Wie enters Q-school for LPGA Tour
Published: Wed, Sep. 10, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Wed, Sep. 10, 2008 02:24AM
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closeUnable to earn her card through sponsor exemptions, Michelle Wie has entered the LPGA Tour qualifying school and will play the first stage next week on the California course where she first rose to fame at age 13.
Her father, B.J. Wie, had said at the U.S. Women's Open that Wie had "no other options" but Q-school if she didn't make enough money to finish the equivalent of 80th of the LPGA Tour money list.
"Nothing has changed since then," he said Tuesday morning from Palm Desert, Calif. "She will go to Q-school."
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The first stage will be at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, Calif., site of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, where Wie played in the final group of the LPGA's first major when she was in the eighth grade.
Wie turned pro in 2005 and a year later had at least a share of the lead on the back nine of three majors. Her career went into a tailspin shortly after that.
She has not won any tournament since the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links in 2003 at age 13. But she showed signs of getting her game back in order this year.
Her father said Wie, who turns 19 on Oct. 11, will return to Stanford after the California qualifier.
Wie attended the first quarter at Stanford last fall, trying to blend college life with professional golf.
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