Wie struggled around the Alpine layout and failed to make many putts — particularly on the crucial par-3s.
“I had trouble on the par 3s today,” Wie said. “That’s what really killed me — 5 over on the par 3s. I didn’t play that bad the rest of the round. I felt like I played pretty solidly.”
Wie consistently hooked shots to the left, leaving tough second shots around the hilly course.
“My tee shots were a little erratic,” she said. “And I’ll work on a few more bunker shots. I didn’t really have my rhythm today in my short game. Hopefully it will come back to me tomorrow.”
— SI.com
This sounds amazingly like Functional Ambivalent’s Hillbilly Golf Best Line of the Day: “After taking an eight on a par four my friend Pat said: ‘You know, except for that one I put in the water I had six great shots on that hole.'”
Wie shot a first-round 78 in the European Masters, a men’s event.