After two rounds she held the highest score of 14 over par and was 23 behind the leaders. Her last two tournaments proved to be her worst for the year however, as she finished 21 strokes off the leaders in the Samsung World Championship and followed that performance up with a last place finish at the Casio World Open, managing to finish 27 strokes behind the leaders.

One could argue that as a 16-year-old playing against professional golfers, Wie was bound to have some rough finishes and some poor scores, especially against the men in the PGA, where few women have ever competed. However, after learning the ways of the golf world, one would think that Wie was truly ready to ride with the big boys and girls. Unfortunately for Wie, as she rode without training wheels for the first time, the falls continued and so did the poor finishes.

In February of 2007, it was released by her parents that Wie had sustained a wrist injury that would keep her sidelined from golf for four-to-six weeks. When that deadline stretched into May, many, including members of the LPGA Tour were questioning whether or not her parents had fabricated the story in order to allow Wie to take time away from golf.

Following her return to the LPGA, she proceeded to shoot a 14-over through 16 holes, enough to force her to withdraw from the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika Sorenstam. What may have hurt worse were the remarks by many in the golf world saying that her withdrawal was due to the rule of 88, which states that a non-LPGA member who shoots a score of 88 is forced to withdraw and is subsequently banned from LPGA co-sponsored events for the remainder of the calendar year. Neither Wie nor LPGA would confirm whether her withdrawal was because of the rule of 88 or not, but that did not stop LPGA golfer and Wie’s playing partner that day, Alena Sharp, from saying, “She wasn't holding her wrist. I think she just had a bad day. If it was her wrist, why wait until the last two holes [to withdraw]?”

Both Sharp and her other partner Janice Moodie also questioned her father’s involvement in her game. He was seen giving her advice from the gallery, which is a two-stroke penalty. After her withdrawal, this became a moot point.

Following her withdrawal, Wie was seen practicing for the LPGA championship in early June. This caused Ginn Tournament host Annika Sorenstam to criticize Wie for withdrawing from her tournament, stating “I just feel there's a little bit of lack of respect and class just to kind of leave a tournament like that and come out and practice here.”  This comment caused Wie to respond by stating that, “I don't really feel like I have to apologize for anything. I just have to take care of my body and move forward and only think of positive things.”

And move forward she shall; only now all the bumps and bruises she has accumulated over the past year will be seen by everyone she plays with. Wie has lost a lot of favor in the golf world and needs to start playing in a respectful and competitive manner in order to regain that favor. I think the place to go for that is the college ranks, where Wie has enrolled in Stanford University with the intent of attending school in the fall. If Wie really wants to get back on the bike without training wheels to keep falling, she can. But her smartest decision may be to put the training wheels back on, strap on a helmet, and work her way up towards that 5-speed Huffy with that nifty LPGA Tour card attached.