Golfer Supremacy Rankings: The Pat Hurst edition

At the Golfer Supremacy Rankings we strive for fairness. We also strive to bake the best damned chocolate-chip cookie you’ll ever taste and hope you rush out to buy a box or two of the new Golfer Supremacy Rankings Chocolate Chip Delights when they come to a supermarket near you this Fall.

But back to fairness. The U.S. Women’s Open was a sensational battle between two women. Yet one of these women - Annika Sorenstam - is getting the lion’s share of the press, while Michelle Wie gets even more attention for coming close to winning.

And that leaves Pat Hurst out in the cold. Well, here at the Golfer Supremacy Rankings, we right wrongs. Even if we have to make stuff up.

Golfer Supremacy Rankings: Pat Hurst Edition

1. Pat Hurst

Comments: The Boston Herald is just one of the publications trying to dance around the fact that Hurst is fat. Some went so far as to question whether Hurst could go the full 36 on Sunday. Survey’s have shown, however, that raising two kids is training enough for a long day of golf.

2. Pat Hurst

Comments: Following the birth of her second child in 2002, Hurst’s game has slowly improved to the point where she entered the U.S. Women’s Open at No. 18 on the money list and will spring in to the Top-10 regardless of her finish in the playoff.

With a victory, Hurst can join Joanne Carner as the only players to win the U.S. Junior Girls, U.S. Women’s Amateur and U.S. Women’s Open. It would be the second major victory and fourth LPGA victory of Hurst’s career. Hurst was also the LPGA’s rookie of the year in 1995.

3. Pat Hurst

Comments: Hurst, 37, can bench-press 350 and field dress an alpaca in less than 20 minutes. As a child, Hurst was taunted by kids calling her “Patty Hearst.” Hurst used this resentment to train really hard and become a great golfer. A win at the U.S. Women’s Open will further smite her former tormentors.

Random Factoid I: Pat Hurst has a standing offer to be the spokesperson for Golfer Supremacy Rankings Chocolate Chip Delights.

Random Factoid II: The Backstreet Boys’ hit “I want it that way” is about Pat Hurst.

–WKW