Michelle Wie, whose rise in women's golf has been chronicled more than
Tom Cruise's insanity,
was disqualified for a bad drop that she didn't
tell anybody about. Depending on who you believe, it was either 3
or up to 15 inches closer to the hole.
Let me restate this -- On a hole, which was probably 400-500 YARDS
long, in basically an open field of grass, she accidentally moved the
ball between 0.0167% and 0.1042% of the distance to the hole.
If you consider that most pros can easily hit 200 yards with an
iron, that would mean that, on her next shot, she gained an advantage of between 0.042% and 0.208% of the distance of that shot.
I say they didn't punish her enough by disqualifying her and taking
away the 30,000 British Pounds she would have won for her
efforts. I think they should strip her naked and make her run
around the whole course shouting "I am a cheater!!!!".
Give me a break.