Posted on: Wednesday, January 12, 2005
For Wie, it's about the cut
Advertiser Staff
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| Michelle Wie said playing in last year's Sony Open in Hawai'i "was a great experience." She missed the cut by one stroke.
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This week at Waialae Country Club, the 15-year-old Punahou School sophomore will give another glimpse as to whether that unfathomable future is any closer to becoming reality.
Wie will be playing in the Sony Open in Hawai'i, the first full-field stop of the 2005 PGA Tour season, on a sponsor's exemption. Last year at the same event, she captured the attention of the world by becoming the first female to shoot under par and in the 60s in a PGA Tour tournament.
"I had such a great experience last year," Wie said. "Hopefully, I'll do a lot better. My goal is to be in the top 20."
Wie's second-round 2-under 68 last year gave her a two-round total of 140 (even par). She missed the cut by one, beating 48 men in the field.
Wie went on to make the cut in all seven of her LPGA appearances of 2004. She finished fourth in an LPGA major, became the youngest to compete in the Curtis Cup in England, and became the youngest winner of the Laureus World Sports Award for Newcomer of the Year.
An amateur golfer, she turned down more than $250,000 in LPGA earnings she would have won if she were a professional.
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| WIE IN 2004 |
| Prize money turned back: $253,605
Jan. 15-18: Sony Open in Hawai'i (T80, 72-68, missed cut by 1) Feb. 6-8: Hawai'i Pearl Open (T38, 74-68-72-214, second-low amateur) March 18-21: LPGA Safeway International (T19 72-67-70-77-286) $14,040 March 25-28: LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship (4th, 69-72-69-71-281, $82,000) May 6-9: Michelob ULTRA Open (T12 72-67-73-72-284, $35,090) June 12-13: Curtis Cup Match (England, lost both alternate-ball matches, won both singles i 5 and 4, 6 and 5. U.S. won 10-8) June 18: U.S. Public Links qualifier (Hershey, Pa.; first alternate/missed by 2 shots) June 22-27: U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links (Williamsburg, Va.; loses 1-up in final to Ya-Ni Tseng of Taiwan, after leading 4-up in morning) July 1-4: U.S. Women's Open (T13 71-70-71-73-285) $60,000 (T1 low amateur w/Paula Creamer, both receive exemptions for next year) July 21-24: LPGA Evian Masters (T33 71-71-76-69-287) $17,500 Aug. 9-15: U.S. Women's Amateur (Erie, Penn.; lost 2nd round to In-Bee Park) Aug. 19-22: LPGA Wendy's Championship for Children (T6 73-69-71-69-282) $29,975 Sept. 24-26: Waikoloa Open (T14 79-70-73-222) Oct. 14-17: LPGA Samsung World Championship (13 74-72-67-70-283) $15,000 approx. |
| TENTATIVE 2005 |
| Jan. 13-16: Sony Open in Hawai'i
Feb. 24-26: SBS Classic (Turtle Bay Palmer) at Turtle Bay March 17-20: Safeway International at Superstition Mountain, Ariz. March 21-27: Kraft Nabisco at Rancho Mirage, Calif. June 16-19: U.S. Open at Pinehurst, NC June 23-26: U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills CC in Colorado (exempted after 13th place finish) July 11-16: U.S. Women's Public Links at Swope Memorial GC, Kansas City (exempted after 2003 victory) July 11-16: U.S. Amateur Public Links at Shaker Run GC in Lebanon, Ohio Aug. 1-7: U.S. Women's Amateur in Atlanta |
