By Robert Thompson | October 19, 2005
- If you still aren’t sure what Michelle Wie did wrong, or whether you burned your copy of To The Linksland to protest Michael Bamberger’s role in the Wie Affair, you should consider checking out SI’s seven picture slide show of Wie’s drop last Saturday. You can find it here. Lots of individuals are now pointing out that Wie didn’t drop the ball from a high enough height, either. Or drop had to be from above her shoulder, though I’m not sure what difference it makes.
- If you can’t get enough of Wiesy in the regular media, the incident is perfect for blogging. Golfblog.com asks who is most to blame for the incident. The Sand Trap says Bamberger should have pointed out the infraction on Saturday, while Hooked On Golf questions whether fans or the media should be able to query a rules violation. Thankfully one person in the blogsphere, Jay Flemma, is ignoring the whole issue. He writes about Acadia Bluffs in Michigan instead. One of these kids is doing his own thing….
A bestselling author and award-winning columnist, Robert Thompson has been writing about business and sports, and particularly golf, for almost two decades. His reporting and commentary on golf has appeared in Golf Magazine, the Globe and Mail, T&L Golf and many other media outlets. Currently a columnist with Sympatico.ca and Ontario Golf, and a contributing writer to ScoreGolf, his blog, Going for the Green, was launched in 2004. 
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