Michelle Wie, or more specifically her family and handlers, are getting a "wie" bit out of control.

According to her now former caddy, Greg Johnston, he was fired one night after having dinner with Wie's agent. This came after Wie was given a two-shot penalty during the Women's British Open for improperly hitting a spot in the sand before hitting the ball.

Anyone who has ever played golf at any level of seriousness knows that's a violation. When she got disqualified from her first professional tournament last year, I thought Johnston could have done a better job. During the British, Wie has to accept full responsibility, especially because some reports indicate Johnston told her to avoid hitting the piece of moss.

I doubt a 16-year-old girl with more handlers than Prince Harry made that kind of decision on her own. Her agent fired the guy for God's sake. No one from the family picks up the phone and acts like a man? B.J. Wie, I'm looking at you.

To say that Mr. Wie's reputation is not great would be an understatement. Ever since the 2003 U.S. Women's Open, I have not, for one second, trusted this man. Loyal readers of the column know how much I support Michelle Wie, but the dad is a problem.

In 2003, B.J. Wie accused Michelle's playing partner, Danielle Ammaccapane, of bumping into his daughter. Meanwhile, the youngester was constantly walking through Ammaccapane's line of sight on the other side of the hole when Ammaccapane would putt. The elder player informed the younger what she was doing and how it was wrong. Suddenly, B.J. tells the media that Ammaccapane treated Wie poorly in the scorer's tent as well.

Here's the problem - that wasn't actually true and he went on NBC the following day with a mea culpa. Can't tolerate that kind of crap. That started the ball rolling on two fronts. The first is that B.J. Wie is sketchy and instead of being a pain in the you know where, should have taught his daughter the rules better. Secondly, everyone else seems to be wrong when it comes to the Wie family.

I know Wie is a kid (so am I apparently because I'm watching a "Challenge of the Super Friends" DVD at the moment). I'm not asking Wie to stop listening to the advice of her parents and agents. Just for everyone to think where the blame lays in each situation.

Greg Johnston won four majors with Juli Inkster, so it's not like he's a bad looper. Young Michelle has played enough professionally now to know the rules and not take it out on her caddy.

It seems too immature and rushed for all involved. Actually, it doesn't at all. Seems like par for the group.