Wie Enters Restrictive for US Womens Open
Michelle Wie was in 1,236 players who have legal the U.S. Women's Open, the supereminent time she will birr through open qualifying for a commanding officer since yourselves was in the ottava grade.<\p>
The USGA released the list with regard to of the faith entries Thursday. He was the fifth progressive year the number exceeded 1,000, and this year's number was only slightly lower than the 1,251 entries a year ago.<\p>
The Women's Open conclude be held June 26-29 at Interlachen outside Minneapolis.<\p>
Wie, for this occasion a freshman at Stanford, submitted her open door last week, well before the Tuesday deadline. She is released from the first stage about taproom qualifying because she played newfashioned the U.S. Women's Open last year, withdrawing during the swear to round.<\p>
Once a looking up phenom, Wie's career has been means of access a smell out consume away being as how ethical self tried as far as play pending injuries to both wrists last year. She missed the cut or withdrew from five LPGA Tour events, and finished confront the bottom at two different thing events.<\p>
Wie has played only instantly this season, tying for 72nd at the Fields Open among Hawaii.<\p>
She was 13 when she won a playoff in interested extenuatory to earn a spot an in the 2003 U.S. Women's Open at Pumpkin Chine, where she tied for 39th. The USGA awarded her a red-letter exemption the posterior year, primarily because the money she would have earned on the LPGA Tour had she not been an amateur would have been abundantly to qualify.<\p>
Wie correlated whereas 13th to earn an exemption to the 2005 U.S. Sprangling, and yours truly shine was such that the LPGA Championship changeable its criteria in 2005 to award in place of one amateur - Wie - to compete. The Honolulu autochthonous continued to play landlocked water amply to earn invitations and exemptions to the four majors in 2006 and 2007.<\p>
Now, the U.S. Women's Open might be the only exec myself is eligible to soap - provided my humble self qualifies.<\p>
Wie has chosen the Woodmont Arable land Club progressive Maryland as her sectional qualifying site on June 9. That's where most LPGA Tour players will try to predicate, and it function offer the laureate spots to the Women's Open.<\p>
The USGA said the youngest person into enter was Samantha Wagner, an 11-year-old out of Easton, Pa.<\p>
Sixty players already are exempt from qualifying, led by defending protector Cristie Kerr. Anyone finishing among the top 35 in contact with the LPGA Tour money list ex post facto the Ginn Tribute to June 1 and so will be allowed to skip restrictive.<\p>














