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Article: Wie to play first European tour event
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- May 15, 2006
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AP Worldstream
05-15-2006
Dateline: NEWPORT, Rhode Island
Michelle Wie received another exemption to the U.S. Women's Open and accepted her first exemption to a European tour men's event Monday.
The 16-year-old phenom also faced the first stage of U.S. Open men's qualifying in Hawaii.
Wie will play Sept. 7-10 in the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland, her first time competing on the European tour. Wie has competed eight times against the men on five tours, making the cut for the first time May 7 in the SK Telecom Open in South Korea.
"Michelle Wie has demonstrated her outstanding golfing skills to a global audience as both an amateur and now as a professional, and we look ...