Sports writers suck ass (golf not hockey...this time)

I just read an article about Michelle Wie and golf and it really pissed me off. I could give 2 shits about golf or girls and golf, but when one of the "Experts" starts accusing readers of something I get a little mad. Anyway here is Gene Wojciechowski's article

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=2472236

and here is the letter I e-mailed to him.

RE: Everything by Wie's score was Open-worthy
Your aggressive, know everything writing style made your Michelle Wie argument weak and basically laughable. Instead of trying to justify the woman’s existence on the planet, her age, gender, skill, childhood, how many teddy bears she has (take a breath already) why not try and back your argument up with statistics and performance? Argue one point not fifty and you may have a chance. I forgot, the stats aren’t there, the potential is, but the track record is not. It must be tough to write a legitimate story when the subject won’t play along.

To your credit, you were right it is the US Open, open to all, rules supported. Fine case closed, that was your story, but no, you have to go on at length about a 59th place finish, 1 over after two rounds against the best tier THREE golfers in the… area, that weekend, with time to burn, and a hundred bucks, etcetera. Michelle “walk on water” Wie finished 59th against people you yourself described as guys with $150 and a handicap.

Will she be a great golfer, sure, but don’t you think her game would improve immensely if she stopped trying to prove the world wrong and played a few LPGA events? She has never, regardless of her age, won anything at the pro level, so why would she try and make a leap? She is not better than her classified competition, she is after all genetically female and there is a pro tour for her to compete on. If she dominated like Anika for a few years maybe people could support her, but doing these things in an almost accusatory manner makes people dislike her. Why get your drivers license and try and run an F1 race, or buy a bicycle and event the Tour de France? A bit of a stretch, but in pro terms it is almost accurate.

So far Michelle Wie’s efforts to crack the men’s tour have made her a publicity stunt and a failure. I wonder why people have a hard time embracing her. To her credit, this time she tried to qualify legitimately. Again, another great subject for a story, she tried like everyone else, no sponsor’s exemption she put herself up there just like everyone else. It writes itself. Swing and a miss, your story was about critics with an axe to grind. You invented the critics and your story painted all your readers with the same brush.

My advice, relax its golf.