Wie in Rough Shape at PGA Event

Michelle Wie reacts to one of her many miscues in the first round of the PGA Tour's John Deere Classic. She shot a 6-over 77 to fall 13 strokes off the lead. (By Matthew Stockman -- Getty Images)

After yet another errant shot, Michelle Wie groaned and tugged her baseball hat down over her eyes.

Nice try. There was no escaping the ugliness on her scorecard, though.

Trying for the fifth time to become the first woman since 1945 to make a cut in a PGA Tour event, the 16-year-old instead found trouble virtually everywhere she turned yesterday in the first round of the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Ill. In the sand. In the water. In the weeds. And in the woods -- several times.

"It was very uncharacteristic," she said. "Considering that I had the water hazard penalties, considering that I had to call unplayable, considering that I hit my driver like 50 yards right, I felt like I played really well.

"I have a lot of confidence going into tomorrow."

She'll need it.

With a 6-over-par 77, Wie was 13 strokes off the lead and appears headed for another early trip home. The low 70 and ties will make the cut after the second round today.

J.P. Hayes, John Senden, Daniel Chopra and Zach Johnson were tied for the lead at 7-under 64.

Wie missed the cut at last year's event by two strokes, blowing her chance at history with two bad holes late in the second round.

Yesterday, she hit seven of 14 fairways and made six of 18 greens, only one in the first nine. She took four drops, three in the first five holes.

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