Wie Struggles in 1st Round of Sony Open By Associated Press | More at Bay News 9 >> HONOLULU (AP) -- There were plenty of signs that Michelle Wie was in for a rough day, starting on the first hole. Playing in the Sony Open for the fourth straight year, her seventh start overall on the PGA Tour, the 17-year-old hit a duck-hook and was fortunate her opening tee shot didn't go onto the practice range that lines the left side of the fairway. Across the fairway about 100 yards away, someone hung a sign in the backyard of a home that spoke to a hot topic. "Wie??? Why!!!" The message took on even more prominence Thursday when Wie didn't stand over a birdie putt until the 12th, didn't find a fairway until No. 15 and had to play hard down the stretch _ even par on the back nine _ to shoot a 78. That left her a mere 15 shots behind Luke Donald, who made nine birdies on his way to a 7-under 63 for a one-shot lead over K.J. Choi. "Very frustrating," Wie said, whose chances of making the cut for the first time on the PGA Tour rank right up there with snow in the forecast in Honolulu. More>> Wie coping with a sore wrist By Associated Press | More at PGA.com >> HONOLULU (AP) -- Michelle Wie has had a nagging wrist injury for the last couple of years, but this time it's enough that she showed up at the Sony Open in Hawaii with a bandage wrapped around her right wrist. She described it as a "little injury" that happened at the Samsung World Championship three months ago when she tried to hit off the cart path on the 14th hole of Bighorn during the first round. Wie finished 17th in a 20-player field. "It hurts a little bit, but not enough to stop me from playing," the 17-year-old said Tuesday. Asked the nature of the injury, she wasn't sure. Some have told her it was strained ligaments, others have said strained tendons, or perhaps a pinched nerve. This is one tournament she doesn't want to miss. It will be Wie's fourth time playing the Sony Open, where she has not made the cut. The closest she came was her first year, at age 14, when she shot 68 to miss by one shot. But she is in a slump against the men, next-to-last in Japan during Thanksgiving week, and last at the European Masters and 84 Lumber Classic. More>>