A 'Wie' little mistake

We’ve reached another weekend of golf and there’s no sign of phenom Michelle Wie.

Wie failed for the eighth time to advance past the opening rounds of a PGA Tour event at the Legends Reno Tahoe-Open Friday. She shot a second round 80, which included a quintuple-bogey 9, missing the cut with a 9-over par 153.

This latest tourney letdown came days after Wie had to deal with an embarrassing disqualification at the LPGA State Farm Classic. Just one shot off the lead, LPGA officials discovered she had left the scoring area without signing her card garnering an automatic dismissal.

Michelle has the raw skill to compete at a championship level, but there’s another more important aspect of her game that’s lacking. Wie’s mental makeup is disparaging.

She continues to make poor choice after poor choice on the golf course. If that continues, Wie won’t crack into the top tier of LPGA Tour.

Wie often says she’s a “work in progress” and maintains an optimism that she can turn things around.

“I think if I played a couple (PGA events) in a row, it would be a different story,” Wie said. “It’s just hard to play one and then one maybe a year later. I think if I played eight in a row and I missed all eight, that would be a different story.”

The benefit of the doubt for Wie is quickly fading. Soon the only story about Michelle Wie will be that she is a non-story.