On the brink of becoming the first woman in 60 years to make a cut on the US PGA Tour, 15-year-old Michelle Wie missed out by two strokes.
Wie found trouble on two of her last four holes, and her even-par 71 left her at 1 under for the tournament. She finished tied for 88th.
Wie was trying to become the first woman since Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1945 to make a US PGA Tour cut, and she was on track to do it with room to spare after making the turn at 4 under. But she came apart in stunning fashion, dropping three strokes on Nos. 6 and 7, and then missing a last-chance birdie putt on No. 8.
J.L. Lewis, the 1999 winner, followed his opening 64 with a 65 to take the lead at 13-under 129. Shigeki Maruyama (63) and Hunter Mahan (68) were second at 11 under.
Greg Owen lashed out at the Royal & Ancient for an unwritten rule that knocked him out of the British Open, although a 5-under 66 Friday in the Scottish Open left him hoping he can still get to St. Andrews.
Owen holed an 8-iron from 153 yards at No. 2 that damaged the cup when it went in on the fly, and he closed with a sand wedge to 3 feet for birdie on the ninth to put him three shots behind leader Maarten Lafeber.
Both are among several players trying to get the lone British Open spot available to the top finisher at Loch Lomond.
Owen believes he should already be in the field at St. Andrews. He was among three players overlooked in the world ranking as alternates because they withdrew from a qualifier in the US.
The R&A deemed that to mean they had withdrawn from the Open, so when a spot became available when Billy Mayfair decided not to play, Arron Oberholser, Owen and Jeff Maggert were skipped in the ranking.
That provision is not in the entry form Owen filled out.
"It's a typical R&A decision," Owen said. "It's not written that if you pull out of the qualifier, you pull out of the Open. They said they made the decision earlier this year. Explain that to me. It's just the R&A being the R&A. They probably discussed this over a glass of port."
Bothered by a hip ailment that throbs when he sits, Dana Quigley shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take the second-round lead at 11 under in the US Senior Players Championship, the second major on the Champions Tour.
Isao Aoki (69) and Tom McKnight (67) were two shots back, and Peter Jacobsen (66), Hale Irwin (68) and Ron Streck (70) followed at 8 under.
Quigley, playing his 264th consecutive event and 278th straight in events he has been eligible for, will end the eight-year run on Sunday if his hip doesn't improve because of doesn't want to sit through a long flight to the Senior British Open.
"I'm worried about the flight knocking me out with this hip, and maybe regressing rather than progressing," Quigley said after his 10th round in the 60s in 12 starts. "I'm kind of looking forward to the rest of the season. I'm really starting to think I can play a bit -- and that's a scary thought.
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