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Last Updated: Friday, 8 September 2006, 17:38 GMT 18:38 UK
Wie bows out of European Masters
Michelle Wie
Wie also suffered five bogeys in round two

R2 LEADERBOARD:
GB & Ire unless stated
-7 B Dredge, M Siem (Ger), A McLardy (SA)
-6 F Molinari (It)
-5 O Wilson, S Garcia (Sp), R Gomez (Arg)
Selected others:
+15 M Wie (US)

Teenager Michelle Wie crashed out of the European Masters after finishing 15 over for two rounds.

The 16-year-old again hit some wild shots and ran up successive double bogeys in a 79 that left her bottom of the field at Crans-sur-Sierre.

Marcel Siem, Bradley Dredge and Andrew McLardy share the lead at seven under, with Francesco Molinari a shot back.

Sergio Garcia, Rafael Gomez and Oliver Wilson are one shot further behind on five under par.

Wie was at a loss to explain her wayward driving and said: "I didn't even know what sport I was playing out there."

She dismissed suggestions that she did not warrant a place on the leading Europeam men's tour.

She said: "You can't learn to play against men by playing against women. This doesn't scare me off it makes me more determined."

The Hawaiian now intends to work with coaching guru David Leadbetter ahead of an appearance on the men's tour in America.

"I think I know what to work on," she said. "But I'm looking forward to wider fairways and bigger greens!"

Wie has now missed the cut in nine of her 10 men's appearances and European Tour boss George O'Grady said he would need "a lot of persuading" before she was invited back to a tour event.

"She is a phenomenal talent that has not played to her potential. We can see the interest it created but I think it's time to evaluate and take stock."



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