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| July 10, 2005 | Sunday | Jumadi-us-Sani 2, 1426 |
Lewis heads leaderboard as Wie fails cut
SILVIS (Illinois), July 9: Schoolgirl sensation Michelle Wie fell short in her bid to become the first female in 60 years to make a cut on the PGA Tour on Friday at the US$4m John Deere Classic.
The 15-year-old prodigy appeared on her way to the weekend when she was derailed by a double-bogey at the sixth, her 15th hole of the day.
She then bogeyed the next, and parred her last two holes to complete an even-par 71 for a one-under total of 141.
She missed the cut by two strokes, leaving legendary Babe Didrikson Zaharias as the last woman to make a PGA Tour cut - at the 1945 Tucson Open.
Starting at the 10th, Wie was on her way to making history when she birdied three of her first five holes to move to four-under for the tournament. A bogey and another bogey saw her at four-under through nine holes.
It wasn’t Wie’s first attempt to take on the men. Partipating on a sponsor’s exemption, Wie played the Sony Open the last two years in her hometown Honolulu. She missed the cut by one stroke the first time around, but fell seven strokes shy of the cut this year.
In between her highly publicized PGA Tour forays, the gifted amateur has earned accolades on the LPGA tour.
Wie finished second in the LPGA Championship and was co-leader after three rounds of the US Women’s Open before staggering to a final round 82.
JL Lewis, the 1999 champion, fired a six-under-par 65 on Friday after an opening round 64 to move to the top of the leaderboard at 13-under 129.
First-round leader Hunter Mahan, who shot a 63 on Thursday, signed for a second-round 68 to lie two strokes behind Lewis.
Japan’s Shigeki Maruyama fired a 63 to move into a tie with Mahan at 11-under 131.
Brandt Jobe shot his second straight round of 66 for 132.
In addition to a first prize of 720,000 dollars, a trip to St. Andrews, Scotland is also on the line this week. The top finisher not already exempt for the British Open will earn an invitation to the season’s third major championship.
Leading second-round scores:
129 - JL Lewis 64-65
131 - Hunter Mahan 63-68, Shigeki Maruyama) 68-63
132 - Brandt Jobe 66-66
133 - Craig Bowden 65-68, Robert Damron 65-68, Richard S. Johnson 65-68, Wes Short 66-67, Jeff Sluman 67-66, Joey Snyder 67-66
134 - Hank Kuehne 68-66, Will MacKenzie 67-67, Ryan Palmer 66-68
135 - Justin Bolli 69-66, Todd Hamilton 68-67, Blaine McCallister 68-67, Sean O’Hair 66-69, Kevin Stadler 72-63
136 - Carlos Franco 68-68, Mark Hensby 70-66, Glen Hnatiuk 65-71, John Senden 69-67
137 - Esteban Toledo 70-67
138 - Arjun Atwal 70-68, David Hearn 68-70, Stephen Leaney 70-68, Brenden Pappas 67-71, Phillip Price 69-69, Grant Waite 68-70
139 - Brendan Jones 66-73, Michael Long 73-66.—Agencies
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