Wie Shoots 78 at Boise Open

Michelle Wie, the 13-year-old who’s playing in her second men’s tournament in a month, opened with a birdie Thursday, then unraveled and finished with a seven-over-par 78 in the Nationwide Tour’s Boise Open.

Wie is the latest woman to play in a PGA-sanctioned event.

Annika Sorenstam got it started in the Colonial, where she failed to make the cut by four shots. Suzy Whaley qualified for the Greater Hartford Open, but she didn’t come close to making the cut. LPGA veteran Jan Stephenson has accepted an invitation to play at the Turtle Bay Championship on the Champions Tour in October.

Wie’s drives were often right with -- and sometimes past -- those of playing partners Kevin Burton and Joseph Summerhays, and her early iron shots consistently reached the green in the developmental tour event, but she had very few short putts for birdies and the ones she did have just missed.

Wie’s only birdie came on a 20-foot downhill putt. She bogeyed three of the next four holes and only a 20-foot chip she rolled in on the third hole saved her from four consecutive bogeys.

Wie finished with nine pars, eight bogeys and the one birdie.

Despite her struggles, she never seemed to lose her composure and was still smiling on the back nine, even after falling further behind on a crisp, sunny afternoon. Charles Warren led after shooting a six-under 65.

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Gavin Coles and Donnie Hammond don’t have a single top-20 finish between them this year, but they shot seven-under 65s to share the first-round lead of the 84 Lumber Classic at Farmington, Pa., as scores were much better than the wet, breezy conditions.

A leaderboard filled with mostly unknowns looked more like one from the Nationwide Tour than the PGA Tour. One stroke back were Brent Schwarzrock, Grant Waite and Michael Clark II, none higher than No. 186 on the money list.

Lee Janzen, one of the few recognizable names close to the lead, was among a large group at five-under 67. Mark O’Meara and Rocco Mediate were among those at 68 and British Open champion Ben Curtis was in a group at 69.

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Fredrik Jacobson of Sweden tied a European PGA Tour record by shooting a 12-under 60 in the opening round of the German Masters at Pulheim.

Jacobson had a chance on the 18th hole to break the European record for low score, a mark shared by 11 players. But his 20-foot chip for a birdie sailed left of the hole and rolled another 12 feet. He recovered to make the putt. He finished with 10 birdies and an eagle in excellent conditions.

Jacobson broke the Gut Larchenhof course record of 62, set last year by England’s Paul Casey.