ABERDEEN, N.C. (AP)- Ten-year-old Michelle Wie of Honolulu qualified Thursday at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links championship, but then lost in the first round of match play. Wie, the youngest amateur to ever play in a United States Golf
ABERDEEN, N.C. (AP)- Ten-year-old Michelle Wie of Honolulu qualified Thursday
at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links championship, but then lost in the
first round of match play.
Wie, the youngest amateur to ever play in a
United States Golf Association event, fell 3 and 2 to Cindy Lee of Tempe,
Ariz.
“I wasn’t able to get my short putts,” Wie said. “If I go back to the
10-and-under division, there’s only, like, three girls to compete
with.”
Wie carded 6-over-par 150 during two rounds of qualifying.
Five
other Hawaii golfers- Rachel Kyono (145), Leah Whiting (151), Merynn Ito (152),
Summerset Lovett (152) and Kathy Cho (153)- also qualified.
Four other
island golfers- Xyra Suyetsugu (159), Rose Pagan (168), Mariel Kotake (174) and
Kelly Nakashima (175)- failed to qualify.
Kyono defeated Robyn Rinaldo of
Dade City, Fla., 3 and 2 in match play, while Whiting beat Megan Stier of Belle
Plaine, Minn., 3 and 2. But Ito fell to Becky Lucidi of Fallbrook, Calif., 2
and 1.
Lovett and Cho will begin match play Friday.
