High Winds and High Score Fail to Keep Wie Down
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After her dazzling performance at the Sony Open last year, Michelle Wie had loftier goals, but she shot a five-over-par 75 in the first round on Thursday.
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WICHITA, Kan. _ The wind Kansans felt the past couple of days wasn't just run-of-the-mill wind.  It was monster wind.  It had gusts up to 55 and 60 mph, tore limbs off trees and blew Kansas dirt as far as Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Opponents aren't the only ones having a tough time matching Max Darrah's pace. Record-keepers are struggling to keep up, as well.
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Annika Sorenstam, Karrie Webb and Se Ri Pak are out of their so-called slumps and winning majors again. Michelle Wie feels she's on the brink of winning her first tournament. The Women's British Open begins Thursday at wind-swept Royal Lytham with a field featuring this season's three major winners holding a combined total of 22.
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Now that Honolulu&#39;s Michelle Wie has reached the advanced age of 15 â-ell, advanced from 14 â - goal is to get to the point where she can win tournaments against strong players.
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It&#39;s not easy to compile a passer rating of 0.00. All the greats have tried. Most have failed. There was Atlanta&#39;s Kurt Kittner.
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Latest scores from Crans-sur-Sierre where Michelle Wie is making her European Tour debut against the men.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - It was windy, blustery and the conditions weren&#39;t perfect. All of this probably made German Max Rauffer&#39;s victory that much sweeter.
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Bernard Lagat held off a stiff challenge for supremacy in the Wanamaker Mile Friday night at Madison Square Garden, but not from the challenger he expected.
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KAPALUA, Hawaii -- The winds picked up and the scores went down. Go figure. Actually, don't bother, because golf is a game that rarely can be explained, and yesterday's second round of the $5.3 million Mercedes Championships at the Plantation Course is the latest example.
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British yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur's bid to set a new solo round the world record is at the mercy of unpredictable wind conditions which have drastically reduced her once healthy lead.
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Michelle Wie was hoping to make the cut but ended up just trying not to finish last.
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Americans Brett Quigley and Stewart  Cink fired four under 66 to share the early first round lead at  the Sony Open Thursday, while champion Ernie Els and teen-ager  Michelle Wie were buffeted by the gusting winds.
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An early leader out of the gate faces stiff competition in the stretch.
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ATHENS -- US sailors needed a big day to bring home gold and bronze medals from the sailing finale here yesterday. But rolling the dice on windshifts and starting tactics backfired both in Star and Tornado classes, and the Americans had to settle for a single silver medal.
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Michelle Wie was in good company at the U.S. Women's Open, but in the worst way. In a rugged start to the biggest event in women's golf, the 17-year-old from Hawaii continued her free fall Thursday by hitting only four fairways and matching her highest score ever in this championship with an 82.
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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- With every errant drive and each missed green, the misery mounted. Finally, Michelle Wie had had enough. Her score running higher than the temperature, the 17-year-old from Hawaii cited a sore left wrist for her decision yesterday to withdraw from the 62d US Women's Open at Pine Needles Lodge &amp; Golf Club.