"What happens in Mexico stays in Mexico."

Michelle Wie chatted with some writers about her win in Mexico. From Steve Elling's excellent career account, this makes the win all that more impressive:

Wie started the fall semester in college, had barely practiced or played, and hadn't entered an LPGA event in five weeks. Wie said she was so distracted by the ankle that it probably helped her from getting caught up in the pressure of the moment.

"Walking a golf course is a long walk," she said. "The people at the LPGA have been working on my ankle a lot, icing it, and maybe it's another reason why I was able to keep calm because all I was focusing on was finishing the round. I was just focusing on my steps and not hurting."
Baby steps, if you will.

And her sense of humor came through in this Q&A with Jason Sobel:

Q: After clinching the win, you had beer poured on you by the other players on the 18th green.

A: Yeah, they did.

Q: You're not 21 yet. Are you going to get in trouble with the LPGA?

A: No, what happens in Mexico stays in Mexico. It was just really cool. You see it on TV; whenever somebody wins, players pour beer all over them. It was one of those things where I always wanted that to happen.

Comments

[Wisconsin Reader]

A terrific win . . . And, what a great line about "stays in Mexico." . . . Too bad the LPGA does not still have an event in Vegas.

[court]

yep - good win. but those articles are HORRIBLE ! Take off the rose colored glasses, guys. I know it's not tradition to tell the ugly truth about a girl, but come on. Wie brought on most of the problems and criticisms by her own doing. The media built a fantasy world for her, and she ran with it. It didn't matter that her English was/is worse than most of the Asian players - it didn't matter that she had been "the savior of women's golf" and a professional for 4 years without winning...and collecting tens of millions of dollars for being a circus side show - she was THE BIG WIESY.

I'm pulling for Wie to grow up and do well with her career - short as she says it will be. Remember, her latest jewel was that she wants to be out of the game by age 30 so she can be a "Global Citizen." What a steaming pile.

Elling's article is a string of "isn't she wonderful's" with a few "it wasn't her fault's" mixed in.

[Brad Ford]

I am not sure what the drinking age is in Mexico; however, I am sure it is well below 21. Even if she had few (dozen), the tour could not punish here for breaking a law.

[The O]

Having grown up in San Diego, I can tell you there is the legal drinking age, which I believe is 18, and there is the real drinking age which is $3 a beer.

Good for Michelle. Yes, she is not without her warts (mainly her father), but her personality seems pretty good-natured. I'm all for more Michelle, as long as it means less of her parents.