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Michelle Wie drives off the 10th tee at sunrise during the second round of the SBS Open at the Turtle Bay Resort in Kahuku, Hawaii on Friday.

Wie caught a break on that hole when her drive sailed left, over the rope, bounced and hit a woman, preventing the ball from traveling at least 10 more yards. Wie recovered with a 5-wood shot out of the rough onto the fringe, setting up the chip.

On the next hole, Wie hit an aggressive wedge that left her with a 9-foot birdie putt for the outright lead at 8 under. She followed that by dropping a 30-footer for birdie on the par-3 fourth to reach 9 under and a two-stroke cushion.

While Wie seemed to make all her long putts, Wie couldn’t seem to handle the short ones late in the round.

She slapped her hip after missing a 3-footer for birdie on the seventh hole that would’ve given her a three-shot cushion. She three-putted for bogey on the next hole, lipping a 3½-foot par putt.

“It’s hard putting in the wind,” she said. “When the ball’s shaking, you can’t really ground your club.”

The Stanford sophomore, who has struggled the past two years with wrist injuries that forced her to miss cut after cut and shattered her confidence, earned her tour card in December with a seventh-place tie at Q-school.

Wie is now healthy, confident and trying to show that she not only belongs on tour, but has the ability to win.

She’s always played well at Turtle Bay, located on Oahu’s North Shore about an hour-drive from where she grew up. Wie played the first SBS in 2005 as a 15-year-old amateur and tied for second, two strokes behind winner Jennifer Rosales. Wie was the lone amateur in the field and the only player to shoot under par for three rounds.

It also was at Turtle Bay in 2006 that she became the first female player to win a local qualifying tournament for the U.S. Open.

And Wie will have home-field advantage Saturday.

“I like it,” Stanford said. “It’s fun because you know they’re pulling for her, but that doesn’t mean they’re puling against me. They’ll be great.”

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