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The Golf Blog: Rule 88: did Michelle Wie withdraw to avoid year suspension on LPGA tour?

Blogger Leaderboard found this 6/1/2007 on thegolfblog.com

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 ...