All these male sportswriters who’ve gone absolutely bonkers over Natalie Gulbis winning her first tournament in more than five years on Tour is hilarious but misguided. WorldGolf.com’s own Special K and BTuck’s reactions were predictable. But GolfDigest’s Ron Sirak practically awarded her a Purple Heart for finally coming up with a single W.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg in blog land.

It’s like these guys expect Gulbis to invite them to the prom if they send enough verbal bouquets her way.

Only problem is Gulbis was never the hottest golfer without a win. That honor did and still does belong to Erica Blasberg, the 23-year-old former Pac-10 Player of the Year at Arizona. Blasberg blows Gulbis away in hotness (check out her picture here). Unfortunately, she also could one day match Gulbis in futility too, having never really come close to a W so far.

The difference is that Blasberg gets little extra attention for being smoking. I wrote a column at the LPGA Championship on how Blasberg sent her putter flying in pure tantrum and went unnoticed while everyone focused on Michelle Wie.

And yes, not only does Blasberg wear short shorts, she is a fiery competitor. She has more real personality than the model-packaged Gulbis in one of her pinkies. And yet Blasberg, while recognized by LPGA devotees like BTuck, still gets beat out in lame internet hotness polls by the eternally overrated Danica Patrick of all people.

This is your true tragedy in women’s golf. Not the fact that Natalie Gulbis took years and years to get one win.

Though it is pretty tragic that some fools now actually think Gulbis is a good golfer.

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