MICHELLE WIE PILES UP THE BOGEYS
IN ANOTHER MEN'S OPEN DISASTER

Playing in men's pro tournaments is still not drawing the best out of Michelle Wie. Quite the opposite.
The 17-year-old had another bad round - nine-over-par 81 - in the first round of the Casio World Open at Kochi, Japan where, incidentally, Colin Montgomerie was a non-starter. He withdrew due for "personal reasons.".
Wie, who had nine bogeys and not a single birdie, said she wasn't too concerned about her game.
"I don't think I was playing that bad," she said. "My long game put a lot pressure on my short game. I have to get my confidence back on my drive and just hit the ball the way I always do and I'll be fine."
Wie has made the cut in one of her 11 starts on men's tours, in May in the Asian Tour's SK Telecom Open in South Korea.
In her last three men's events, she withdrew from the John Deere Classic because of heat exhaustion after playing 27 holes in eight over par, and finished last in the European Masters (78-79) and Lumber Classic (77-81). She's winless in 33 LPGA Tour appearances, the last nine as a professional.