Honolulu native Michelle Wie returns home for the LOTTE Championship on Oahu this week. She finished second to Lexi Thompson at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the LPGA Tour’s first major of the season, on April 6.
Wie has finished in the top 25 in each of her last 11 events with five top-10s. This season, Wie has finished no worse than 16th with three top-10s in six events played.
Wie, who won the last of her two LPGA Tour titles in 2010, has struggled at the LOTTE Championship. She missed the cut in the 2012 inaugural event and tied for 28th last year.
LPGA LOTTE CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Kapolei, Oahu
Schedule: Today-Saturday
Course: Ko Olina Golf Club (6,383 yards, par 72)
Purse: $1.7 million. Winner’s share: $255,000
Television: Golf Channel
Defending champion: Suzann Pettersen, who is absent because of an aggravated disk in her back
By wire sources