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."

Lying, Character Assassination: The soap opera involving Michelle Wie and Danielle Ammaccapane took a twist today, when Wie's father acknowledged that Ammaccapane had never bumped Wie at the United States Women's Open on Thursday.
B. J. Wie made the retraction after his daughter, Michelle, struggled to a third-round 76. He emerged from the scorer's trailer about 20 minutes after the round and said that Ammaccapane had never touched his daughter on the course. ''There was no physical contact,'' he said. ''I misrepresented what happened. It happened so quickly, maybe Michelle didn't know whether there was physical contact or not.''

Arrogance, Gracelessness: Question -- "In retrospect, do you feel like you owed Annika (Sorenstam) an explanation for what happened, since she was the hostess and you did have a sponsor's exemption?"

Michelle Wie's answer -- "I mean, well, just I don't think I need to apologize for anything. It's just I played bad, but that's what golf is. Sometimes you play good and sometimes you play bad. Unfortunately I played bad on that week, and it's just-I wasn't playing like myself. Like I said, my wrist was not the way I wanted it to be. I tweaked it on 10. It just wasn't feeling good the whole day.

So, I don't really feel like I have to apologize for anything. I just have to take care of my body and move forward and only think of positive things.

Stupidity: Her multiple DQ's for an improper drop, and also for not signing her card two weeks ago. Just about any interview she gives, where you hear nearly indecipherable gibberish. Everybody says how young she is, but I've heard 15-year-old athletes who are far more intelligent and well spoken.

Cowardice: She was well on her way to a potential 88 at Annika's tourney, when agent Greg Nared informed her with two holes to play she was in jeopardy of losing LPGA status if she choked. She withdrew. Her cowardly explanation was laughable.

"The reason why I withdrew from last week was because of my left wrist injury, and I should have quit earlier. I should have stopped playing when I tweaked it on the 10th hole. But as stubborn as I am, I just kept on playing because I wanted to play. It was my first event; I was like, ‘Hell no, I'm not quitting, I can do better than that.' And I just kept on going, but I regret not quitting before." Playing partner Alena Sharp disagreed with her mystery wrist injury. "She wasn't holding her wrist," Sharp said. "I think she just had a bad day. If it was her wrist, why wait until the last two holes [to withdraw]?"

Idiotic Training Regimen: "My wrist injury was just very unfortunate. I was in California at my aunt's house, and just thought it would be good to work out. I was like, ‘I haven't worked out in a couple of days. Oh, I think I should go out to the park and work out.' I was running, which is quite stupid; people that know me, I can't run at all. So I just had this sudden wind of let's just try running and I felt over something, it was about 6:30 in the morning and my brain doesn't function. So, you know, I unfortunately fell. Obviously I was facing a right hand injury at that time, so being the great athlete that I am, I just tried I kind of like fell on my left hand side to protect my right hand, my right wrist."

You can still be a Michelle Wie fan all you want. You can buy the notion that she's a good kid who's just struggling right now with an injury (ahem.. the world's longest wrist injury known to medical science, 18 months and counting). You can even buy into the notion that her father is the problem, not her.

You can. I'm not.