Someone, somewhere – and preferably someone with more than a half a brain between their ears - needs to take control of Michelle Wie’s career.

As in now. It may already be too late.

Not only did Wie once again alienate herself from Annika and the LPGA battalion for pulling out of British Women’s Open qualifying to accept yet another invitation to play with the boys in Reno, she was sent home – yes, again - with her tail between her legs and nothing – as in a cheque – to show for it.

And while it seems like I am writing about Wie every week – and trust me, I wish that wasn’t the case – the truth is she is an easy target. Bad decisions and mismanagement that borders on recklessness, Wie, at just 18 years of age, is slowly but almost surely throwing her career away.

It wasn’t all that long ago that I suggested that maybe, just maybe, Wie should learn how to compete on the LPGA before she gets thoroughly outclassed and embarrassed on the PGA Tour, even by a watered-down field in Reno. Sure, there was reason for optimism for Wie fans after an opening-day 73 in Reno. Predictably, the Big Wiesy followed that up with an 80 and caught another Friday night flight. Only nine players were worse than Wie this week.

How, exactly, is this seen as a career progression?

Sadly, people still hold out hope for Wie, even given her current path. A Boston reporter suggested this week that the LPGA is partly to blame for Wie’s scoring tent faux pas at the State Farm Classic since there were no official LPGA officials in the scoring area. I’ve been around this game long enough to know golfers are primarily responsible for two things: show up to the tee on time and, for God’s sake, scrawl your signature on your scorecard at the end of the day. What happens in between is just a number.

The truth is, those who seem to think they are acting in the best interests of Wie’s career are actually the ones bringing her down. Eighteen-year-old budding superstars should just have to worry about playing golf. Her parents, her management team, her advisors, should be the ones trusted with making the tough decisions for her. And, more importantly, the right ones.

Still, those in charge of Wie’s career thought it best to see her get smoked out on the PGA Tour yet again instead of, maybe, just maybe, qualifying for the Women’s British Open and playing her way back onto the LPGA Tour.

So, yes, it was another extremely bad decision for Michelle Wie. They never seem to end.

Her career, on the other hand, may come to an end long before its best-before date.