JUPITER, Fla. — Michelle Wie says she'll take a break for the rest of the year to try to get healthy. Wie had surgery on her right hand in October and tried to return in February, completing one tournament.
She sat out a month and returned to the LPGA Tour's first major and to her hometown event in Hawaii, both times missing the cut.
After withdrawing from the U.S. Women's Open, the 29-year-old Wie played in the Women's PGA Championship at Hazeltine National and shot rounds of 84-82.
Wie not only made it to the tee, she played all 18 holes with a right wrist injury that doesn't seem to be getting any better. She managed only nine pars and no birdies in her round of 82.
"Even on the worst day, it's still great being out here," Wie said then. "I still had fun today, just stuff is hard. Hazeltine is hard. I just was overly optimistic about how I could play this week and the status of my wrist."
In an Instagram post Friday, Wie says, "After doing everything I could to play this year, I have made the decision to take the rest of the year off from competitive golf." She says that will be her best chance to "finally get healthy."
