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 [...]

While we here in Hawaii watch Michelle Wie with the rest of the world, let it be known that residents here aren’t all unabashed cheerleaders for golf’s $10 million wondergirl.

Dan Seto, self-proclaimed Hawaiian Curmudgeon, offers this observation:

Wie may never reach the goal of making the cut in a men’s tournament (the last female to do [...]

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 [...]

ESPN will air their Sony Open first round coverage beginning at 1:30pm HST, 6:30pm EST.

A daily summary of the Sony Open hosted by Liz Chun will air on KGMB9 after the local late evening news. Remember folks, KGMB9 is your official “SEVERE WEATHER STATION!” (Currently trade winds are forecast at 10-15 MPH.)

To paraphrase Jack Lord [...]

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin’s Paul Arnett does the write up for Michelle Wie in the paper’s “10 To Watch in ‘06″ series.

Arnett provides a nice summary of the goings on in Michelle’s life without cheerleading or malice to sell the story.

Realistically, she will never make a living playing only with the big boys, but for now [...]

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 [...]