And the end of Saturday's third round of the State Farm Classic in Springfield, Ill, Wie apparently was in strong contention for her first LPGA tour win since turning pro three years ago But minutes later, Wie sat red-eyed at a press conference why she had been disqualified from the event.
The 18-year-old from Honolulu had broken one of golf's basic rules: She failed to sign her scorecard before leaving the scoring area on Friday. And with that, Wie was gone from a tournament where either the $255,000 winner's purse or the $155,252 second prize would have put her comfortably within the top 80 money winners for the year -- and virtually guaranteed her a place on the LPGA Tour next year. Instead, Wie now faces the likelihood of having to go through the Q-school process.
Wie's disqualification helped open the way for Ji Young Oh to capture her first LPGA victory in a playoff over rookie Yani Tseng.
Things turned out better for another Hawaii golfer. Castle High grad Dean Wilson rallied for a final-round 65 to finish tied for third at 13-under-267, three strokes behind winner Richard S. Johnson in the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. The strong finished earned Wilson a $208 thousand paycheck.
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