Updated at 1:50 p.m., Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Wie will tee off 8:50 a.m. Thursday in Samsung event
Advertiser Staff
Punahou School graduate Michelle Wie will be paired with Angela Park and will tee off at 8:50 a.m. Hawai'i time Thursday in the first round of the Samsung World Championship.The $1 million 72-hole tournament is being held at the Bighorn Golf Club in Palm Desert, Calif.
The 20-player limited field features the top players on the LPGA money list. Wie, however, is in the field with a special exemption given to her in March. Her entry in the field knocked out Natalie Gulbis.
Gulbis won her first LPGA event this year at the Evian Masters, where she finished 20 ahead of Wie.
In Wie's seven tournaments this year, she's missed three cuts, withdrew twice and has an average score of 76.7.
The event will not have a 36-hole cut — where the field usually is trimmed in half — and last place is worth $12,499.
Others in the field include Lorena Ochoa, Paula Creamer, Morgan Pressel and Ai Miyazato.
