After she finished third at the LPGA Fields Open last week, Wie moved up to No. 2. I firmly believe that Wie is the second most-talented female golfer in the world - not potentially, but right now. However, if I compiled my own subjective world rankings, I could not bring myself to place a player looking for her first win at No. 3 or No. 2.

Michelle Wie does not appear in the Sagarin rankings because she is two events short of meeting the minimum appearances requirement. However, if that requirement was lowered to allow Wie into the rankings, she would be No. 2 in the world. And she would have been No. 2 even before the Fields.

So no matter what we might subjectively think about a non-winner coming in at No. 2, two different world rankings, using two different models, call Wie the second-best female golfer in the world.

What's up with that?

Here's a clue: While Wie has not yet won, she does, more often than not, beat the other top women in the world of golf. The Sagarin rankings, in fact, build in to its system "won-loss" records for every golfer versus every other golfer. For example, if Meena Lee and Christina Kim play the same event 16 times, and Kim finishes ahead of Lee in nine of those tournament's, then Kim's record against Lee is 9-7, and Lee's won-less record against Kim is 7-9. In the eight tournaments of 2005 in which Wie and Paula Creamer both competed, Wie was 5-3.

In its most recent issue, Golfweek takes a look at Wie's won-loss record against other top players dating to the start of the 2003 season. Here's what they came up with:

• Annika Sorenstam: Sorenstam leads Wie 13-3-1, the only player Golfweek looked at who has a winning record against Wie. However, Wie leads 2-1-1 over their past four common events.