Williamson Could Help Wie

If anyone deserves a mulligan, it’s Jay Williamson. His performance this past weekend at the Travelers Championship was exceptional and a schooling on professionalism. Can you imagine what goes through his head while he’s setting

up for his tee shots? My voices just say things like, “Don’t hit it right, don’t even think about that fabulous old white oak over there…you’re going to hit it that way, aren’t you…don’t do it, aim left….”

He had to endure thoughts like, “Don’t hit it right, you’ll never get your card back, everyone’s watching, do you hear them?” But somehow, with all that pressure, he played some great golf and we all hoped he’d get his card back, didn’t we?

Michelle Wie could take some lessons from Jay Williamson. In fact, maybe she needs to hire him while he’s temporarily available. He could mentor her on the finer points of being competitive and gutting it out to win the respect of her fellow players, fans and commentators. She’s shown us that she can play golf, but she hasn’t earned that place in my heart that makes me want to pull for her like Jay Williamson. I think she would have been better served to finish the Ginn, lose her ability to play in the LPGA events, and gut it back like Williamson.