With the deadline for fans to vote on Pro Bowl rosters having come and gone, here is my ballot on who has proved most deserving to represent their conference in Honolulu come February. Like any voting process, choosing the squads is an inexact science with many factors available to compare players by position. Do you vote purely on statistics? How much does the record of the player’s team mean? Does name recognition matter?
If you took a glance at the bottom of the PGA TOUR leaderboard after the first round of play at the Sony Open in Hawaii, you would have seen a recognizable name scrambled in with mostly TOUR no-names. Michelle Wie, a native of Honolulu, was tied for 142nd after shooting a 9-over 79. With no shot at making the cut, the 16-year-old showed flashes of brilliance in round two recording seven birdies on her way to a 2-under 68. For the fourth time in three years playing in a TOUR event, The Big Wiesy did not qualify for the weekend. One has to wonder how playing against the men is helping Michelle progress to be an elite golfer.