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 [...]

Roman Khazin at York University’s student paper, The Excalibur, takes inventory of various other teenage prodigies who’ve entered the limelight in recent years.

Michelle Wie is not the only significant teenager in professional sports today gaining such intense media scrutiny. Sidney Crosby started attracting media attention at the age of 16 and is expected to be [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Lots of harsh and mostly well deserved criticism of Michael Bamberger from readers of WIEblog. Here are a few choice selections from this past week:

I just finished reading the Q&A on SI’s site as well, I still don’t buy it. For someone as knowlegeable about the game as Bamberger, you can’t tell me that he [...]

Lawrence Donegan, columnist for The Age, files his commentary on cheating in golf… from the future: October 21, 2005!

Otherwise known as anywhere West of the International Date Line, or in this case Australia. Cue Theremin music!

To the non-golfer, opening the Rules of Golf must be a disorienting experience, another universe with its own moral code [...]

After reading the Q&A with Michael Bamberger published today on SI.com I’d say there was no malice involved in his actions. His explaination of his actions are reasonable, but I would’ve given him hell when he called on Sunday if I were his editor.

It’s that one sticking point: I still question his “I’ll ask Michelle [...]

In the October 24, 2005 issue of Sports Illustrated, Alan Shipnuck ends his Michelle Wie / Michael Bamberger story with this amazing graf:

Last week Bamberger picked up an unlikely supporter in B.J. Wie, Michelle’s fiercely loyal, protective father. He knows that his daughter, for all her prodigious physical talents, is still a teenager with [...]

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…

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