Sorenstam And Creamer Call Out Wie for Playing With the Men

In any situation, the person that gets the most attention isn't always the most talented. Ask Michelle Wie, she's becoming all too familiar with this process.

After deciding to play in the Reno-Tahoe Open, a PGA Tour event this week, Wie landed a lot of criticism from lesser-known PGA players that are saying what most of the men on tour are probably thinking.

Now, when news came out that Wie was supposed to try and qualify for the Women's British Open but bailed for another chance to miss a cut with the men, her playing competitors are coming forward in flocks.

"Well, we all have different agendas in life," Annika Sorenstam said. "I had a wonderful experience and, when I look back on my career, I will always think about that. I think it was really a turning point in my career and as a person.

"I really don't know why Michelle continues to do this. We have a major this week and, if you can't qualify for a major, I don't see any reason why you should play with the men."

Obviously, the stronger mind prevails. Sorenstam sees that competing against the men was important at one time, but she gave it a shot and came up just a touch short. Wie has yet to realize that if at first you don't succeed, trying seven times and still not succeeding is pretty stupid.

"I feel kind of sad for her," Helen Alfredsson, winner of last week's Evian Masters, said. "I think she's a very good person. I feel sad for the guidance that she seems to not have in the right direction.

"She was so good a couple of years ago when she finished second a few times. I'm sure if you put yourself enough times in that position then you can deal with it, and I think it's how you become better. That's how you learn to win."

I'm fairly certain that Wie's dad is just a moron and continue to side with Dottie Pepper on this issue. There is absolutely no reason to be doing this at a time in your life when your game isn't in tip-top form. I think that it's disrespectful and selfish to skip a major championship on your tour to go play in some B-level event with the men. You might be just 18-years-old, but there comes a point when you have to realize who you've become and embrace what you have in front of you. Obviously, Paula Creamer says it better than I ever could.

"I don't know why you'd want to pass up playing in a major, especially the British Open here at Sunningdale," Creamer said. "But she goes a different path and that's not the path way that I've taken."

Wie could go out this week and tear it up, making the cut and shutting people like me up, but I'm pretty sure the path Creamer is on looks a helluva lot better. The big difference, Creamer knows how to win.