Wie advances at Match Play
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May 22, 2010, Saturday
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MICHELLE Wie survived a tight opening match against Stacy Prammanasudh in the Sybase Match Play Championship in New Jersey, taking the lead with a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th and winning 2-up with a conceded birdie on 18 on Thursday.
"It was a fight. She played extremely well," Wie said. "It was one of those matches where you had to make birdie to win, so kind of with that mindset, I went out and grinded and just tried to make birdies."
The eighth-seeded Wie will face Park Hee-young, a 19-hole winner over Oh Ji-young, in the second round at Hamilton Farm on Friday.
Top-seeded Shin Jiyai and No. 2 Ai Miyazato also advanced, while 49-year-old Juli Inskter rallied to beat third-seeded Suzann Pettersen in 21 holes.
"If Suzann and I played 10 days in a row, she would probably beat me seven," said Inkster, a 31-time LPGA Tour winner in her Hall of Fame career.
In perfect, cloudless conditions after rain soaked the hilly course on Tuesday, Shin beat Kyeong Bae 3 and 2, and Miyazato, the winner of three of the first six events of the season, topped Jeong Jang 4 and 3. Because of the wet conditions, players were allowed to lift, clean and place their balls in the fairways.
Inkster made a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th to force extra holes, then finished off Pettersen with a 4-foot par putt on the par-3 third.
"I was never up in the match all day, so it's just match play, it's weird," Inkster said. "I don't think we both played our best golf, but that's the thing with match play. Even though you're playing the third-best player in the world, if you make a few putts and hit a few good shots here and there, you have a shot."
Inkster will face Amy Yang in the second round. Shin will play Han Hee-won and Miyazato will face M J Hur.
Playing in the last group, Wie and Prammanasudh teed off a little over 30 minutes late because three of the first four matches went to extra holes.
They still got off to a fast start, with Wie holing out from 50 feet for birdie with a lob wedge after Prammanasudh hit her second shot to 3 feet.
"She put it in 3 feet and that's the only thing I had," Wie said.
Wie took the lead with a birdie on No. 4, but Prammanasudh birdied No. 6 and won the eighth with a par to take a 1-up lead. Wie birdied Nos. 10 and 11 for a 1-up advantage, but Prammanasudh birdied the 15th to tie it again.
"It was a fight. She played extremely well," Wie said. "It was one of those matches where you had to make birdie to win, so kind of with that mindset, I went out and grinded and just tried to make birdies."
The eighth-seeded Wie will face Park Hee-young, a 19-hole winner over Oh Ji-young, in the second round at Hamilton Farm on Friday.
Top-seeded Shin Jiyai and No. 2 Ai Miyazato also advanced, while 49-year-old Juli Inskter rallied to beat third-seeded Suzann Pettersen in 21 holes.
"If Suzann and I played 10 days in a row, she would probably beat me seven," said Inkster, a 31-time LPGA Tour winner in her Hall of Fame career.
In perfect, cloudless conditions after rain soaked the hilly course on Tuesday, Shin beat Kyeong Bae 3 and 2, and Miyazato, the winner of three of the first six events of the season, topped Jeong Jang 4 and 3. Because of the wet conditions, players were allowed to lift, clean and place their balls in the fairways.
Inkster made a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th to force extra holes, then finished off Pettersen with a 4-foot par putt on the par-3 third.
"I was never up in the match all day, so it's just match play, it's weird," Inkster said. "I don't think we both played our best golf, but that's the thing with match play. Even though you're playing the third-best player in the world, if you make a few putts and hit a few good shots here and there, you have a shot."
Inkster will face Amy Yang in the second round. Shin will play Han Hee-won and Miyazato will face M J Hur.
Playing in the last group, Wie and Prammanasudh teed off a little over 30 minutes late because three of the first four matches went to extra holes.
They still got off to a fast start, with Wie holing out from 50 feet for birdie with a lob wedge after Prammanasudh hit her second shot to 3 feet.
"She put it in 3 feet and that's the only thing I had," Wie said.
Wie took the lead with a birdie on No. 4, but Prammanasudh birdied No. 6 and won the eighth with a par to take a 1-up lead. Wie birdied Nos. 10 and 11 for a 1-up advantage, but Prammanasudh birdied the 15th to tie it again.
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