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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, June 1, 2008

WIE
Despite 70, Wie seven off pace

Associated Press

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Michelle Wie

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MUNICH, Germany — Hawai'i's Michelle Wie shot a 2-under par 70 in the third round of the Ladies German Open yesterday to fall seven strokes behind leader Amy Wang, who had a course-record 63.

Wie came into the day 7 under, and birdied the third and seventh holes. But the 18-year-old Punahou School graduate had a bogey on No. 9 before finishing up with a birdie on the 11th to sit at 9-under 207.

For the third consecutive day, Wie said she was disappointed by her showing as a sponsor's invitee to the Golfpark Gut Haeusern course, northwest of Munich.

"It was very frustrating, I just couldn't get anything going," said Wie, who is taking the semester off in her freshman year at Stanford to focus on golf. "I hit a couple irons a little harder than I thought. I left a lot out there. I'm not playing up to my potential. And I just really have to shoot well tomorrow."

Wie managed to birdie a pair of par-5s after complaining after the first two rounds that she had not taken advantage of those holes.

"I hit the fairway on three and made a birdie on 11 but along with the other par-5, I left a lot out there," she said. "Tomorrow I just have to leave none out there."

Wang, an 18-year-old South Korean living in Orlando, Fla., was 16 under after her lowest round as a pro.

"I just hit really good today. And my putting was really good — much better than normal," said Wang, the Ladies European Tour money leader, who has lived in Florida since February.

Anne-Lise Caudal of France (67) and Rebecca Brewerton of Wales (68) were tied for second at 11 under, and second-round leader Lora Fairclough of England was at 10 under along with Joanne Mills of Australia and Louise Stahle of Sweden.