Getting paid to be awful?

Question

I just read that Michelle Wei is the fifth highest paid female athlete in the world.Why is she being rewarded for being a lousy player?

Answer 1

Because she is marketable.  Golfers make as much or more from endorsements as they do purses. Eventually her marketability will go away if she doesnt post some results.

Answer 2

One word. NIKE......... Nuff Said

Answer 3

Some one in the organization was betting on the future of this girl who to that date had accomplished nothing. She was 15, hit a long ball, had no experience against any competition, none at all against the women. Some brand comes along and the Papa says " OK . Lets see the money."  They plunk millions on the table. Whose the dumb one ? Not the Old Man!!

Answer 4

Lets get one thing straight, Michele Wei is not "useless / awful" at Golf. She is merely a 16 year old who has been thrust into the media spotlight and is struggling to deal with it. She has never won a professional golf tournament, and has scarcely won at amatuer level. She cannot be compared in any shape or form to Tiger Woods. Tiger dominated the amateur game prior to turning professional and as such he learned how to close out events, It's an old saying, winning breads winning. Michele has never had that, and I firmly believe she should NOT be playing mens tour events until she can win LPGA events. If large corporations want to use her for her marketing potential.. then why not? But as a Golfer she has a long long way to go.

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