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Originally posted by Mike AI@May 21 2003, 12:36 PM
Enforcer, you are right - if I was a sponsor I would be thrilled - they love using cheap ploys to stir contraversy and gain attenion... but that does not mean it is right for the sport, right for the fans, etc...
Sponsors rarely have the best interest of the event in mind, they are only looking for attention... which is fine, and what they are supposed to do....
Sykkboy, I think your idea of a coed tourny specific for this purpose is a good idea.... it would not cheapen any tournament, and bring excitement and competition for both men and women.
Enforcer, what if the Green Bay Packers were out of playoff contention, and theoreticly were not selling out the stadium - so the GM and owner decides to put people in the audience they should put a woman at quarterback for a game - just to be different. Would that be ok wth you?
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I wouldn't care a bit because if she's good enough to last, she will. If after the first hit from a 325 lb lineman she folds like a cheap suit then she couldn't take it she'll be gone. Of course we don't have woman's football leauges to have them show that the woman they pick up is the best in her field so the comparison is not apt. There is a reasonable expectation that Annika can possibly do well. And as Tiger said she should give herself a few tournaments to test herself.
The primary component of this is mens FEAR at being shown up by a woman. Simple as that. That 12-13 yr old golfer I posted about, I have little doubt will be competing with men in a few years.
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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/...ie-cover_x.htm
Wie enjoys teeing it up against men. She regularly beats them when she plays events in Hawaii.
In February she tied for 43rd in the Hawaii Pearl Open, a men's pro event featuring golfers from the Japan Tour. She was the only girl. And in March she tied for fourth in the men's Hawaii State Amateur Stroke Play Championship, one of three girls entered. She played both events from the back tees.
In January she tried to Monday-qualify for the PGA Tour's Sony Open in Hawaii. She shot 1-over 73 from the back tees, finishing 47th out of a field of 97. Wie didn't make the main draw, but Andy Miller, who won the qualifier, says, "There's a lot of guys who got beat by a 13-year-old girl."
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