Send in the clowns

Michelle Wie amusement, since I haven't laughed at her clown-like sideshow in a long time...

Wie withdrew from the Ginn Tribute on Thursday after shooting 14 over par through 16 holes, aggravating a wrist injury that sidelined her since January. After Wie bogeyed the par-4 seventh, the 17-year-old star (WHY THE HELL DO THEY CALL HER A STAR?) from Hawaii told an LPGA tour official: "We're not going to play anymore."

Wie wore bandages on her wrists during the round and said her withdraw was because she "tweaked" the injury and not because of an LPGA rule that bans nontour members for the year if they shoot 88 or higher. Wie was two bogeys from that scenario when she stopped.

Round highlights:

- Wie's round included a 10 on the par-5 third hole, when her first drive hit a parked car and rolled down a roadway drain. After her provisional tee shot went way left, Wie's third drive landed in the rough and she went on to a quintuple bogey.
- Wie drove into a pond on the 11th for a bogey.
- She hit a tree with her tee shot on the next hole and made double bogey.
- On her first par-3, the 14th, Wie landed in the woods right of the green. She chose to re-tee and again went right. A chip and two putts later, Wie had made a triple bogey.
- Wie's problems continued on the par-5 16th as she pushed her drive into clumps of grass. She took relief about 80 yards behind her ball for yet another bogey.

"I had issues with my wrist," she said. "Shooting 88 is not what I think about." Surely you don't expect us to believe that!?!