Michelle Wie shoots 82 today ...

And Capriati didn't peak as a professional and didn't win any of her Grand Slam titles until AFTER that episode.

Funny how everyone always forgets that.

Capriati's low point wasn't her apocalypse . . . and neither is Wie's.

 

How sporting is it to withdraw in the middle of rounds in two tournaments?

 

Based on her time on the tour(s) thus far, I don't think Wie's name is ever going to be associated with "sporting".

 

Ouch.

I know 17 is the new 25, but ... she's just 17 ...

 

isn't that a song?

 

Poooor bay-beeee!

I wonder if she would have withdrawn if she had been near the lead.

I once covered an athlete who was at top of his class in college, but every time something went against him he started to limp, then stop play because of this "injury." It never, ever bothered him when he was winning. I think this maneuver shall have to be renamed pulling a "Wie."

And I say she's hitting practice shots by Monday morning.

 

Yeah, I saw sparks fly
From the corner of my eye
And when I turned (whoo)
It was love at first sight
I said please excuse me
I didn't catch your name (whoa)
It'd be a shame
Not to see you again

And just when I thought
She was coming to my door
She whispered sweet
And brought me to the floor
She said

Chorus:
I'm only seventeen (seventeen)
I'll show you love like you've never seen
She's only seventeen (seventeen)
Daddy says she's too young
But she's old enough for me

Come to my place
We can talk it over (oh)
Everything going down in your head
She said take it easy
I need some time
Time to work it out
To make you mine

And just when I thought
She was coming to my door
She whispered sweet
And brought me to the floor
She said,

Chorus:
I'm only seventeen (seventeen)
You ain't seen love
Ain't seen nothing like me
She's only seventeen
Seventeen........yeah!!!!

Solo

Such a bad girl
Loves to work me over time
Feels good (ha)
Dancin' close to the borderline
She's a magic mountain
She's a leather glove (oh)
She's my soul
It must be love

Chorus:
She's only seventeen (seventeen)
The girl she gives me love like I've never seen
She's only seventeen (seventeen)
Daddy says she's too young
But she's old enough for me
Seventeen!!
She's everything I need (seventeen)
Daddy says she's too young
But she's old enough
Old enough for me
Yeah! Yeah!!

 

From the AP story on Wie's withdrawal, her comments when asked what she would do next:

“As of right now, I don’t know,” Wie said, wearing an ice bag on her left wrist, the defiant tone in her voice reduced to resignation. “I’m definitely going to think about all the options. I want to lay off again, but we’ll have to see.”

 

http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/jennifercapriati.html

Jennifer Capriati:
Age 14: Reached the semifinals of the 1990 French Open.
Age 15: Became the youngest-ever women's semifinalist at Wimbledon
Age 16: Won the Olympic gold medal by beating Steffi Graf in Barcelona, Spain.

All of the above was BEFORE the meltdown. As you pointed out, no Grand Slam titles before the meltdown. At the same time, Capriati wasn't struggling like Wie is, either. Those three accomplishments by Capriati trump anything Wie has done.

 

And your point is . . . what?

That Capriati at age 16 had accomplished more than Wie? Well, duh.

That wasn't the argument, however.

The argument was whether Wie was headed for some "Capriati-like" meltdown that would, in the words of many, "ruin" her career.

I only pointed out that a Capriati-like meltdown didn't ruin Capriati's career.