# Michelle Wie leads Q-school - there IS a Santa! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 5, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870 "2008-12-05T16:07:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/1 "2008-12-05T16:07:11Z")
Tied for the lead after 2 of 5 rounds. The first 20 qualify. So how is she gonna screw this up now? Plus, now that she is 19 I don’t feel like such a lech! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/2 "2008-12-05T16:13:18Z")
Yeah, the last thing she needs is a horny hedgehog stalking her. 😛 I want to see her come back and succeed big just to get in the face of all the naysayers. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/3 "2008-12-05T16:20:16Z")
Maybe she will earn it this time. She was handed a great opportunity and screwed it up. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/4 "2008-12-05T17:53:59Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Yeah, the last thing she needs is a horny hedgehog stalking her. 😛 Spiny Norman is stalking Michelle as well?! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/5 "2008-12-05T18:55:00Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Maybe she will earn it this time. She was handed a great opportunity and screwed it up. She was a 16 year old kid, cut her some slack. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/6 "2008-12-05T19:04:04Z")
She competed then. She has not in quite a while. Although I wonder if growing to nearly 7 ft tall changed her swing much. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/7 "2008-12-05T21:03:40Z")
Lost a little ground - in 3d after an even par round today. Still 7 shots ahead of 20th place with 2 rounds to go… ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/8 "2008-12-05T21:40:01Z")
Thought the hedgehog’s name was…nevermind. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/9 "2008-12-05T21:47:48Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Although I wonder if growing to \*\*nearly 7 ft tall \*\*changed her swing much. You got a cite for that? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/10 "2008-12-06T02:40:07Z")
[http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2679107400054908408VGzySe](http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2679107400054908408VGzySe) Heres a picture of her with some basketball players. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/11 "2008-12-06T02:53:47Z")
I was under the impression that this was the LPGA Q School and not the PGA Q School. I don’t recall many people questioning her abilities to play on the women’s tour; it was more about her taking sponsorship exceptions while being unsuited to compete in PGA events that was the problem. I hope she qualifies, and has a great career. I would hate to be held accountable for ever dumb thing I did as a teenager (or 20 year old, or 21 year old, or 22… you get the idea). ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/12 "2008-12-06T04:01:24Z")
Who else would you hold accountable? She held promise but seemed to fall apart in womens tourneys. You can argue about her playing in mens opens ,if you wish but that misses the point. She was competitive when she went out but got farther and farther back. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/13 "2008-12-06T17:33:12Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > I was under the impression that this was the LPGA Q School and not the PGA Q School. Both tours’ Q-schools are this weekend. > [@](#): > > She held promise but seemed to fall apart in womens tourneys. Without looking them up, I think the year before last she had top-10s if not top-5s in at least 2 or 3 of the women’s majors. Not bad for a teen. At 19 she still is poised to be one of the youngest - if not the youngest - to win on the LPGA. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/14 "2008-12-06T18:29:05Z")
[404 | LPGA | Ladies Professional Golf Association](http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=4006&mid=4) That ship has sailed. She is just another player now until she proves otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/15 "2008-12-06T20:14:34Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > [5,000+ Free Desktop Wallpaper Photos · HD & 4K | Webshots](http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2679107400054908408VGzySe) Heres a picture of her with some basketball players. That’s your cite? You’re kidding, right? That proves she is nearly seven feet tall? That is absolutely ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/16 "2008-12-06T20:25:29Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > That’s your cite? You’re kidding, right? That proves she is nearly seven feet tall? That is absolutely ridiculous. Oh. so you do get it. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/17 "2008-12-06T23:00:41Z")
My girl comes back strong with a 68, standing tall in 2d at -14. 10 strokes ahead of the folks currently tied for the last spot. Will be quite a challenge to screw this up. It’s not as tho she was ever foolish enough to get DQed from a tourney, tho! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/18 "2008-12-07T00:53:38Z")
I’m very pleased to see that [Anna Rawson](http://www.theloveofsports.com/images/uploads/large/AnnaRawson3.jpg) is within the cutoff for a tour card. The LPGA might get some TV time with Wie and Rawson in the field. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/19 "2008-12-07T02:21:54Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > That’s your cite? You’re kidding, right? That proves she is nearly seven feet tall? That is absolutely ridiculous. She is tall and I have read experts say that her changing height results in swing changes. During different times her club lengths may have been wrong for her. That is the point, ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870/20 "2008-12-07T20:00:59Z")
Michelle T7, Anna Rawson (Yowza!) T12. Brings a little sunshine to this dreary winter day! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-wie-leads-q-school-there-is-a-santa/475870.md?page=2)