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Michelle Wie fails upward - accepts spot in PGA Tour's Reno-Tahoe Open
Michelle Wie has worked her way back onto the PGA Tour . The teen, who utterly ruined her game the last few years by playing against the men, has announced that she has accepted a sponsor’s exemption to the 2008 Legends Reno-Tahoe Open. “Michelle’s game continues to improve to the point she is ready to test her game on the best Tour in the world,"Tournament Director ...
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Michelle Wie is not to blame – blame these wacko tournament directors
Tim McDonald — ... Michelle Wie may very well be suffering from multiple personality disorders – she’s definitely suffering delusions of grandeur – but I say it’s time to point the finger elsewhere, if only from Wie fatigue. ...

Team Wie reverts to old desperate ways with Reno-Tahoe Open PGA Tour grab
Chris Baldwin — ... accepting a sponsor’s exemption to play in the Reno-Tahoe Open, yet the larger truth’s gone unnoticed. This move reeks of sudden desperation from Team Wie, desperation they’d smartly largely avoided for the last year as Wie tried to rebuild a game that had been propped up by smoke and mirrors hype from the very beginning. ...

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Wie to play PGA Tour's Reno-Tahoe Open (AFP)Yahoo! Sports - Golf News 7/21/2008
Michelle Wie, trying to move on after a scorecard blunder that saw her disqualified from last week's LPGA State Farm Classic, will tee it up against the men again next week.
Wie set to return to PGA Tour (PA SportsTicker)Yahoo! Sports - Golf News 7/21/2008
In the wake of her scorecard blunder at the State Farm Classic, Michelle Wie has decided to once again square off with the men.
Wie to tee up on PGAGolf - Sports - BostonHerald.com 7/22/2008
Fresh off a disqualification on the LPGA Tour, Michelle Wie has decided to tee it up against the men, again. Wie will play next week in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, the...
Michelle Wie plans to play in PGA Tour eventThe Seattle Times: Sports 7/22/2008
Shortly after a disqualification on the LPGA Tour, Michelle Wie has decided to tee it up against the men — again. Wie will play in...
Not so easy these days for the Big Wiesy (AP)Yahoo! Sports - Golf News 7/22/2008
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