"Wie, meanwhile, might have the best of two worlds."

Doug Ferguson says that with "as much focus on the runner-up as the winner," it won't be remembered as a special year in golf.  This, I'm not so sure about:

For all the grousing about the FedEx cup, it delivered the ultimate Cinderella in Heath Slocum, who qualified for the playoffs by the slimmest of margins, then won the opening event over Woods, Steve Stricker, Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els. The last three playoff events were won by the top three players in the world ranking — Woods, Mickelson and Stricker. So something is working.

The ultimate Cinderella?

This was brilliant and perhaps the least talked about great development of 2009:

Wie, meanwhile, might have the best of two worlds. She appears to be loving everything about college life at Stanford — something hardly any of her peers ever experienced — and she had a blast on the course, too, winning for the first time and playing a key role in the Americans' victory in Solheim Cup.

Remember the old days when folks said the Wie's needed to rip a page out of Earl's playbook in shaping Michelle's career. I don't think we'll hear that for a while.