Golfer Supremacy Rankings understand reality: The boys are more important than the girls

Here at the Golfer Supremacy Rankings, we value two things more than any other:

1) Bribes. Of any value. We can’t be insulted. We practice Cunningham-lingus here, if you catch our drift.

2) Reality.

Sometimes reality hurts, but it is not our job at the GSR’s to make it all better. Which is why, the gushing of some aside, a PGA celebrity pro-am will still draw more interest than an LPGA major.

We believe this with all our hearts. Unless you pay us to believe differently, of course.

Golfer Supremacy Rankings

1. Vijay Singh

Comments: In a more fair world, Singh’s third career Barclays Classic victory should fall well below Se Ri Pak’s McDonald’s LPGA Championship triumph.

But life is unfair.

Thus, Singh’s victory, his first in 22 starts is the bigger accomplishment. Sure, it’s not a huge tournament in stature, but with the U.S. Open coming up, the No. 3 golfer in the world just got a win and is feeling good heading to Winged Foot.

“This gives me a lot of confidence,” said Singh. “It gives me the feeling that, hey, if I get in contention, I can finish it off.”

2. Se Ri Pak

Comments: The Mother of All South Korean Women’s Golfers took home her 23rd career victory and fifth major. And like the woman she vanquished to win the McDonald’s LPGA Championship – Karrie Webb – Pak has served notice that she’s back in the game again after two winless years.

3. Michelle Wie

Comments: Was there a sense that she’d falter again at the end? It seemed that way here. While realistically, another top-5 finish at an LPGA major is a ridiculously fantastic result for the 16-year-old, keep in mind that Ms. Wie doesn’t deal in the realistic. So expect to see more and more people wondering aloud how impressive it is for a teenager to come in near the top.

Such is the backlash of so much media attention and so many dollars of money from the likes of Nike. Is it unfair? Sure, but the flip side – playing in tournaments, being a pop icon and earning millions – more than makes up for it. It’s a good time to be Mi-Wi.

Random funtoid: In 2007, Se Ri Pak will become the youngest living entrant in the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Random funtoid II: We have decided that the experiment of calling the “Random factoid” the “Random funtoid” is, in fact, the lamest thing we’ve ever done. We feel shame.

–WKW