Wie Not Entered in U.S. Open

Here’s a headline for you: Michelle Wie is not entered in this year’s U.S. Open at Oakmont. To which, I say, "Halleluiah!" It’s unclear whether she chose not to enter the men’s tournament because she has not sufficiently recovered from the wrist injury that has prevented her from playing much golf this season or because she finally wised up and has decided to devote her efforts to women’s events. In any case, at least golf fans and the media won’t be consumed by her trials and tribulations. You will recall last year that she made it through local qualifying and then received tons of coverage at the sectional qualifying event at Canoe Brook in New Jersey. People forget that she never really was a threat to make the final field as she finished five shots short. Meanwhile, her fellow Hawaiian, Tad Fujikawa, did make it into the tournament by winning the sectional stage in, of all places, Hawaii. Wie is exempt for qualifying for the U.S. Women’s Open, which will be held at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C. starting June 28. Wie is exempt by virtue of her high finish in the tournament last year.

Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to Jane Blalock.