Cheyenne Woods Misses Cut at Wegmans LPGA, Michelle Wie in the Mix

Posted Jun 27, 2009 12:15PM By Ryan Wilson (RSS feed)

Filed Under: LPGA

Cheyenne Woods, Tiger's niece and Wake Forest golfer, competed in her first LPGA event this week. She opened with a respectable 75 at the Wegmans LPGA, before carding a second-round 74 to miss the cut by four shots.

As Bacon wrote Thursday, Tiger didn't play the weekend in his first professional event as an amateur, either, shooting 72-75 at the then-Nissan Open in 1992. Things have since worked out for him.

Cheyenne hasn't dominated amateur golf like her uncle, but she's still been very successful. Via the New York Times, "she has won more than 30 amateur tournaments, and she was the second-lowest scorer for Wake Forest, which finished in a tie for 13th last month at the NCAA women's championships."

For now, Cheyenne will focus on her amateur career -- she'll be a sophomore in the fall -- although the LPGA is just a matter of time if that's what she chooses to do.

Woods does not often mention her uncle, [Wake Forest golf coach Dianne] Dailey [told the Times], and asked for no special favors, playing her way on to every traveling team. In the team's first 36-hole qualifier last fall, battling strep throat and barely able to swallow, she managed to make the top five. She finished the year with a tie for 70th at the N.C.A.A. tournament.

Meanwhile, Michelle Wie, who struggled with many of the same pressures Tiger Woods faced early in his career, shot 69-68 at the Wegmans LPGA, which puts her at 7-under, T5, and four strokes behind Jiyai Shin heading into the third round.

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PITTSFORD, NY - JUNE 26: Cheyenne Woods of the USA hits with a driver during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA at Locust Hill Country Club held on June 26, 2009 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Michael Cohen/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Cheyenne Woods

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PITTSFORD, NY - JUNE 26: Cheyenne Woods of the USA listens to her caddy during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA at Locust Hill Country Club held on June 26, 2009 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Michael Cohen/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Cheyenne Woods

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PITTSFORD, NY - JUNE 26: Cheyenne Woods of the USA hits during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA at Locust Hill Country Club held on June 26, 2009 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Michael Cohen/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Cheyenne Woods

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PITTSFORD, NY - JUNE 26: Cheyenne Woods of the USA during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA at Locust Hill Country Club held on June 26, 2009 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Michael Cohen/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Cheyenne Woods

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PITTSFORD, NY - JUNE 26: Cheyenne Woods of the USA watches her shot during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA at Locust Hill Country Club held on June 26, 2009 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Michael Cohen/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Cheyenne Woods

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PITTSFORD, NY - JUNE 26: Cheyenne Woods of the USA is shown during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA at Locust Hill Country Club held on June 26, 2009 in Pittsford, New York. (Photo by Michael Cohen/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Cheyenne Woods

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PITTSFORD, NY - JUNE 26: Cheyenne Woods of the USA during the second round of the Wegmans LPGA at Locust Hill Country Club held on June 26, 2009 in Pittsford, NY. (Photo by Michael Cohen/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Cheyenne Woods

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