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  • 7/11/12
For the record, in the 2011 Solheim Cup the Europeans won. Michelle Wie did play an instrumental part in making that happen, though. After teaming up with Christie Kerr to win their Friday morning foursomes match, Wie was on the losing end of her other 3 matches. She and Kerr lost Friday afternoon in their foursomes match. Then, after sitting out the Saturday morning foursomes, she and Brittany Lang lost 4 and 3 in the afternoon fourball. Then, on Sunday, Wie lost her very pivotal singles match to Suzann Pettersen. So one win and three losses for her...and the U.S. team loses...but you credit her with leading us to victory. Only Angela Stanford, who was 0-3-0 in her matches, had a worse record.
I appreciate your desire to give credit where it's due, but in this case you have your facts wrong. At the present time, where her year to date has been a total disaster, there's no question that Wie is trying. I still maintain that Nike and Kia must be looking for ways to unload Wie's bloated contracts ASAP.
  • 7/11/12
Your point is well taken. Her parents have proven to be the biggest problem in the management of Wie's career. Perhaps those like me who don't root for her feel the way we do because of her parents. Now that she's an adult, it would be nice to see here separate them from her golf career, as Sean O'Hair did with his overly controlling father. That would be a big step towards helping me and many others look at her in a different light.
  • 7/11/12
In the Solheim Cup, other than Morgan Pressel and Paula Creamer, no one did much to help the U.S.

But like we know, we all rooted for Michelle and the others to play well. ALL tried their best and have nothing to feel sorry about, they just got out played.

Player Records (wins-losses-halves)

USA
Cristie Kerr, 2-2-1
Morgan Pressel, 4-0-0
Stacy Lewis, 1-3-0
Angela Stanford, 0-3-0
Paula Creamer, 3-1-1
Michelle Wie, 1-3-0
Brittany Lincicome, 2-2-0
Brittany Lang, 1-3-0
Juli Inkster, 0-2-1
Christina Kim, 1-0-1
Vicky Hurst, 1-1-0
Ryann O'Toole, 2-0-2











  • 7/11/12

I think she was referring to the 2009 Solheim Cup, where Wie helped the U.S. win after being a controversial captains' pick.

  • 7/11/12

Facts are that Michelle was the best player on the team when the Americans took home the Solheim Cup. Her record was 3-0-1. She contributed with 3.5 points which was more than any other player and sure rallied the troops.

(sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=4418289)

  • 7/11/12
Since you didn't mention the year, I assumed you were talking about the most recent Solheim Cup. Wie did play well in the 2009 matches, but that was nearly three years ago. Things have definitely changed since then. It will be interesting to see if she can turn things around at some point.
  • 7/11/12

Michelle seemed to thrive in that environment in 2009 because she was just one of the girls. No special treatment, no expectations. Just golf. She did translate that to a win late in 2009, but hasn't carried that through since.