The 16-year-old Punahou School senior shot a 2-over-par 74 Sunday to finish six strokes over par and well back in the pack at the Women's British Open golf tournament in Lytham St. Annes, England.

Wie's final round included four birdies, a bogey, a double-bogey and a triple-bogey 8 on the par-5 No. 15 hole.

Wie failed to break par in any of her four rounds, shooting 74-74-72-74—294 on the par-72. 6,480-yard course.

Third-round leader Sherri Steinhauer, 43, shot even-par 72 and earned her first victory since 2004. In one stretch from the second to the fourth rounds, Steinhauer went 48 consecutive holes without a bogey.

Her total of 281 was three shots better than Christie Kerr (71-284) and Sophie Gustafson (72-284). Juli Inkster (73-285), who led in each of the first two rounds, finished tied for fourth with Lorena Ochoa (73-285).

Wie, still seeking her first LPGA victory, finished in a tie for 26th place and earned $18,059.

It was the first time in seven LPGA events this year that she did not finish in the top five.

Wie was headed for her first below-par round of the tournament until a triple. She found two bunkers and needed two shots to get out of each before three-putting.

Although she responded with a birdie on 16, she missed a short birdie putt at 17 and her tee shot at 18 landed in a fairway pot bunker virtually up against the foot of the wall.

Again she needed two shots to get out but holed a 14-foot putt for a bogey and finished with another 74.

"I think strangely enough that I learned more here this week than I did all summer," said Wie, who tied for second at last week's Evian Masters. "I played great all summer and played good in this tournament. Just a couple of shots did not go the way I wanted them to.

"But today, yesterday and the day before, I learned so much."

What did she learn?

"How to play the game really," Wie said. "Playing a links style golf course really forces you to play golf. I learned to try and be patient out here. When things go bad, you just have to play through it and make some putts when you have to. That is what I did today and I am going to move forward."

Steinhauer's victory helped make it a clean sweep by Tour veterans of all four women's majors this year.

Karrie Webb, 31, won the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Se Ri Pak, 29, won the LPGA Championship, and Annika Sorenstam, 35, took the U.S. Women's Open.

Like Steinhauer, Webb and Pak had not won a tournament since 2004.

Webb failed to make the cut in this tournament and Pak withdrew after the first round.

Sorenstam, who won last month's U.S. Women's Open for her 10th major victory, shot a 44 on the back nine and finished with a 7-over 79 for a 7-over 295, tied for 31st place.