Michelle Wie received sponsors' exemptions to play in the Sony Open from 2004-2007. This was wrong.
No, I'm not going to take the position that she shouldn't receive an exemption because she is stealing a spot from a fully capable male PGA Tour golfer with partial status.
I'm making that statement because she wasn't mentally ready. Simple as that.
Although she had a couple of near misses there, most male golfers who are 15 years old aren't mentally prepared to compete on that stage.
Now that she has an LPGA Tour win under her belt, I think she is ready to tee it up with the big boys in front of the home crowd.
The Sony sponsors should have given her a call immediately after she won the Lorena Ochoa Invitational to express their interest.
Golf desperately needs a good story. Now more than ever.
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