Last place fails to deter Wie

Michelle Wie's first appearance on the European Tour ended in crushing disappointment as the Hawaiian teenager crashed out of…

Michelle Wie's first appearance on the European Tour ended in crushing disappointment as the Hawaiian teenager crashed out of the European Masters and looked likely to finish in last place in Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland.

Wie admitted to being "in shock" as she ran up two double-bogeys and five bogeys in her second round eight-over-par 79 which left her 15-over for the tournament, 22 strokes behind joint clubhouse leaders Marcel Siem of Germany and Britain's Bradley Dredge.

She was 14 strokes worse off the halfway cut at one-over-par, after finishing her morning round, she was last of the original 156 field. The only player behind her, Swiss Sandro Tan-Piaget, was disqualified for signing for a wrong score.

Also in shock, most probably, was Ireland's Gary Murphy who finished just a shot ahead on 14-over.

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Of the Irish,  four ssurvived the cut, just. Graeme McDowell is level and Peter Lawrie, Michael Hoey and David Higgins are just one behind him.

Damien McGrane and Stephen Browne bowed out on four-over and six-over respectively.

Wie will try again against the men when she moves on to the Lumber Classic in Pittsburgh on the PGA Tour next week.

The 16-year-old has only made one cut playing with men in 10 attempts, the SK Telecom Open earlier in the year in Korea on the Asian Tour.

"I'm still in shock, I tried my hardest but at times I even wondered what sport am I playing?" Wie told reporters. "I woke up on the wrong side of the bed again as far as my game went. I guess I had too short a time to get my game ready after going back to school.

"I had difficulty getting my shots into the fairway and I have to work hard for next week. But now I've played this week, I'm really motivated for next week. I feel I could have played a lot better here tomorrow and the next day."

The American has no intention of giving up her quest to win a men's event.

"My aim is to get better on the men's tours and I'll never be able to do that unless I play on men's tours," she said.

Wie added that she hoped the European Tour would give her another chance and the tour's executive director George O'Grady has not ruled that out.

"I'm quite happy with this experiment," O'Grady said of Wie's appearance in Switzerland, the second on the European Tour by a female after Annika Sorenstam's 2004 ANZ Championship start, in which the Swede also missed the cut, finishing second-last.

"We will now evaluate it over the next few weeks and make a decision on whether we do it again."