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Somebody recently posted this 19 second video of Michelle Wie’s violation during her 2006 British Open attempt over at YouTube.com. I’m not sure if making it readily available to people is very legal but I thought I would embed it into my website until it gets taken off of YouTube.

If you look at the video it’s tough to blame Michelle for getting a little upset that she received a two stroke penalty for this little moss bump. She let her club touch the sand behind her ball, as most of us do. The only difference was that right behind Michelle’s ball was a piece of moss that was touching her ball. She moved the moss as she took her club back and off of it, which essentially moved her ball?

I can’t really tell if there was ball movement but rules are rules, if you can’t do it, don’t think you can get away with it, especially if you have television cameras and a couple million people watching you.

I had a little trouble embedding the video so here’s a link to the youtube location. Michelle Wie Rules Violation

After coming oh so close to capturing the Evian Masters Title a week ago, the 16 year old from Hawaii looked to steamroll into the Women’s British Open and take no prisoners. Unfortunately for MIchelle Wie things don’t always work out the way they’re suppossed to.

Michelle Wie failed to shoot under par for the whole tournament marking down three straight rounds of 2 over 74 fours to finish at 6 over. A two shot penalty in the second round didn’t help her out but she wasn’t able to capitalize on opportunities throughout the weekend. She was either setup in the fairway perfectly and then would have to scramble after an errant second shot or the other way around.

Michelle Wie had a tough weekend, no doubt about it, but she’s still plodding along and trying not to make excuses which shows maturity. The young lady will look to rebound in her next golf tournament and try again to put her critics at rest.

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Michelle Wie has been playing decent golf at the Women’s British Open. Saving pars, trying to stay on line, and trying to catch the rest of the field.

What she didn’t need was a two stroke penalty after Friday’s second round where she had two saved pars on the final two holes. Michelle Wie incurred the penalty after brushing a piece of moss on her backswing in a greenside bunker. The bunker was on the 14th hole and Michelle didn’t find out about the penalty until after she finished the round.

That might be a good thing because she wasn’t thinking about it for the rest of the round but two strokes is never a good thing. Especially when heading into the tough third and fourth round.

The two stroke penalty that Michelle Wie incurred would have still left her 8 strokes behind the leader, Juli Inkster. Wie now stands 10 strokes back heading into the final two rounds.

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Michelle Wie has been improving all aspects of her golf game. Putting is improving, saves are coming from all over the course, and her composure is light years ahead of last year. Some of you may remember that she often was interviewed in a crying state after losing tournaments last year.

In just one year, at the age of 16 Michelle Wie has gained the composure of a champion and looks to improve her game after every round rather than make excuses. Even in a dehydrated state, at the John Deere Classic Wie looked to rebound and learn from her mistake and now drinks plenty of water and is often seen carrying an umbrella to shade herself.

At the Evian Masters this past weekend Wie was in it until the end but couldn’t put together the last three holes of her round. Still solid play had people wondering if their doubts were too soon.
Tomorrow Michelle Wie starts the Women’s British Open and will be in the hunt from the get go. If she takes some notes from Tiger’s book she’ll realize that she’s long enough with her irons and fairway woods that she doesn’t even need to take her driver out of her bag.
This could be the tournament, on a huge national stage. That brings Michelle Wie out of the doubters minds and into the forefront of Golf Lore.

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