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Posted on: Saturday, September 5, 2009

Wie misses her first cut of LPGA season


Associated Press

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Michelle Wie reacts after her birdie putt on No. 17 fails to drop at the Canadian Open.

JEFF MCINTOSH | Canadian Press

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PRIDDIS, Alberta — South Korea's Song-Hee Kim shot a tournament-record 9-under 62 for a share of the second-round lead in the Canadian Women's Open with Suzann Pettersen, while Honolulu's Michelle Wie missed her first cut of the season.

Pettersen, coming off a playoff loss to M.J. Hur last week in the Safeway Classic in Oregon, shot a 68 yesterday to match Kim at 9 under at Priddis Greens.

Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa (68) and Women's British Open winner Catriona Matthew (66) were a stroke back, and Hur (67), Angela Stanford (65) and Sun Young Yoo (66) were 7 under. First-round leader Anna Rawson followed her opening 64 with a 73 to finish at 5 under.

The cut was 1-over 143. Wie finished at 3-over 145 after shooting a 69. The Punahou School alum and Stanford student opened with a birdie on the par-4 10th. She also birdied the par-5 18th to go 2-under on her first nine. But she played the front nine in even par with a bogey on the par-3 second and a birdie on the par-5 fifth to miss the cut by two strokes.

The 21-year-old Kim, winless in three seasons on the LPGA Tour, birdied the first six holes and finished with 10 birdies and a bogey to break Rawson's day-old course record by two shots. The tournament mark also was 64.

"I didn't know I had six birdies in a row, so it was awesome," said Kim, who shot a scorching 28 on the front nine. "I mean it was fantastic."

Kim had three birdies and three bogeys in her opening-round 71.

"Yesterday was a lot of wind. I mean, like sometimes the wind like kind of gusts, you know," she said. "So it was harder yesterday. And today, I mean the weather is perfect. I think that's the biggest thing."

If the perfect conditions continue Pettersen says "there's definitely another course record out on this course, so I'm glad there's another two rounds."

Pettersen won all five of her LPGA Tour titles in 2007 and is winless in her last 40 tournament. She has finished second three times this year.

"I play every week to win," Pettersen said. "I mean, in this game you lose more than you win. So all I can do is give myself a chance on Sunday."

Ochoa is winless since the Corona Championship in Mexico in April. "It's been a fun two days," she said. "What I always try to do is to be in a good position for the weekend. And I'm right there."

All 12 Canadians in the field missed the cut.

Alena Sharp had a birdie putt lip out on the final green to miss by a stroke.

"I hit too many good shots to miss the cut this week, but that's the extra little pressure," said Sharp, who shot 72-72. "You try hard not think about it, but it's always there."