Wie misses cut despite shooting a 68

Schoolgirl Michelle Wie, 14, became the first female to shoot a sub-par round in a PGA Tour event while Australian Steve Allan fired an eight-under 62 to lead after the second round of the Hawaiian Open on Friday.

Honolulu amateur Wie, making her PGA Tour debut, hit a two-under 68 for a level-par aggregate of 140 but, agonisingly, missed the halfway cut by one stroke.

It was also the first time a woman had shot in the 60s in a PGA Tour event.

Allan, who finished 11-under on 129, was one stroke ahead of Harrison Frazar (63) and two clear of defending champion Ernie Els of South Africa (64). Briton Luke Donald was in fourth place on 132 after recording his second successive 66.

Robert Gamez, Sweden's Jesper Parnevik, Japan's Hideto Tanihara, Pat Bates, Fred Funk, Frank Lickliter II, 2002 champion Jerry Kelly and Paul Azinger shared fifth place on 133.

Wie was unaware of the fact that she needed an eagle at the par-five 18th hole to make the cut.

The teenager, the third female in less than a year to play alongside the men in a PGA Tour event, struck one of her best drives of the day 286 yards down the middle of the fairway at Waialae Country Club.

Wie, who is following in the footsteps of world number one Annika Sorenstam of Sweden and LPGA Tour regular Suzy Whaley, then hit her second shot short of the green and her chip for an eagle rolled right of the cup by four feet.

"I think I played really great today," Wie told reporters. "Just one more shot and I would have made it; it's killing me now.

"I can't believe I was two-under par."

Wie holed a huge putt from 58 feet at the seventh to make her first birdie of the day and followed up with a 52-footer at the 11th to move one-under for the round.

She also made two par saves from more than 10 feet to keep alive her dream of making the cut.

"The first day, my putts didn't fall in. If they had fallen in just like they did today, I would have easily made the cut," said Wie.

The schoolgirl also proved she could play with the women when she tied for ninth at the 2003 Nabisco Championship, the first of the year's four majors on the LPGA Tour.

Wie later won the U.S. Women's Public Links Championship, becoming the youngest tournament winner in the 108-year history of the U.S. Golf Association.

Her 140 total beat 48 players in the Hawaiian Open field, including 11-times tour winner Scott Hoch, last year's Deutsche Bank champion Adam Scott of Australia and 1988 U.S. PGA champion Jeff Sluman.

Allan, 30, in his fourth season on the PGA Tour after having his best year in 2003 with two top-10 finishes, made six birdies and one eagle on Friday.

The Australian's 62 was his lowest career round on the tour by three shots and also tied the best 18-hole score in the history of the event.

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