WIEeeve her alone? Pfft.
I said this on The Golf Blog and I’ll repeat it here because I am baffled by how some have bought into the image of innocent little Michelle battling the mean-old male pros, as if by some crafty undercover investigative journalism we suddenly discovered her doing this in private and broke the story before the worldwide press, thereby putting undue pressure on the kid that brought great emotional harm to her game, forcing her to fail and inflicting her with something even worse than the yips…the pose.
No, no, armchair commentators. She, Michelle, is the premeditating aggressor and media-hound, a young woman (or old girl) who is using the world of golf and golf media in new and revenue-generating ways before she achieves a darned thing amongst her peers.
And some say don’t upset her, don’t put her horrible failure as a young princess in the limelight…even though she brought her own limelight and can’t fail, no matter what she shoots.
If she was 30, we’d expect her to win. If she didn’t win she would be humiliated in the press, then forgotten. But hers is an invulnerable stunt, like holding your breath underwater for nine minutes. You just can’t lose for losing.
All this doesn’t mean I’m not “into it” or entertained. I am! I swear! I’m riveted and rooting for her, like I do for those families who have to dive through green slime and red Jell-O and be struck with whipped cream pies to win prizes.
What irritates me is how seriously some of the public…and golf “thinkers” out there…are taking all this. Michelle and her production company promote all this multimedia hoopla. She WANTS the attention, the buzz. This isn't "The Truman Show."
She knows what she’s doing. Which, by the way, doesn’t make it any less entertaining….until someone bursts my bubble of suspended disbelief. Then, I have to tell it like it is. Or was.
Will she…or another female pro…make the cut in a male tournament? Of course. Please. This isn’t an issue of golf. It is an issue of pertinence and meaning.
(wags finger) Tsk, tsk. I think for some of you, this is a very serious battle of the sexes, not a battle of the sticks. If so, this opens up a Pandora’s Box of political correctness and inappropriate stereotyping that doesn’t belong in this column. But don’t try me. :-D
No, no, armchair commentators. She, Michelle, is the premeditating aggressor and media-hound, a young woman (or old girl) who is using the world of golf and golf media in new and revenue-generating ways before she achieves a darned thing amongst her peers.
And some say don’t upset her, don’t put her horrible failure as a young princess in the limelight…even though she brought her own limelight and can’t fail, no matter what she shoots.
If she was 30, we’d expect her to win. If she didn’t win she would be humiliated in the press, then forgotten. But hers is an invulnerable stunt, like holding your breath underwater for nine minutes. You just can’t lose for losing.
All this doesn’t mean I’m not “into it” or entertained. I am! I swear! I’m riveted and rooting for her, like I do for those families who have to dive through green slime and red Jell-O and be struck with whipped cream pies to win prizes.
What irritates me is how seriously some of the public…and golf “thinkers” out there…are taking all this. Michelle and her production company promote all this multimedia hoopla. She WANTS the attention, the buzz. This isn't "The Truman Show."
She knows what she’s doing. Which, by the way, doesn’t make it any less entertaining….until someone bursts my bubble of suspended disbelief. Then, I have to tell it like it is. Or was.
Will she…or another female pro…make the cut in a male tournament? Of course. Please. This isn’t an issue of golf. It is an issue of pertinence and meaning.
(wags finger) Tsk, tsk. I think for some of you, this is a very serious battle of the sexes, not a battle of the sticks. If so, this opens up a Pandora’s Box of political correctness and inappropriate stereotyping that doesn’t belong in this column. But don’t try me. :-D
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