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thegolfblog.com - 6/1/2007
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OK, I have no idea what really happened because I didn't see it. But ESPN's Eric Adelson's account of the events leading up to Michelle Wie's withdrawal due to "wrist" injury is very suggestive: "The somewhat obscure Rule of 88 states that a nonmember who shoots 88 is forced to withdraw and subsequently banned from LPGA co-sponsored events for the remainder of the calendar season. Wie said ...
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You'll remember last week she "withdrew" from an event after opening 14 over after 16 holes citing a wrist injury. This of course meant she wasn't subject to the little know 88 rule:
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