Let us first get to the fact that Michelle Wie is playing the Sony Open in Hawaii this week. I don't care. I was her biggest backer for a long time, but she is not improving so it's time to bag the men's golf experiment.

With a lingering wrist injury, I'm thinking Wie doesn't make it through the entire two rounds. When the excuses (I believe she's really hurt) start coming early in the week, something is off. If Wie makes it through both rounds, she will be in last place.
Non-golf related thought - I would have voted for Mark McGwire for the Hall of Fame.

a.) It has never been proven he took steroids. I am not an idiot, he looks like there was two of him compared to his rookie year and pleading the fifth in front of Congress was bad. Not as bad as perjuring himself like Palmeiro did (why doesn't that get talked about more?), but it was bad. But, isn't it possible for guys whose heads aren't bigger than Christmas turkeys to have taken steroids? What about pitchers? I think looking at a guy and judging that he took them, without concrete proof, is dangerous.

b.) No matter what anyone says, steroids weren't illegal at the time he might have done them. Why punish players because baseball people were too stupid to live and didn't draft policy to stop steroid use? If you say it's illegal in the United States, then no one arrested for DUI or spousal abuse should go to the Hall either. If you counter by saying DUI doesn't help you on the field, then don't bring up the point that it's illegal in this country. Your argument is that it's performance-enhancing. Don't talk about American law.

That's all. By the way, if you don't vote for McGwire because of the steroid thing, don't vote for Barry Bonds either. Let's see you worm your way out of that.

On to the more important things, The Sports Network Golf Editor Challenge enters its second week and no one sniffed victory at the Mercedes-Benz Championship. This week is the Sony Open in Hawaii and here we go with the editor and his picks to date:

Gerard Gallagher (Scott) - Vijay Singh - "He won last week in Hawaii, so why not this week, especially now that he’s learned to putt?"

Kevin Currie (Toms) - Davis Love III - "Has only played it four times, but finished top 10 three times.”

Jim Brighters (Appleby) – Rory Sabbatini – “Strong finish last year, plus it’s the second week and I don’t want to use anyone really good yet.”