Goosen: Wie should stick to women’s game

IN the week that Michelle Wie returns to golf, Retief Goosen has made it clear he thinks she should receive no more invitations to men’s events.

Wie’s comeback from wrist injuries is on the LPGA Tour in South Carolina, but the 17-year-old Hawaiian will be taking on the men again at the US Tour’s John Deere Classic in July.

“The players in general feel it is not right,” said Goosen, competing this week at the Wales Open at Celtic Manor.

“If she qualifies to play in an event then fine, but there are youngsters and good players coming up who could have taken that spot and broken through.

“We all know with her playing in the men’s events that she is not going to get anywhere, so I’m not really sure what she is trying to achieve.

“If she thinks it is helping her development then fine, but so far I think it has been damaging to her game.”

At 13, Wie came within a stroke of making the cut at the Sony Open. She did make the cut in a Korean event last year, but last September she had two last places in Europe and America and also struggled at the Sony Open this January.