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08-04-2008 , 07:56 PM

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LOL, way to make excuses for her...seriously, it's 100% her own fault that she isn't 'crushing' if she's as talented as you claim.

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08-04-2008 , 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by durkadurka33

LOL, way to make excuses for her...seriously, it's 100% her own fault that she isn't 'crushing' if she's as talented as you claim.

Did anyone say it wasn't? You may want to reread the posts;no one was making any excuses..... LOL

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08-04-2008 , 09:00 PM

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This basically is an affirmation of my point that LPGA tour courses are setup for the average LPGA tour player. Up to this point Wie has not geared her game to setups with forced layups, narrow landing areas, few forced carries, etc., which do not give Wie a tactical advantage. Once she learns to hit consistent 240 yard tee shots to fairways, accurate 130 yard-and-in approaches, and improves her putting, she will win on LPGA tour. We already know she can hit the kind of shots basically all LPGA tour players only dream of executing, but these are factored out with the setups.

She has also never learned to win. That may have something to do with her tactical approach to the game, i.e. refusing to adapt to LPGA style of play.

Sounds like someone's saying that it's the LPGA course layout's fault that Wie isn't winning...sounds like an excuse to me.

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08-04-2008 , 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by durkadurka33

Sounds like someone's saying that it's the LPGA course layout's fault that Wie isn't winning...sounds like an excuse to me.

I don't know. I think the point is that if the courses were longer and had more forced carries, that only a handful of LPGAers would be good bets to compete, Wie among them. Seems reasonable. It's academic though.

There's a consensus that she hasn't been good enough to date. How high her upside might be is something to talk about as the actual business of her career happens.

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08-04-2008 , 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by durkadurka33

Sounds like someone's saying that it's the LPGA course layout's fault that Wie isn't winning...sounds like an excuse to me.

You may want to try taking a course in Reading Comprehension.

"Wie has not geared her game"
"Once she learns to hit"
"She has never learned to win"
"refusing to adapt to LPGA style of play"

Those aren't excuses. He's laying the blame completely on Wie. Don't you understand that?

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08-05-2008 , 12:47 AM

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Wasn't she tied for the lead a couple of weeks ago before the DQ?

Her results have been pretty good (take out the patch where she was injured/rebelled against her world) but we all see her as having been disappointing so far, because she's so F'ING TALENTED!

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08-05-2008 , 04:28 PM

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I'm pretty sure the LPGA does not have forced layups, narrow landing area or forced carries. Wie's problem is consistency, and it has nothing to do with the LPGA setup.

Unfortunately, LPGA still does this stuff too often. It is their way to equalize the field.