A Wee Bit More About Wie's Play

Yeah, I understand... The final round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational has but to be performed. And, barring a surprisingly low spherical via a person like Stacy Lewis (-eight, T6), who is 7 photographs off the lead, this looks to be a 4-girl sprint to the finish:

1. Inbee Park, -15
2. Cristie Kerr,-13
3. So Yeon Ryu, -12
4. Angela Stanford, -11

I know anything's possible this year, given the number of come-from-behind wins we've seen. Heck, Stacy Lewis won the Mizuno Classic last week by shooting -8 in the last round while the leader could only manage even par. But this is Inbee Park we're talking about here, who's been out of the Top 10 only twice since early June and has 2 wins and 4 runner-ups in that period. It's hard to believe anybody outside these four has a realistic chance to catch her.

But I'm greatly advocated by using Michelle Wie's displaying to date this week. So Michelle deserves two posts from me this weekend.

Friday I wrote about how I feel she's been hammered a piece too hard for her bad play this year, in addition to how proud I am of the way she's handled it. I stated I changed into happy to look her publish any other exact spherical -- a bogey-unfastened sixty six (-5) on her first round, giving her a percentage of the lead -- and while I failed to know if she could bring it domestic for a win, I thought it become a great sign.

Her second round wasn't as good -- a 75 (+3) littered with 4 bogeys and a double, against only 2 birdies -- but she came right back in the third round with another bogey-free round of 67 (-5), tying her for sixth place with Stacy Lewis, Candie Kung, and Hee Kyung Seo (aka "the Supermodel of the Fairways").

I comprehend it's only one week, but improvement has to begin somewhere. Unless she shoots some ridiculous score like 6 today, I suppose she's going to walk far from this week with a in reality accurate flavor in her mouth. She might not be consistent from round to spherical but, however she IS beginning to place entire rounds together now in preference to only a few holes. Added to the fashion of development she's proven over the last few tournaments, this looks as if desirable new for Michelle.

As for the tournament itself, I'm unwilling to award it to Inbee Park yet. As well as she's been playing, Ryu -- who's become a perpetual good pick, as far as I'm concerned -- is putting the best of the leaders by far (only 80 putts for 3 rounds) as well as making the fewest bogeys (only 2). And Kerr has both matched Ryu's bogey count and managed to get one stroke ahead of her despite putting the worst of the leaders (89 putts). This tournament is still up for grabs.

But I'll be pulling for Michelle Wie today. If she simply continues going out and looking to play well, 2013 may want to come to be being a resurgent yr for the Big Wiesy. And I for one can be very happy to peer it.