Wie trying to qualify for U.S. Open

Ah, the life of a commoner. Here is Michelle Wie, once on top of the world as far as golf hype and even playing in men's tournament, and now she has to file for qualification to even get into the U.S. Open (Women's--not men's). Wie, who is a freshman at Stanford, had lost her exemption status this year and has to go the route that over 1000 wannabes now have to do in qualifying for the tournament. While she at least gets the "first round" bye because she played in the Open last year, she'll still need to beat out several others to make it.

Can she do it? Of course she can. But will she? Perhaps this time off and the pressure that surrounded her for the last years has subsided and she can play much looser and therefore better. Or, perhaps the rustiness of not playing competitively like this for a while may have her reeling yet again--because as you can see by this blog post alone, the media is already jumping on this and so the carnival music is starting up yet again.

The Open is being played outside of Minneapolis, and Wie has decided to play at the Woodmont Country Club in Maryland as her sectional qualifying site on June 9. That's where most LPGA Tour players will try to qualify, and it will offer the most spots to the Women's Open. Good luck, Michelle...you're going to need it!

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