Where Would We Be Without Wie?

Just as golf is about to swing into that drab period between Bay Hill and The Masters Michelle Wie comes to the rescue.

Her club grounding inside a hazard was a non-issue (except for that pesky 2-stroke penalty), but her hilarious, defensive, and wholly self-serving reaction to the two rules officials who were doing everything they could not to laugh at her or call her an infant was precious.

It's clear that Michelle Wie is weak in her understanding of the rules of golf. Worse, it's equally clear that she has no interest in improving her knowledge. As the saying goes: She doesn't know what she doesn't know. Contrast this to the LPGA's former Number 1, Annkika Sorenstam, who, smack in the middle of her LPGA dominance, went out of her way to attend a USGA Rules Seminar.

Sorenstam was a great player; Wie wants the world to believe she's great.

Since the LPGA had the wrong-headed temerity to tells its members to learn to speak English or else, I would hope someone at the tour would be wiling to take Wie aside and tell that learning the rules is a good thing that will make her a even better player.

Surely, Wie's not going to figure this out on her own.

If Michelle Wie has handlers whom she trusts, she's making a mistake.

If she's making her decisions on her own, she's making a mistake.

It's time to learn that sometimes you can learn from a mistake before you make one.