A look around the golf scene, including Mike Weir and Michele Wie, while in hockey, the verdict is in for Rob Ramage.

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After finishing with a 3-1-1 record and defeating Tiger Woods at the Presidents Cup, you would think – according to much of the Canadian media – that Mike Weir's next act will be a combination of walking on water and fixing the trade deficit.

Come on Canada, take a sedative, it's just one week out of the year and match play at that. Sergio Garcia blitzes the Ryder Cup every time he tees it up, but he hasn't torn it up anywhere else in recent years. Besides, Woods was batting only .500 in Ryder/Presidents Cup before he took on Weir.

Some compared Weir's singles victory to his Masters win in 2003. Not even in the same universe. One match play win in what is essentially golf's version of the old Goodwill Games doesn't hold a candle to a green jacket.

Weir has been shooting blanks since the Nissan Open of 2004 and his last top-three finish was nearly two years ago at the AT&T Pebble Beach where he blew up with a 78 in the last round. It's nice to rack up the cash, but tournament titles are what count on the PGA Tour.

If Weir picks up a win or two in what's left of the season, then maybe his performance in Montreal will be seen as the turning point. Otherwise, it doesn't mean a whole lot.

It's nice to see that Team Wie is at it again. Back in March, the winless wonder accepted an invitation to play in the elite-field Samsung World Championship. Seven months later, she has made just two cuts on the LPGA Tour and her antics have made her a pariah.

While Annika Sorenstam turned down the invitation, feeling she doesn't want to cause hardship with any players who felt she might be taking their spot in the 20-player field, Michelle Wie is using her invitation, and by doing so has bumped tournament winner Natalie Gulbis from the field.

"She (Sorenstam) didn't want the perception that she was taking a spot," agent Mark Steinberg said. "She decided to do what's best for the LPGA."

Wouldn't it be nice if Team Wie did the same thing?

Was Sorenstam´s statement an indirect shot at Wie? Perhaps, but it does show that the Swede doesn't consider herself bigger than the game. Too bad the Wie organization doesn't feel the same way.

Let's see now… According to the Samsung World Championship Web site "an exclusive field of the world's top 20 players will converge at BIGHORN Golf Club to contest the 27th edition of the Championship." Michelle Wie is in 56th spot according to the Rolex rankings. Sure, Samsung can invite whomever they want, yet playing in this tournament means that you have had a great year, something that Wie hasn't. About the only thing she has led the LPGA in is controversy.

Wie pulling out would have won a lot of points and respect among the players, but it didn't happen. Team Wie seems bent on creating its own rules and jumping through the loopholes, and the hell with everyone else.

In hockey news, Rob Ramage has been found guilty all five criminal charges against him in the drinking and driving death of Keith Magnuson, including dangerous driving causing death and impaired driving causing death. He may go to prison for a long time.

After Magnuson and Ramage attended the funeral for former NHLer Keith McCreary on December 15,2003, Ramage's Chrysler Intrepid crossed over the center line where it was struck by an oncoming SUV, which then crashed into a third vehicle.

It was argued there wasn't a single witness who testified Ramage was impaired when he left the reception held in McCreary's honour. Perhaps, but did anyone run a breathalyzer on Ramage before he left the reception? I doubt it. If they did they would have found a blood-alcohol level at twice the legal limit, if not higher. And, what of the six-pack (with three missing cans) found in the vehicle?

Naturally, there are the usual speculations and claims as in any court case, but if Ramage was foolish enough to get behind the wheel while legally drunk he gets no sympathy from me. The Magnuson family is paying the ultimate price.

"Oh no," said former teammate Bernie Federko when told of the news. "I'm appalled by that. We've all said it was an accident. One of his dear friends was killed and Ramage has to live with that every day. He's suffered enough. He's paid his penance."

Well, duh Bernie, of course it was an accident. It's not like Ramage intended to cross the line, but he did make the choice to drive after having a few and must pay the consequences. The evils of drinking and driving have been drilled into our heads for decades and surely Ramage is intelligent enough to have grasped that.

Once again, however, a professional athlete gets caught in the act and somehow ends up being the victim in the minds of many. That is another tragedy.