{"id":23486,"date":"2017-03-02T07:48:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T07:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=23486"},"modified":"2017-03-02T07:48:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T07:48:01","slug":"wie-opens-with-66-in-singapore-takes-early-lead-at-6-under","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/wie-opens-with-66-in-singapore-takes-early-lead-at-6-under.html","title":{"rendered":"Wie opens with 66 in Singapore, takes early lead at 6 under"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Wie opens with 66 in Singapore, takes early lead at 6 under<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Wie opens with 66 in Singapore, takes early lead at 6 under:- Michelle Wie rolled in several clutch putts on Thursday to take a one-stroke clubhouse lead at the HSBC Women&#39;s Champions.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The 27-year-old Wie, who has struggled with injuries and form since winning the U.S. Open in 2014, shot a 6-under 66 at the new Tanjong course.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Four others were tied for second after early 67s &mdash; Brooke Henderson, Inbee Park, Mo Martin and Anna Nordqvist.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Wie has managed just one top-10 finish since 2014 and only got into the $1.5 million LPGA tournament on a sponsor&#39;s invitation after her ranking slumped to No. 179.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">But she was in vintage touch Thursday with eight birdies, despite playing in tricky winds and light rain.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">After making a bogey-5 at the third, Wie&#39;s putter suddenly got hot as she made three birdies in a row to go out in 34.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">She made another three birdies at the start of the back nine, draining a 12-foot putt on the 11th and then sinking another long putt from below the hole on the 501-yard, par-5 13th to take the early lead at a tournament featuring nine of the world&#39;s top 10 players.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Wie slipped a shot behind Nordqvist when she bogeyed the 15th after an errant tee shot and the Swede picked up her sixth birdie, but Wie regained the lead with back-to-back birdies at 16 and 17.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;It feels good to play without much pain. To go out there and just play some golf and focus on my game rather than trying to finish out rounds,&quot; Wie said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;It&#39;s always exciting to be on the top of the leaderboard, or near the top of the leaderboard.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/golf\/2017\/03\/02\/wie-opens-with-66-in-singapore-takes-early-lead-at-6-under\/98624080\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/wie-opens-with-66-in-singapore-takes-early-lead-at-6-under.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wie opens with 66 in Singapore, takes early lead at 6 under Wie opens with 66 in Singapore, takes early lead at 6 under:- Michelle Wie rolled in several clutch putts on Thursday to take a one-stroke clubhouse lead at the HSBC Women&#39;s Champions. 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