HONOLULU - Controversial 18-year-old golfer Michelle Wie, whose insistence on playing in men’s PGA tournaments despite consistently poor performances has garnered widespread criticism, is now frequenting men’s rooms and using urinals.

Pro golfer Helen Alfredsson said she “felt sad” for Wie because “she so wants to be a man, but she simply hasn’t the plumbing now, has she?”

Wie’s attempts to urinate from a standing position reportedly have not been successful. “She made quite a mess in there,” said a men’s room attendant at a Honolulu country club who asked not to be named.  

Wie’s urinal experiment has landed her an endorsement deal with Scrubbing Bubbles Toilet Cleaning Gel.

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