Michelle Wie began the day at the 84 Lumber Classic with optimism, a little bit of hope, and a whole lot of spectators. Crowds were out for the first round of the Classis to see Michelle Wie challenge the 7,500+ yard course.
Michelle started the first three holes on the with pars, things were looking good, she was in the mix, it was too early to tell, but she was handling the length of the course very well. Until the next three holes, all par 4’s took their toll. She had three straight bogey’s.
It wasn’t that her drives were errant and she had to scramble, the young Wie couldn’t get her short game going to save her. She hit 61% of greens in regulation and had 78.6% driving accuracy with an average drive of 274 yards. Her scrambling percentage was 43% and she average 2.091 putts per green in regulation. She didn’t make a birdie all day.
Couple that with two more bogeys on her second nine and she’s sitting at 5 over par tied for 125 place. Not quite the way Michelle had wanted the day to unfold. She played a late round, being the last to finish the course so we’ll have to wait and see what she has to say about the round. Hopefully she’ll take some learning experiences from this round.
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