This Time Wie Makes Cut

Michelle Wie accomplished something in her ancestral homeland that she had failed to do in seven previous tries elsewhere. She made the cut in a men’s professional tournament.

The 16-year-old Wie was at five-under-par 139 after two rounds, tied for 17th in the Asian Tour’s SK Telecom Open at Incheon, South Korea. She shot a three-under 69 Friday to make the cut by five strokes. Wie shot a 70 in the first round.

The SK Telecom Open is the eighth men’s professional event for Wie. She has played in four PGA Tour events and has competed on the Japan, Nationwide and Canadian tours.

No woman has made the cut on the PGA Tour since Babe Zaharias at the 1945 Tucson Open.

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Bo Van Pelt broke the 36-hole record in the Wachovia Championship at Charlotte, N.C., tying the Quail Hollow course mark with an eight-under 64.

Van Pelt is at 10-under 134 and has a three-shot lead over Jim Furyk (69), with Davis Love III (69) another stroke back.

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Angela Stanford used strong iron play to take a one-stroke lead in the LPGA’s Franklin American Mortgage Championship at Franklin, Tenn., shooting a five-under 67.

Stanford, who had five birdies and an eagle, is at 12-under 132. Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (66) was 11 under, and Sophie Gustafson, who shot a career-low 63, was 10 under.

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Scott Simpson got off to a fast start in his bid for his first Champions Tour victory, shooting a five-under 67 for a share of the lead with Tom McKnight, Keith Fergus and Mark McNulty in the Regions Charity Classic at Hoover, Ala.