[gonabepro1day]

Did you know Michelle Wie is on twitter?

Quite nice to follow her. Seeing her on TV I always got the impression she lived a real strict life and her parents were very strict on her. Also I didnt think the public could relate to her very well, abit like tiger, she just seemed really private.

But I couldent have been more wrong :-)!

her username is themichellewie

[sandy]

Sounded like Beth Daniel and Meg Mallon had a long talk with BJ and Bo before she picked Michelle for the Solheim Cup. Essentially they were told nicely not to but in during the Cup and sounded like Michelle won't be allowed to stay with them or even have meals with them.. It will be interesting to see if they adhere to the tacit agreement or if they can't help but offer "advice"..

[Tmiller72]

I imagine you could pick up some great fashion and shopping tips by following her on Twitter.

[LBlack14]

WTF is a "twitter"?

[DCott]

LBlack14, on Aug 11 2009, 09:31 PM, said:

WTF is a "twitter"?

You don't know? Lucky!

[bigstunnerdude]

Michelle Wie on Twitter is nice enough but again get her on the course and her attitude and behaviour are appalling. I was at the recent British Open and have never seen someone act of poorly towards the fans, basically ignoring them and doing everything to avoid them.

I managed to get an autograph off her, but only because I'd boxed her into the range with no means of escape, unless she complied. Some other people and the small kids weren't so lucky.

[tjy355]

gonabepro1day, on Aug 11 2009, 02:39 PM, said:

Did you know Michelle Wie is on twitter?

I think a lot of the players are on something.

Christina Kim for example, I think she's on caffeine. Don't know for sure, just guessing.

[MrJones]

bigstunnerdude, on Aug 12 2009, 09:03 AM, said:

Michelle Wie on Twitter is nice enough but again get her on the course and her attitude and behaviour are appalling. I was at the recent British Open and have never seen someone act of poorly towards the fans, basically ignoring them and doing everything to avoid them.

I managed to get an autograph off her, but only because I'd boxed her into the range with no means of escape, unless she complied. Some other people and the small kids weren't so lucky.

Did you have to rough her up a bit? You know, let her you you were gonna get that autograph or else? Who did she think she was not giving autographs? You taught her!!! With your superior technique I bet you'd make a ton of money as a panhandler. Just because someone doesn't want to give you something doesn't mean you can't make them, right?!?! You know how to get what you want and don't take no for an answer!!!

After her wonderful experience with you I'll bet she'll be sure to give out autographs more freely in the future.

Since when is ignoring the fans and not signing autographs is considered "appalling" behavior? Why wasn't I told?

Obviously I'm being a tad sarcastic above but I can't help it. Your statement to me comes off like you'd be "appalled" and demand to speak to a manager if a waitress didn't ask you if you wanted extra napkins. And then apparently you'd stalk said waitress and corner her in the subway until she came off those napkins.

[Sawgrass]

MrJones, on Aug 12 2009, 11:15 AM, said:

bigstunnerdude, on Aug 12 2009, 09:03 AM, said:

Michelle Wie on Twitter is nice enough but again get her on the course and her attitude and behaviour are appalling. I was at the recent British Open and have never seen someone act of poorly towards the fans, basically ignoring them and doing everything to avoid them.

I managed to get an autograph off her, but only because I'd boxed her into the range with no means of escape, unless she complied. Some other people and the small kids weren't so lucky.

Did you have to rough her up a bit? You know, let her you you were gonna get that autograph or else? Who did she think she was not giving autographs? You taught her!!! With your superior technique I bet you'd make a ton of money as a panhandler. Just because someone doesn't want to give you something doesn't mean you can't make them, right?!?! You know how to get what you want and don't take no for an answer!!!

After her wonderful experience with you I'll bet she'll be sure to give out autographs more freely in the future.

Since when is ignoring the fans and not signing autographs is considered "appalling" behavior? Why wasn't I told?

Obviously I'm being a tad sarcastic above but I can't help it. Your statement to me comes off like you'd be "appalled" and demand to speak to a manager if a waitress didn't ask you if you wanted extra napkins. And then apparently you'd stalk said waitress and corner her in the subway until she came off those napkins.

Bigstunnerdude, I'm curious as to why you would want her autograph so much if you hold her in such low regard.

[bigstunnerdude]

I was able to get most of Women over the course of the week to sign my program which I'm going to keep as a great souvenir from my time at the Open. However Michelle Wie like a couple of them just made it so much hardwork. They'd tell you as they came off the range/putting green they don't sign anything or take photos before the round. Fair enough I understand that it may disrupt your practice and mindset before you play. To be told by her and the others "I'll sign and whatever after the round." I accept that. I then go out and support her and the other ladies for 5 hours during their rounds, applaud them as they come off the 18th. I enjoyed watching Michelle play over the week, thought at times she hit some incredible shots.

So then after the round when you wait for them to come out the Clubhouse and ask for the autograph, to firstly be completly ignored and almost knocked over as they try to walk through you is a little rude. I asked politely, I didn't just ram stuff in their face. "Hi 'Insert Name' have you got a second to sign this for me please?" and she ignores you. I asked her again and she made up some excuse about having to go to a meeting but she'd do it later. So I wait and several minutes later she comes back and again I ask, along with several others and get told another excuse why she can't sign. Then a while later on we see her again and ask and she says, "I'll do it after I've hit some balls on the range." So she goes to the range and us fans go to watch her, see what she's working on etc. Then when she's finished we position ourselves at the exit and again ask her, only for her to have a bit of a hissy at us, "Okay! but you guys need to hurry up already!"

I'm thinking now hold on young lady, we the paying fans attending this event, that have supported you and followed you over the last few days, applauding your good shots, offering our encouragement after a bad shot, surely could be spared just 60 seconds of your time. The worse bit was seeing all these Young Girls, who obviously look at her as some kind of icon, someone to try and emulate and be like, and them getting ignored and shown a bad display in how to act in public. You might not like the fans or the media but when your doing what you do for a living you have to accept its part of your job and do it. Paula Creamer was exactly the same too. Maybe its something to do with the really young LPGA stars, but then again Morgan Pressell was an absolute darling and very accomodating to the fans after the rounds, she even talked to you whilst signing, seemed very down to earth. However none were as fan friendly as Natalie Gulbis, now she could definitely teach Michelle Wie and some others on how to behave in Public. She was so pleasant, signing, taking photos, talking to you. She actually seemed to want to be there. On the Friday dispite missing the cut me and my friends asked if we could get some photos taken. She said she had to go to a meeting but would come back to us. Now we're thinking we're getting the Wie treatment, getting the brushoff. But 20 minutes later I get a tap on the shoulder, turn round to find Natalie Gulbis standing there and she says, "Are you ready for those pictures now guys?" I'm thinking what a true professional and credit to the sport.

[Sawgrass]

Sounds like Gulbis is great. I personally don't think that any of them "owe" autographs or conversations to anyone, but my hat is off to people like Arnold Palmer, and apparently Natalie Gulbis, who choose to be very generous when to my way of thinking it is in no way required.

[bigstunnerdude]

Its probably not required no, but a small reward for people paying to come and see them and support their events. If no one bothered to go and spectate, they wouldn't be playing, because without the spectators and then all the companies paying to have their tents, sponsorships and stuff in place for us to see, there wouldn't be any money there for these people to play and compete for.

in MrJones example above I would not mind at all if the Waitress doesn't offer me extra napkins. However should I ask her for one and she not oblige I think to myself, well surely me being sat here, eating in this establishment is somewhat going towards paying her salary. Even if only a few cents of my cheque find its way into her salary, surely she should ensure I receive the extra napkin upon being politely asked for one. I mean If I should choose not to eat there again, and if other people experienced the same thing and made the same decision not to eat there again then surely her longterm job security and salary is at risk.

[MrParr1Noid]

LBlack14, on Aug 11 2009, 08:31 PM, said:

WTF is a "twitter"?

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ddO9idmax0o



p.s. The biggest problem I see with getting the pros autographs is: All the friggin men, women and children with a huge stack of items to be autographed for someone who's obviously going to be placing these same items up for sale, and to make a profit of these autographs.

And then there's the "fan" who is just after getting his or her cap signed.

[MrJones]

Sawgrass, on Aug 12 2009, 11:00 AM, said:

Sounds like Gulbis is great. I personally don't think that any of them "owe" autographs or conversations to anyone, but my hat is off to people like Arnold Palmer, and apparently Natalie Gulbis, who choose to be very generous when to my way of thinking it is in no way required.

I agree. I guess I would have just taken the first few blowoffs by Wei as she wasn't interested in signing an autograph. That's her decision and I'd have to be satisfied with it. It sounds like you guys hounded her until she finally gave in.

[MrJones]

bigstunnerdude, on Aug 12 2009, 11:15 AM, said:

Its probably not required no, but a small reward for people paying to come and see them and support their events. If no one bothered to go and spectate, they wouldn't be playing, because without the spectators and then all the companies paying to have their tents, sponsorships and stuff in place for us to see, there wouldn't be any money there for these people to play and compete for.

in MrJones example above I would not mind at all if the Waitress doesn't offer me extra napkins. However should I ask her for one and she not oblige I think to myself, well surely me being sat here, eating in this establishment is somewhat going towards paying her salary. Even if only a few cents of my cheque find its way into her salary, surely she should ensure I receive the extra napkin upon being politely asked for one. I mean If I should choose not to eat there again, and if other people experienced the same thing and made the same decision not to eat there again then surely her longterm job security and salary is at risk.

Well my only thing was you using the word "appalling" as though she'd spat in someone's face when you described her behaviour. And then going on to say you "boxed her in with no means of escape unless she complied". That just comes off bad to me, like you're almost threatening her. And all of this over an autograph? You just came off as a little extreme to me.

[cAsE sEnSiTiVe]

Maybe it's just me, but a grown adult aggressively seeking an autograph from a 19 yr old, sounds just a tad bit screwy.

[hackingitup]

Tenementrock, on Aug 12 2009, 09:57 PM, said:

gonabepro1day, on Aug 11 2009, 05:39 PM, said:

Did you know Michelle Wie is on twitter?

I do now, thanks to this post. I actually checked it out, and got quite turned off. Don't think I'll be checking out 'the' michelle's twitter, or anyone else's for that matter.

I think that there are probably some good uses for twitter... I thought that I'd enjoy reading this, but wow, what a waste of bandwidth...

[larrybud]

LBlack14, on Aug 11 2009, 09:31 PM, said:

WTF is a "twitter"?

Just get out of prison, did ya?

[youngwaldo]

bigstunnerdude, on Aug 12 2009, 11:55 AM, said:

I was able to get most of Women over the course of the week to sign my program which I'm going to keep as a great souvenir from my time at the Open. However Michelle Wie like a couple of them just made it so much hardwork. They'd tell you as they came off the range/putting green they don't sign anything or take photos before the round. Fair enough I understand that it may disrupt your practice and mindset before you play. To be told by her and the others "I'll sign and whatever after the round." I accept that. I then go out and support her and the other ladies for 5 hours during their rounds, applaud them as they come off the 18th. I enjoyed watching Michelle play over the week, thought at times she hit some incredible shots.

So then after the round when you wait for them to come out the Clubhouse and ask for the autograph, to firstly be completly ignored and almost knocked over as they try to walk through you is a little rude. I asked politely, I didn't just ram stuff in their face. "Hi 'Insert Name' have you got a second to sign this for me please?" and she ignores you. I asked her again and she made up some excuse about having to go to a meeting but she'd do it later. So I wait and several minutes later she comes back and again I ask, along with several others and get told another excuse why she can't sign. Then a while later on we see her again and ask and she says, "I'll do it after I've hit some balls on the range." So she goes to the range and us fans go to watch her, see what she's working on etc. Then when she's finished we position ourselves at the exit and again ask her, only for her to have a bit of a hissy at us, "Okay! but you guys need to hurry up already!"

I'm thinking now hold on young lady, we the paying fans attending this event, that have supported you and followed you over the last few days, applauding your good shots, offering our encouragement after a bad shot, surely could be spared just 60 seconds of your time. The worse bit was seeing all these Young Girls, who obviously look at her as some kind of icon, someone to try and emulate and be like, and them getting ignored and shown a bad display in how to act in public. You might not like the fans or the media but when your doing what you do for a living you have to accept its part of your job and do it. Paula Creamer was exactly the same too. Maybe its something to do with the really young LPGA stars, but then again Morgan Pressell was an absolute darling and very accomodating to the fans after the rounds, she even talked to you whilst signing, seemed very down to earth. However none were as fan friendly as Natalie Gulbis, now she could definitely teach Michelle Wie and some others on how to behave in Public. She was so pleasant, signing, taking photos, talking to you. She actually seemed to want to be there. On the Friday dispite missing the cut me and my friends asked if we could get some photos taken. She said she had to go to a meeting but would come back to us. Now we're thinking we're getting the Wie treatment, getting the brushoff. But 20 minutes later I get a tap on the shoulder, turn round to find Natalie Gulbis standing there and she says, "Are you ready for those pictures now guys?" I'm thinking what a true professional and credit to the sport.

Morgan was the most friendly LPGA golfer when I went and saw them play. Paula was nice and pleasant. All other Korean golfers were nice and signing autographs. Michelle was the worst. To act like all the fans were a bother was disgrace to my daughters that came to see her. I was embarass to tell my daughters that she was Korean like us. I am not sure if their parents are still guiding here behavior but the way she ignored her fans, I was not happy. This was a few years a go and I guess she still has not changed. Someone on the LPGA should tell her how to behave and act towards the fans so the LPGA tour can draw more crowds.

Wk

[Rohlio]

Anybody over the age of 10 who thinks having another person sign something for them is cool, is a moron.

Seriously, get over it they are people too not some sort of superhero.

I work in a business that has given me an opportunity to meet many celebrities and professional athletes, some of them are cool, some of them are douches. Most of them would prefer to be treated like everyone else most of the time. Not being interrupted at dinner constantly, etc. I personally would hate it if as I was leaving my work for the night, or in the middle of it, and I had to stop and autograph something to be sold on Ebay and kiss babies I didn't know. Or in the middle of dinner with my wife and had to deal with the "I don't mean to pry, but my x is a huge fan" (so commence prying). It may be nice one day a year but after that I would want to be left alone. Some other people may be different and enjoy doing that.

It is pretty simple, cheer for the people who treated you well, and don't support the ones who treated you "poorly". Don't make it out like they owed you the dignity of signing your shirt with a sharpie because you spent 5 hours watching what they do for a living. It isn't like you were forced to go to the tournament.

Damn I feel salty this morning.