As the champion of the 2006 U.S. Women's Open, Anika Sorenstam will have reason to celebrate on Independence Day. She is free from the media's talons and has silenced her critics. Gourmet Golfwrx congratulates Anika Sorenstam in her playoff victory over Patty Hurst. Sorenstam's 70 easily handled Patty Hurst's 74. These weekday finishes are great to watch, but are really cutting into my work schedule.

Gourmet Golfwrx is celebrating too! We're two months old. Thanks to all of our loyal readers and we welcome your comments and questions. Here's a summary of last week at Gourmet Golfwrx:

Phil Mickelson withdrew from last week's ING Par-3 Shootout. He claims that he couldn't pretend like he was having fun after the U.S. Open and didn't think it was fair to the fans.

Following the trend of outstanding, young female talent, UCLA's Tiffany Joh wins the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship. 

Stay tuned and keep that bag fresh.

-G.Gwrx