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	BlackChampagne -- no longer new; improvement also in question.: The Spotlight Burns Sunday, June 26, 2005 The Spotlight Burns Maybe there's something to experience and veteran guile after all. After 15 year old Michelle Wie made all the headlines the first three days of the Womens' US Open, she went out tied for the lead Sunday and completely blew up, shooting +11 and plummeting from first to last place. Scoreboard! In fairness to youth and inexperience though, fellow amateur 17 y/o Morgan Pressel played a decent round and finished second, and would probably have won if another woman no one had noticed at all hadn't chipped in a very long birdie from a sandtrap on 18. Golf might be the hardest sport to win in, given that there are 64 or more players going on the same course every weekend, and any of them can win. Also, there's no way to play defense and win by keeping your opponent from scoring, and you can never coast or take it easy; you've got to make one great shot after another, and you still might lose if someone else plays the best round of their year. It's also such a huge mental strain, with intense concentration required on every shot; you can't just run and keep up with the pack, or let your teammates make a few shots while you rest. It's definitely not a bad thing to fly below the radar in golf, and Birdie Wie, the winner, no doubt benefited by not being interviewed, not being pestered by media or photographers, and not speaking very good English. All the easier to tune out the chatter of the gallery, that way. As for Wie, given the way she folded up like a cheap deck chair, maybe she should go train with Tiger's dad for a few years. He could yell at her and shake the keys in his pocket when she's trying to put, and she'd either break or gain the mental toughness to go with her talent. Posted by: Flux # 3:12 PM Comments: So is Birdie Wei related to Michelle Wie? Also it's 'putt' not 'put'. #: 12:33 AM posted by Anonymous It's Birdie Kim, and according to the announcers she picked that new first name just recently, as a way to differentiate herself from the glut of other Kim-named Korean golfers on the tour. I don't have a link, but I've read in the past that something like 60% of all Koreans have one of 4 or 5 surnames, Kim being one of the most common. It's actually causing them identification problems, and authorities have urged people to make up more inventive first names, or at least middle names. #: 1:53 AM posted by Flux Post a Comment << Home Archives May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2012

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