After watching that tournament in Japan and watching Michelle choke to miss yet another cut in a men's event, I'm convinced this girl's on her way to becoming a sideshow.

I don't know if anyone saw it, but she left an uphill chip about 25 feet short on 17 knowing she had to par home to make the cut. As she was setting up for her par putt, a camera went off. She backed away, went through her routine again, and, of course, proceeded to miss the putt and bogey. Fine.

Here's where I have a problem: after she bogeyed 18 (surprise) to miss the cut, she said in her post-round interview that a camera went off at the wrong time on 17 - as if that's what caused her to miss a 25 foot par putt (nevermind the hacker chip that preceded it)! Granted, it distracted her, but she stopped the swing, stepped away, went through her routine again and THEN missed the putt. Is she trying to imply that if that camera doesn't go off, she would have calmly drained a 25 footer for par? Give me a BREAK.

This is completely ignoring the fact that the cut line jumped another stroke and she went on to miss about a 4-footer on 18 to finally indeed miss it by a stroke.

I don't know, I just find myself starting to dislike her attitude, and if she does miss the cut at the Sony Open in February AGAIN - which she will - I think it's time for her to take her Nike contract and go find some game.

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