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ENOUGH DOTTIE!!!!!!!!!!
Leave the girl alone!!!

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Whether or not it's constructive for Dottie to bring this up again, I don't know. But I think she is right. I have nothing against Michelle. I lot of people get upset when a woman gets a sponsorship exemption for a PGA event. These exemptions are there for a reason - to be used at the sponsors descretion. In many cases they are used to draw attention to an event that many big names are sitting out (Tiger, Phil, et al). The sponsors have the right as they give a LOT of money to the PGA. Further, I would have no problem if Annika, Lorena, Michelle, or Paula took an exemption(s) and played well enought to earn a PGA card. However, I think Michelle was set up to fail. She was a marginal player on the LPGA at best. She has tremendous talent, but I don't think she was ready. I hope she gets her groove back, and has a nice career.

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This girl was not marginal by any means, she was in top 5 in 3 out of 4 majors when she was 15. She has made mistakes but you have not heard the last of her.
If she makes the Tour next year she will be in top 5 US players by 21 then top by 23, mark my words

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Dottie Pepper is absolutely correct. Wie's parents are totally incompetent. I remember 3 years ago, I saw her father give a statement saying that "whatever Michelle wants, she can have". What a moron. When did a 15 year old ever know anything about anything? Letting her play against the men is a disgrace. PGA should never have alowed it. Finchem to blame also for allowing it. I do not feel the least bit sorry for her. NIKE gave her $10 million dollars. CEO should be fired. She will be a flop and she deserves it. She and her parents are disgraceful.

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I have a 15 year old daughter, and I would do anything for her. Children are not stupid. Some children DO know what they want and what's good for them. As for letting her play against the men, EXCELLENT. Maybe sex discrimination is on its way out with male and female athletes competing against eachother. End the SEGREGATION!

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Parents teach kids ethics, values, character, etc. You can, and shouldn't, force a child to play sports or music, regardless of their talents. Good parnts concentrate more on morals, values, and education.

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If a child wants to play a sport, it should be nurtured and encouraged. No you should not force it, but neither should you let them quit midseason either. My son has had to learn a hard lesson in integrity when he didn't want to go to a game or a practice. Once you sign up you are obligated to whatever is requested of you until the season ends.

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Leting her play against grown men, who are the best player's in the world is stupid. It has nothing to do with sex discrimination. It's just stupid. She has paid the price and will continue to do so. She will fail miserably.

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I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS.

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Michelle Wei is right about wanting to be at the mall with her friends instead of hitting golf balls. Your only young once.

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Golf is not a game of "who" or "how" but "how many". Michelle Wie played on the men's tour and shot better scores thandozens of the men. No one is saying they had no business there. She shot from the men's tees, she played under PGA rules and played better than most of the guys who also missed the cut. Judge her by her score, not her sex or her parents.

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You have got to be kidding me!!! An education will take her far in life and stating Wie's parents mismanaged her...Please, her parents should be commended for having their daughter go to Stanford. Dottie Pepper, become a Mom and you will understand the importance of a college education....life is not about money or winning.

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that kid is going to stanford, but not on a golf scholarship. the kid is paying her own way. the parents arent. they have the 10 million, so that is about $300,000 they dont have to come up with. also, right she didnt make the cut and she did finish ahead of a few men who also didnt make the cut. that doesnt mean that she is competitive. it means that the guys who didnt make the cut had a bad week and the wie kid had probably one of the best weeks that she could ever have. you see, the men can and will make the cut, more times than not or else if they're not in the top 125 money earners they lose their card and go back to the sticks---michele wie will never make the cut---ever----thats the difference. the person who made the comment that its anti woman doesnt know what he or she is talking about. ask any woman on the lpga tour if she'd like to compete even-up with the men on the pga tour. they'd all run for cover and eventually go broke. if you dont make the cut each week, you get zero, no expenses, nothing and you pay all your own expenses and there'sa pretty steep entrants fee each week, caddys (5 to 10 % and a salary, the idiot who says that women should/could or would compete with the men have never seen a touring pro hit a golf ball. he or she is just an idiot

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The girl has the looks, the game, and she signed the contracts, cashed the checks $$$, and she is trying to be the Lady Tiger...So, if you're under the bright lights, they have press, tv coverage doing their jobs, selling and coverign a product...This professional broadcaster, is doing her job...and she is using facts. Period.

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the memorial tournament for the men, last week was 7600 yards long. it has 5 and 1/2 inch knurly rough. a woman trying to advance the ball out of that type of rough souldnt move the ball 20 feet, not 150 yards as the men have to if they catch that kind of lie. the ladies jst arent strong enough.the averge male pro hits the ball 280 to 300 yds of the tee. the avg pro female about 230. and the ladies cant hit the ball high enough. to be competiveon the pga tour, you have to be able to reach or get real close to the green on par 5's. how are the girls going to do that???the avg par 5 is 550 to 560 or longer--some over 600. on a 600 yd par 5 with a woman hitting 230 240 their second shot on the average would be 360 yds. now tell me, how are they supposed to compete with men. the only way for them to compete is to get some type of handicap, such as length or strokes and then they would want the same money as the men, which is baloney. they still wouylndt win. like the women in tennis. they get the same money, but----men have to play best out of 5 sets while women only play 2 out of 3. do you have any idea what the difference between 3 sets and 5 is on a 90 degree humid day---give me a break. take my advice girls--stay where you are---dont try and be a circus attraction---you can only lose

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I like Michelle. She has a lot of natural talen and I believe she will bounce back. The problem I think is that I see too many parents starting their kids out playing golf at 2-8 yrs old and I think it's to young. That is why many win a lot of junior and amature titles but then fizzle on the pro levels. The body can take just so many twist and turns before injuries occur and surgery is needed (ala Tiger) She did the right thing by letting her body rest. She will be a better player.

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Don't discount the possibility that Pepper's just retaliating because Wie turned down her invitation to spend some time with her and her strap-on.

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I don't like Dottie Pepper. She appears to have a negative, arrogant attitude. So, maybe her parents mismanaged her?

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the great martina navritilova when asked when she was the number one woman tennis player in the world, if, when and how she would fare against any of the men players, she sadi, " i could not nor would i. i could not even compete or even get close to the 100th ranked male player. they're too big, they're too strong, they hit the ball too hard and it comes too too fast for me to react, the're too quick. a womas game is a womans game. ill stick with that."------and i say its the same for golf. i hear women scream all the time, how they want entrance to mens clubs.---i dont hear anymen screamiing to get into womens club---that is unless its san francisco and its a sewing club---cmon men, post something---balls said the queen, if i had em id be king---answer this---why dont you see any women playing and i dont mean at the tournament---i mean ever or hardly ever at augusta national. they tried pulling that there and lost---great---ha-ha-ha

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If you were 18 and your parents followed you to work everyday - there'd be something wrong - Michlele is going to Stanford and her parents moved from Hawaii to an apartment a mile or two off campus! Mismanagement or over protective - the parents should back off!

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