A quick note: For those of you wondering if I forgot the November RGWR, I decided to wait until after the Disney tournament. That way I can cover the end of the PGA Tour year in November, then cover the end of the European Tour's Race to Dubai in December. I'll skip the January RGWR since there's little of importance during December and pick up again in February after a full month of 2013 tournaments.
I do not understand why GC isn't always televising the Lorena Ochoa Invitational this week. After all, you would suppose the rare Lorena sightings we get would warrant the eye, would not you? As it's miles, we should make do with the LPGA live leaderboard... And this week it tells an interesting tale.
Michelle Wie is tied for the lead after the first round. Yes, you read that correctly... Michelle Wie.
Where has the Big Wiesy been all year? If you've got followed the LPGA, you already know that she's been struggling badly. She's had only one Top10 all 12 months. And whilst it's tempting responsible it on her placing -- that is what the commentators normally do, is not it? -- the reality is that Michelle's recreation in fashionable hasn't been too suitable.
She's barely hit half of her fairways and two-thirds of her GIR, and she or he gets up-and-down from the sand much less than 1/2 the time so she's now not scrambling properly. She's taking 31.Five putts consistent with spherical on common, which is bad while you are not placing for birdie on every hole. Her scoring common is a whopping seventy three.62, which translates to handiest 15 rounds under par, most effective 7 in the 60s.
That simply is not going to get it completed.
I understand it's famous to bash Michelle right now, however I even have a one of a kind view than maximum humans. You see, if a golfer wins a main and their sport tanks for a year or two, we chalk it up to "lifestyles adjustments" brought about the win. The terrible golfer has to discover ways to take care of these kinds of new needs on their time, and so forth. The effect of one week of golfing is taken into consideration a superbly acceptable excuse for a year of pitiful play.
Yet, for a few reason I can not recognize, completing a diploma at Stanford whilst looking to hold a golf profession is not taken into consideration "existence-converting" enough to give an explanation for a yr of negative play. Call me stupid if you need, but I believe it's a whole lot tougher to adjust from a life at college to a life on Tour than it's far to find out how to mention "no" a piece more often to those who want more of your time.
The guy who wins a chief has greater human beings soliciting for his or her time. The university graduate has simply had every habitual of their existence uprooted, and now has to develop a whole new plan of assault for their existence.
If some thing, I suspect Michelle has been trying too hard. For us mere mortals, it's difficult to imagine that being proficient -- being a prodigy at something -- does not mean you have all of it collectively. Nobody is born with the entire package; there's usually some thing -- usually numerous very essential somethings -- that still need to be advanced. And it is uncommon that the human beings round you understand the ones lacking intangibles and focus on supporting you increase them. That's the cause so few prodigies ever attain their ability... Or, in the event that they do, they in the end crash and burn.
Fortunately, Michelle hasn't crashed and burned. She's grew to become out to be a fairly-well-adjusted younger person, regardless of the regular grievance she grew up with. (Imagine seeking to live on your teenage years with the mass media criticizing every circulate YOU made!) And now, beginning with the Ricoh Women's British Open, Michelle has shown some improvement, posting 7 of her below-par rounds and 2 of her sub-60 rounds past due in the yr -- almost 1/2 of her desirable rounds are in her ultimate 5 events. And, of course, she added a sixty six Thursday.
Will Michelle be capable of bring this event domestic? I don't know. But she's managed to maintain in an awesome body of mind for the duration of most of her struggles this 12 months, and she or he's eventually showing a few development.
I'm honestly rooting for her... And it would suit GC right if they overlooked it due to the fact they failed to televise the occasion.
0 comments