Archive for the 'Hootie Johnson' Category

Puns and Punditry: Wie Woeful, Wonks Win

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Michelle Wie tied for last in today’s opening round of the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Let the punditry begin.

Most news outlets are running with a variation of two pun-filled headlines (pun intended):

Wie suffers woeful start at Sony Open Michelle Wie blown away at Sony Open

Michelle’s round one 79 puts her out of contention. Her plans for tomorrow?

“Try [...]

The Week In Wie: That’s The Way The Casio Crumbles

Friday, November 25th, 2005

Let the Wie bashing begin. In an interesting parallel with Apple Computer Inc. golf writers around the internets know that writing about why Michelle “can’t cut it” or why the Macintosh “will fail” equals reader gold.

AP’s Jim Armstrong quickly points out the following:

No woman has made a PGA Tour cut since Babe Didrikson Zaharias in [...]

Michelle Wie in Masters by 2009?

Wednesday, November 9th, 2005

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Steve Hummer offers a quick prognostication in his piece covering recent changes at the Augusta National course.

Standing upon the new Masters tee at the par-3 fourth hole, a media visitor allowed past the gates for a preview of the latest changes almost feels the 35 added yards from the bottoms of his [...]