Michelle
Wie lines up a putt on the fourth hole in the first round of the Manulife
Financial LPGA Classic at Grey Silo Golf Course on June 21, 2012 in Waterloo,
Ontario, Canada.
GALLOWAY
TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Michelle Wie will graduate from Stanford next weekend with a
degree in communications, fulfilling a lifelong goal.
Her golf game is another story. The
22-year-old former phenom shot a 76 Saturday and, at 154, missed the 36-hole
cut at the ShopRite LPGA Classic by 8 strokes. She carded three birdies, 11
bogeys, and two double bogeys over two days.
Wie has missed four straight cuts in
stroke-play events. She has shot below par in just one round out of 16 she has
played in 2012. She entered this event 91st on the LPGA money list and will
drop.
Her putting has been a problem. She
entered this event ranked 133d in both putt-per-round average and putts per
green in regulation.
"I couldn't read any of these
greens," she said in brief comments following Saturday's round. "I
didn't putt them well. I had some loose shots. That's something I'll definitely
have to train for next week."
It's
been an interesting career for Wie, who competed in eight PGA Tour events as a
teenager. She played in seven LPGA events at the age of 13 when she became the
youngest winner of a USGA championship (U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links).
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