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Wie becomes 1st woman in 61 years to make the cut
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-05-05 17:22

Michelle Wie, 16, became the first women to make the cut in a major men's tour event since 1945 when she fired a three-under 69 on Friday in the second round of the Asian Tour's SK Telecom Open to put at her at five under.


American golfer Michelle Wie looks at her driver shot on the 5th hole on the second day of the SK Telecom Open 2006 golf tournament at the Sky 72 Golf Club in Inchon, west of Seoul, May 5, 2006. [Reuters]

The American schoolgirl had been bidding to make her first halfway cut in eight appearances against the men. The last woman to make the final two rounds of a senior men's event was Babe Zaharias at the 1945 Los Angeles Open.

Wie carded four birdies and one bogey in the second round.

 
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