Mickelson and Wie have to withdraw

Tiger Woods was waiting on the edge of the 10th green Thursday when an approach shot from Charley Hoffman whizzed by his head and missed him by about a yard. Woods was about the only one who dodged illness or injury at the Memorial.

Phil Mickelson withdrew after 11 holes at Dublin, Ohio, because of an injury to his left wrist, which he suspects happened at Oakmont earlier this week as he practiced chipping out of the deep rough while preparing for the U.S. Open.

“I couldn’t grab the club and I couldn’t swing,” Mickelson said.

Masters champion Zach Johnson had to stop after 15 holes with strep throat.

“Sorry guys, I can’t talk,” he hoarsely whispered.

The scoring at Muirfield Village couldn’t have been better with pure greens, stifling heat and calm conditions. Leading the way at seven-under-par 65 were Sean O’Hair, Rod Pampling and Nick O’Hern. Ernie Els was among those at 66.

Woods shot a 70, but he also got knocked down by Hoffman, whose tee shot on No. 10 hit a cart path and bounced out-of-bounds. He went back to the tee as Woods and Bart Bryant played on, and Woods was seemingly out of the way on the front right corner of the green when a small Titleist missile missed him by three feet.

“If you can’t beat him, take him out,” Hoffman joked.

Mickelson was two over when he withdrew for only the second time in his career.

“I’m not really worried -- yet,” Mickelson said. “It’s never happened before, so I’m not really sure what to think of it.”

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Annika Sorenstam’s return to the LPGA Tour was better than she hoped. Michelle Wie’s was awful at the Ginn Tribute at Mount Pleasant, S.C.

Sorenstam was satisfied with her even-par 72 after nearly two months off the tour because of back trouble. Wie withdrew after shooting 14 over for 16 holes -- including a 10 on the par-five third when her drive hit a parked car and fell down a storm drain -- and saying she had reaggravated a season-long wrist injury.

Rookie Angela Park was the leader at six-under 66, two shots ahead of a group that included top-ranked Lorena Ochoa, Paula Creamer and Pat Hurst.

Wie “tweaked” her wrist injury during the round. That was why, she said, she halted the round and not because of an LPGA Tour rule banning non-tour members for the season if they shoot 88 or higher.

Two bogeys on her final two holes would have put Wie on the number -- and perhaps out of some of her sponsor-exempted LPGA Tour events this year.

MacKinzie Kline, 15, of Encinitas struggled to an 86 while riding a cart. Kline was born with a congenital heart defect.