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Posted on: Saturday, August 18, 2007

Wie shoots 74, misses Canadian cut

 • Special report: Michelle Wie
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"It's frustrating to see my score was high when I don't feel I played that bad," Michelle Wie said after her second round.

JOHN ULAN | Associated Press

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EDMONTON, Alberta — Hall of Famer Juli Inkster shot a 5-under 66 yesterday for a share of the second-round lead in the Canadian Women's Open, while Honolulu's Michelle Wie had a 74 to miss the cut.

The 47-year-old Inkster, a 31-time winner on the LPGA Tour, matched South Korea's Shi Hyun Ahn (67) at 8-under 134 on the Royal Mayfair course.

"I hit some good short irons in there today. I drove the ball well, which is what you have to do out there," Inkster said.

"You've got to play the ball from the fairway because of the rough. You can get some good lies in the rough, but you can get some gnarly lies. And depending where they put the pins, you just don't want to be coming in from the rough."

Wie had a 7-over 149 total, leaving her 15 strokes behind the leaders.

"I missed a couple of crucial putts here and there and a couple of shots didn't go the way I wanted to," said Wie, who had five bogeys and two birdies yesterday. "It's frustrating to see my score was high when I don't feel I played that bad."

Wie, slowed by wrist injuries, also missed the cut two weeks ago in the Women's British Open at St. Andrews, shooting 73-80. The week before the Women's British Open, she tied for 69th in France in the Evian Masters, shooting 73-71-84-76 in her first start since withdrawing from the U.S. Women's Open because of a sore left wrist.

Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa (65), Kimberly Hall (67) and first-round leader Laura Diaz (70) were 7 under.