The gloves are off.

I'm rooting for Michelle Wie to fail in the most spectacular way possible.

I want carnage. I want tears. I want her career in ruins.

How can I say this? How can I root against such a "good kid?' Because she's not a good kid. She has now confirmed to me what she really is.

She's a world class ingrate. She's a liar. And on her good days, she's merely delusional.

I winced when I heard she was playing against the men again this week. But I felt like killing her for it was overkill. For some stupid reason, I was starting to feel sorry for her.

No more.

Her performance at the pre-pre-tournament presser for the Reno-Tahoe Open was at best laughable. She claims to not recall saying earlier this year that she was going to focus on playing just LPGA events. She issued nonsensical psycho-babble about her goal of just playing "pain free." (What's the "Pain Par" for a golf course, anyway?) And she seemed defiant about anybody who didn't wish her the very best in this idiotic quest.

What I was hoping for -- and I don't know why I even thought it might happen -- was for a little dose of humility from this girl. I was hoping she might say something like:

"You know, I am really focused on getting my full time LPGA card. But I only have one event left on the LPGA, and after last week's scorecard situation, I just felt I was playing too well not to keep playing. So I'm here this week to compete the best I can and sharpen my game. I hope the men on this tour, who are the best players in the world, appreciate the unique situation I am in."

Nah. Nothing of the sort.

Petulance. Entitlement. Delusion.

Screw her.

So, I went into the Google machine to recall some of the more absurd things this girl and her father have said and done through her career. Just in case you think I'm somehow out of line in wishing her ill will in her career, these instances should remind everybody that she's not a good person, and deserves no benefit of any doubt.

Delusion: "It was very uncharacteristic," she said after spraying it around the John Deere Classic two years ago, putting her playing partners on the clock in the process. "Considering that I had the water hazard penalties, considering that I had to call unplayable, considering that I hit my driver like 50 yards right, I felt like I played really well.... I have a lot of confidence going into tomorrow."

Fantasy: "Hopefully, I will be able to play the Ryder Cup one day. That would be awesome and I think it is totally possible," she said.

Lack of Mental Toughness: She wasn't smiling on the 11th tee, when bugs hovered as she addressed her ball. She stepped back five times, throwing her head back in frustration the final time. "I would like to say it didn't, but it bothered me a little bit," she said. "Bugs on me, I hate bugs, and I was starting to get a little aggravated like the fifth time I stepped out. I was a little aggravated, but I felt like I shook it off."

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Posted by pumph on July 30, 2008 at 7:55 a.m. (report)

That last quote, did she really say "being the great athlete that I am" ??? Little full of ourselves? And what makes that even funnier is her saying that she can't run and that she fell over, trying to run. That's a great athlete for you. And I bet If Nike hadn't wasted their money on her, Oregon would already have a couple national championships by now.