Michelle Wie Shrugs Off Detractors
13/08/2008 05:25
OTTAWA - Michelle Wie has endured plenty of criticism for her play this season, some of it from her fellow golfers in the LPGA Tour ranks.
On Tuesday, as the 18-year-old sensation prepared to tee it up this week at the CN Canadian Women's Open, she shot back at the growing number of those who've offered their unsolicited career "advice."
"Everyone has their own opinion of what I should do, but I think that it's my life," Wie said after a practice round for the US $2.25-million event at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, the only Canadian stop on this year's LPGA Tour.
"I know there might be wrong decisions that I make and there might be right decisions that I make, but they're decisions that I make for myself. And I think the only decision I can make is to be 100 per cent supportive of myself and not doubt myself at all."
The Honolulu native is playing in Ottawa this week on a sponsor's exemption, the last of the six she's allowed on the tour this season after failing to secure full-time status previously.
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SWIVEL HIPS SAYS:
No matter what Wie is or is not doing, as she says, it’s her life.