Wie Needs To Get Rid Of the Weasy

Michele Wie, Hawaii’s child prodigy in golf just got her tickets taken. Her latest cut from the field in her last LPGA tournament proves that she still lacks the drive to propel her game to the top.

The best thing that happened to her recently was the exemption not handed out. She will have to see where this leads. The qualifying exemptions were the root of her problems, not injuries. She needs to toughen her mental approach to her game. Right now, Wie is a mentally fragile young adult. Her puppy dog appeal no longer exists. She will have to write her own story and foot the bill.

No one wants to carry a quitter and someone who constantly makes excuses. Her road was paved with glitter and easy passage to the back entrance. The best thing for her parents to do, would be to let her fight and qualify for her invites to these LPGA events. This will make her hungrier, mentally tougher, and most of all prove that she can do it on her own with her god given talent. Her talent is definitely there, but all champions are made mentally tough. You cannot take a short cut and hire a sports psychologist to pass through this. You have to get beat up (mentally). The only way to get beat up is to travel that road of experience. She has not been on that road; she has been in a limousine by passing that road. Tiger Woods was also a child prodigy golfer. However his road to his success was different than Wie, it was due to him fighting in all the amateur tournaments. Playing against his peers did him good and propelled him higher. Wie skipped this too early.

As an ancient Chinese proverb tells about the emperor who clipped the cocoon to help the butterfly morph faster actually crippled it. The process of struggling out of the cocoon for the butterfly forms its wings, body and legs. By the emperor cutting the cocoon he actually hurt the butterfly mature, as the butterfly lived it’s life flightless. The same thing can be said for Wie, her cocoon has been clipped. But she needs to travel the bumpy road by her self and only after this will she excel.