Let the faint praise begin!

Michelle Wie's critics are beside themselves, trying to slice the baloney a wee bit thinner after she carved herself a well-deserved slice of the 2009 LPGA tour today. Wie described earning her tour card as "like graduating from high school." She also said she was looking forward to rookie orientation the next couple of days "with a smiling face. Don't ask about the politically incorrect version." Heh. I enjoyed the invisible Mouse Club ears.

Michelle Wie T46 at Jamie Farr Owens Corning

Michelle Wie finished mid-field, tied for 46th among the 75 who made the cut at the 2008 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic. I'd kill to be able to post her scores.

Paula Creamer carried away the cash, no surprise.

It was kind of fun to see all the new faces, especially Rachel Hetherington and Eun-Hee Ji.

I especially enjoyed today's extended coverage, featuring college graduate anchors and intelligent commentary through the green by the best stable of golf broadcasters in the history of televised journalism, who somehow managed to weave together the top ten leader stories in a eye-catching tapestry of precisely figured shot placements and incisive banter, without once resorting to the hackneyed visual cliches of context-less putts and pointlessly backlit sandblasts out of bunkers. ESPN is to be congratu...

Oh, wait! There wasn't any TV coverage today, unless the Golf Channel had it. Now I remember...!