There are side eyes, and then there’s the side eye Michelle Wie gave her teammates following a shot into the massive TGL screen on Sunday at the WTGL debut.
Late in the opening match between’s Wie’s L.A. Golf Club and the N.Y. Golf Club, Wie had a 98-yard shot into the par-4 13th and hit what she felt was the perfect, low-traj, low-spin wedge to kick in range. Only for the ball to suck back, catch a slope and finish 20 feet below the hole. Wie couldn’t hide her disgust.
“That wasn’t a spinny shot,” she said. “That wasn’t a spinny shot. That was a low shot.”
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Some might say “tough luck,” not to mention the fact that there was a pretty big slope there. Others would argue that nobody knows exactly how they hit it, and the result they expect, better than players of Wie’s caliber. Plus, she’s hardly the first TGL or WTGL competitor to take issue with the Full Swing launch monitor in the SoFi Center.
Here’s Tommy Fleetwood in February of 2025 ripping an iron from 167 that registered as a 39-yard shot:
And here’s Max Homa in stunned disbelief over launching a 115-yard wedge over a green:
Such is life when you’re playing indoor, sim golf, I guess. Nothing can replicate the great outdoors. Technology will always have issues. Bugs, if you will. Thankfully, major championships are still played outside. For now.
