, while other variations a popping [...]
Posted in Be Like Wie, Daddy Wie, Ross Berlin | 2 Comments »
Friday, January 6th, 2006
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 [...]
Posted in Annika Sorenstam, Be Like Wie, Daddy Wie, LPGA Tour, PGA Tour | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
With the madness of the SamSung DQ behind her, Michelle is ready for the Casio Open. Daddy Wie explains some of the reasoning behind Michelle’s gender busting game.
“That’s why we like to play ladies’ and men’s tournaments,” BJ said, “because it is different types of training and preparation. Michelle wants to improve every part of [...]
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
Pacific Business News says Hawaii isn’t the place for a multi-millionare like Michelle Wie.
Our income tax isn’t rich people friendly it seems. PBN says most golfers live in Nevada or Florida where income isn’t taxed.
A move to the Mainland would certainly smooth out the logistics of tournament travel, but leaving Hawaii could also save Wie [...]
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2005
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 [...]
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Friday, October 21st, 2005
The Safeway International at Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club is getting antsy over the potential loss of one of their favorite competitors.
Aside from having only six sponsor exemptions here’s some of the more interesting reasons Michelle probably won’t make Superstition according to the Arizona Republic piece:
A new event to start [...]
Posted in Daddy Wie, Evian Masters, Kraft Nabisco, LPGA Tour, Ross Berlin, Safeway International | 3 Comments »