Wie controversy grows

It looks like the commotion caused by Michelle Wie's withdrawal last week won't die down. Annika Sorenstam, one of the world's top players, came out and called Wie's withdrawal a lack of respect and class. Apparently Wie's injury wasn't so bad she couldn't put in some practice time the Saturday after pulling out of the Ginn. In addition, Wie's pro-am partners for the last two tourneys have complained about her attitude.

Ouch. When the world's best female player is calling you out and mentioning the injury excuse was a bit fishy you know you're in trouble. I think this has been a long time coming and these incidents only add fuel to the fire and maybe lit the match. I think everyone knows Wie used the wrist as an excuse rather than shoot over 88 and be banned for the rest of the year. Her sponsors wouldn't accept that and neither would the LPGA, who loves to fatten its coffers. Maybe she had an injury but you can't go out less than 48 hours later and be seen practicing at the site of the next tournament. There is an LPGA rule prohibiting LPGA members from practicing at a tournament course less than 7 days from the start. Players complained and were told because Wie is not an official member of the tour they weren't going to do anything about it. That's a bunch of crap. No one participating should be allowed, but the LPGA turns the other cheek. LPGA players aren't happy with the second set of rules for a player that hasn't put together a competitive round in almost a year on any tour. This is only going to get worse and it'll be interesting to see what happens.