"wie makes cut"

a tiny injury or a golf accomplishment? for non sports fans, it's a valid question. for those addicted to sports, this headline signifies that after 7 attempts, michelle wie has found a tour where she can actually outperform men. that tour is in korea, where professional male golfers are largely overshadowed by the international success of korean female golfers. if ever there was a group of men that are going to take getting beaten by a 17 year old woman personally...

in korea, american michelle wie is either loved because she is of korean descent or hated because she makes so few references to this fact when questioned. personally i'd love to see her do well there. she might have a hard time matching se ri pak's 10th place finish in the same men's tournament in 2003, but she should still leave a positive impression. at the very least she's getting a large paycheck, having already been paid 750,000 just for showing up, which might be enough to pay for a nice vacation on Jeju island. maybe...