Injured Wie to miss first LPGA major of 2007

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Schoolgirl star Michelle Wie will miss the first major of the LPGA season, next week's Kraft Nabisco Championship at Rancho Mirage, California, as she continues to recover from a wrist injury.

"Unfortunately, Michelle will be unable to play in the Kraft Nabisco Championship this year," a statement from public relations firm Ken Sunshine Consultants said Thursday. "While the rehabilitation of her wrist is on schedule, Michelle wants to make sure she gives fans everything she can the next time she steps on the course. Shes not there yet."

The 17-year-old Korean-American from Hawaii, who has already played in four Kraft Nabisco Championships, hurt her wrist in a fall last month.

At the time the expected rehabilitation time frame put her...