Having stood near Michael Bamberger Saturday morning as we watched Michelle Wie take her now-infamous drop after an unplayable lie in the Samsung World Championship at Bighorn Golf Club in Palm Desert, Calif., I feel qualified to comment. From my perspective, it never should have been the story it has turned out to be. (Full article: 951 words)

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