women's golf

The other day golfer Morgan Pressel made a remark in regards to Michelle Wie and how the young phenom should in essence quit trying to mix between the mens and womens events and just golf with women to help boost the sport and bring in more revenue, media coveragae and endorsements and things like that. She pretty much thinks Wie can do to the LPGA what Danica is doing to the IRL (in a different sense) by bringing a lot of attention.

Which kind of brings up interesting points because seeing some of the LPGA British Open, women's golf has a lot of bright stars and attractive people they could market that aren't being recognized. Take for instance Paula Creamer, who is in a sense a rival to Wie. Creamer is just 18 and from California and did decent at the British Open, and recently won the Evian Masters




Paula Creamer, Wie, Morgan Pressel

In addition you have fairly young golfers in Annika Sorenstam (34) and Christie Kerr (27) and women's golf could be in the limelight for a long time to come with a good mix of stars, with Wie kind of serving as a Tiger Woods to open the flood gates because she is a young stud.

So should Wie continue to compete with the men? She is obviously good enough to compete with a lot of them but should stick with the women's tournament for now. The girl is still 16. Nothing against her competing with men because she has proven she can hold her own, but Pressel has a point in what she can do for the women's game. After she helps them get established then she can do what Sorenstam has done.