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Updated at 12:57 p.m., Friday, October 12, 2007

Wie shoots another 79, remains in last in Samsung

Advertiser Staff

Punahou School alum Michelle Wie had three birdies, four bogeys and three double bogeys for another 7-over 79 today and is last in the Samsung World Championship.

Wie, who shot a 7-over 79 Thursday, had nines of 39-40 today.

Her front nine included a birdie on the par-5 third hole and a double bogey on the par-5 seventh hole.

But she double bogeyed the par-4 10th hole and the par-5 12th. She also bogeyed No. 14 and 17, but birdied Nos. 15 and 18.

The 72-hole tournament — being held at the Bighorn Golf Club in Palm Desert, Calif. — features a 20-player limited field of the LPGA's top money leaders, along with Wie (special exemption).

The event will not have a 36-hole cut — where the field usually is trimmed in half — and last place is worth $12,499, more than the $9,899 Wie has earned this year.

In Wie's seven tournaments this year, she's missed three cuts, withdrew twice and has an average score of 76.7.

Wie was given a special exemption 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.