Struggling Wie to take another shot at the PGA Tour
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Photo: Michelle Wie was a shot off the lead at the State Farm Classic before being disqualified Saturday for not signing her scorecard. Wie will play at the PGA Tour’s Reno-Tahoe Open.
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7/21/2008 - 7/22/08
Fresh off a disqualification on the LPGA Tour, Michelle Wie has decided to tee it up against the men, again.Wie will play next week in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, the first time she'll play on the PGA Tour this year, tournament organizers said. It will be her eighth time playing on the PGA Tour, and she has yet to make a cut.
"This is a tremendous opportunity for me to learn from these great players and take those lessons to the LPGA. This is another step in the process of making me a better player," Wie said in a statement.
Wie, who is 18 and attends Stanford part time, has no status on any tour. She has only one sponsor's exemption left this year.
The Reno-Tahoe Open starts July 31 at Montreux Golf & Country Club. The Nevada tournament is one of the weakest fields on the PGA Tour, held opposite the World Golf Championship in Ohio. Steve Flesch won the Reno-Tahoe Open last year.
"Michelle is getting her game together, she's getting back in the swing of things and we have no problem extending her this opportunity," tournament director Michael Stearns said in a statement.
Wie showed signs of improvement this past weekend at the State Farm Classic in Illinois. She was a shot off the lead going into the final round when Tour officials discovered that she had left the scoring area without signing her scorecard after Friday's second round. Wie was disqualified.
Wie's chances of securing a 2009 LPGA Tour card now rest with her winning roughly $80,000 in her final tournament, which probably would take a top-three finish. Otherwise, she could be headed to the first of two stages of qualifying.
