WIE ACCEPTS SPONSOR'S INVITATION
TO PLAY ON LPGA TOUR EVENT
ON HER NATIVE HAWAII

Fallen star Michelle Wie will begin her competitive golf year in Hawaii for the fifth straight year, this time against the women.
Wie has accepted a sponsor's exemption to play in the LPGA's The Fields Open at Ko Olina, hoping to get her career back on track after 2007 was marked injuries, missed cuts and withdrawls.
An 18-year-old first-year studged at Stanford University, California, Wie has started her year at the Sony Open on the US PGA Tour the last four years and nearly made the cut as a 14-year-old when she shot a 68.
But she has yet to make a cut in seven tries on the American men's tour, and she did not play the Sony Open this year, a sign that she plans to concentrate on the LPGA Tour while trying to regain her form.
The Fields Open, where Wie tied for third two years ago, is to be played from February 21 to 23 and is the second event on the LPGA schedule.
Wie injured both wrists last year and kept playing, making only three cuts and breaking par twice in 19 rounds against the women