Michelle Wie finishes in second place at Honda Classic in Thailand

Michelle Wie finishes 2nd in Thailand

Hawaii’s own Michelle Wie came up a little short at the Honda LPGA in Thailand this weekend as the Punahou grad finished in a tie for second.

Taiwan’s Yani Tseng won the tournament by five strokes over second place Wie and third place Korea’s I.K. Kim who followed three strokes back.

Yang fired a remarkable 66 to go with her opening day round of 66 to win the four day tourney with a 273 good for 6 under par.

1	1	TPE	TSENG, Yani	-15	F	-6	66	71	70	66	273
2	T2	USA	WIE, Michelle	-10	F	-2	69	68	71	70	278
T3	T2	KOR	KIM, I.K.	-9	F	-1	63	73	72	71	279
T3	5	AUS	WEBB, Karrie	-9	F	-3	74	68	68	69	279
5	4	USA	CREAMER, Paula	-8	F	-1	69	70	70	71	280
6	T7	USA	INKSTER, Juli	-6	F	-2	66	73	73	70	282
7	T11	KOR	YANG, Amy	-5	F	-2	73	70	70	70	283
T8	T19	SWE	HJORTH, Maria	-3	F	-3	70	78	68	69	285
T8	T11	THA	*JUTANUGARN, Ariya	-3	F	E	74	72	67	72	285
T8	T11	NOR	PETTERSEN, Suzann	-3	F	E	68	72	73	72	285
T8	T11	GBR	MATTHEW, Catriona	-3	F	E	67	73	73	72	285
T8	6	KOR	HUR, M.J.	-3	F	+2	71	72	68	74	285

 

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Wie and Shin tied after round three of Canadian Open

Hawaii’s Michelle Wie

Michelle Wie shot an even par 72 to put herself into a tie with Jiyai Shin going into the final round of the CN Canadian Women’s Open golf championship in Winnipeg, Canada.

Wie held a three shot lead going into today’s third round but had problems on the putting green to lose her advantage while Shin fired a 69 to erase the gap.  Both women finished the third round at 10 under par with a 206.

Wie, only 20 years old and a Hawaii native, is the darling of professional golf and has had an enormous following since breaking into the professional circuit.

Shin and Wie will be paired in Sunday’s final round and are four shots ahead of South Korea’s Jee Young Lee and Na Yeon Choi, along with Suzann Pettersen of Norway who is the defending champion at 6 under par.

Following in a tie for 9^th is Paula Creamer and Morgan Pressel at 212 with Cristie Kerr, Christina Kim, Kristy McPherson and Karin Siodin tied for 11^th at 213.

Michelle Wie has lead after round two of CN Canadian Open

Michelle Wie

Michelle Wie remained in the lead after day two of the Canadian Women’s Open in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Wie shot a 65 on day one followed by a 69 on day two to go 10 under par.  During day one Wie shot a ace on the 11^th hole, only her second ace of her professional career.

The Hawaii born 20 year leads going into day three and is looking for her second victory on the LPGA circuit.

Kiyai Shin is in second place at 7 under par with Morgan Pressel tied for third along with defending champion, Suzann Pettersen at 6 under.

Michelle Wie finishes 22nd in Honda PTT LPGA Thailand

Michelle Wie has a good final hole finish in Thailand

HONDA PTT LPGA THAILAND, FINAL ROUND COMPLETE
	PLAYER	SCORE	HOLE
1	Ai Miyazato	-21	F
2	Suzann Pettersen	-20	F
3	Yani Tseng	-15	F
4	Karrie Webb	-13	F
4	Cristie Kerr	-13	F
6	Laura Davies	-12	F
6	Maria Hjorth	-12	F
6	Momoko Ueda	-12	F
6	Song-Hee Kim	-12	F
10	Amy Yang	-11	F
11	In-Kyung Kim	-10	F
11	Hee Young Park	-10	F
13	Na Yeon Choi	-8	F
13	Seon Hwa Lee	-8	F
13	Mi Jung Hur	-8	F
16	Angela Stanford	-7	F
16	Catriona Matthew	-7	F
18	Four tied at	-6
18	Lorena Ochoa	-6	F
22	Michelle Wie	-5	F
26	Morgan Pressel	-4	F
32	Se Ri Pak	E	F
40	Natalie Gulbis	+3	F