Golf - Wie fails to make cut in Japan

Michelle Wie's bid to become the first woman to make the cut on one of the major men's tours in 60 years ended in failure in Japan after a disastrous finish yesterday.

The 16-year-old Hawaiian bogeyed her last two holes in a second-round 75 to finish at four-over-par 148 at the Casio World Open, missing out by one shot in her sixth start against the men.

Wie flirted with history after making a birdie on the par-five 10th to go two under but bogeys on 17 and 18 ended her bid to join Babe Zaharias in the record books. Zaharias made the 36-hole cut at the 1945 LA Open and Wie looked poised to do the same until she unravelled at the 17th.