A.k.a., the Wie Watch. In case you were wondering if this final round of the LPGA Championship is that big a deal, big enough for me to rant about CBS blowing a chance to televise it, you should know that the New York Times' golf writer made the trip down this morning, specifically because Michelle Wie is in position to win it.

Wie tees off, with Korea's Shi Hyun Ahn, in about 45 minutes, the second-to-last pairing. The last pairing is the co-leaders, Pat Hurst and Ai Miyazato. Wie, Ahn and Mi Hyun Kim are one shot back, three others two shots back. In a group of five at three shots back is the winner of the year's previous major, Hall of Famer Karrie Webb, who took the Kraft Nabisco in April in a playoff with Lorena Ochoa (who's in the group two shots back). Yikes.

Annika Sorenstam, by the way, teed off an hour ago. She's six back, mainly because of that two-shot penalty yesterday when she moved part of a divot, and if she makes a run it'll be a miracle.

None of the early starters is making a move so far. The earliest are just finishing their round.

It's worth pointing out that of that group of 13 within three shots of the lead, there are exactly three Americans: Hurst, Wie and Sherri Steinhauer. Eight of the 13 are of Asian descent, including Wie and Hurst, whose mother is Japanese. The Asian media covering this is so numerous, it almost looks like the Yankees clubhouse, or courtside at the Houston Rockets' games. The impact on the game here and in their homelands is astonishing. The best players are either really young, have roots in the Pacific Rim, or both.

In other news ... the party's on at the White House, I assume. In the final minutes of their World Cup match, it's Mexico 3, Iran 1.