Friday, March 01, 2002
12-year-old makes LPGA debut
After 11 holes, seventh-grader stands at 1 over
The Associated Press
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — With 12-year-old Michelle Wie fighting to break par in her first LPGA Tour event, Catriona Matthew and Liselotte Neumann shot 6-under 64s Thursday to share the early first-round lead in the season-opening Takefuji Classic.
Wie, the 5-foot-10 seventh-grader from Honolulu, was 1 over after 11 holes on the Waikoloa Beach Resort course.
Wie, who began play on the 10th tee, birdied No.11 but dropped three strokes with consecutive bogeys on Nos.14-16. After three straight pars, she birdied No.2 to get to 1 over.
Annika Sorenstam, coming off a playoff victory over Karrie Webb last week in the Australian Ladies Masters, was 5 under through 16 holes. Defending champion Lorie Kane also was 5 under through 16, and Michele Redman and Mi Hyun Kim were 5 under through 17.
But most of the attention was focused on Wie, the youngest player to earn a spot in an LPGA Tour event through a Monday qualifier. If she makes the cut in the 54-hole tournament, she will become the youngest to do so at an LPGA Tour event since Aree Wongluekiet in the 2000 Nabisco Championship at the age of 13.
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