Wie learns an expensive lesson on pro debut

MICHELLE WIE learned an expensive lesson in her first tournament as a professional but it is one she hopes will not crop up again.

The 16-year-old thought she had banked £30,000 for her first proper pay cheque after finishing fourth in the Samsung World Championship in California.

However, 40 minutes after play finished she was disqualified after it was ruled she had dropped her ball nearer the hole at the seventh in the third round and should have had a two-stroke penalty and carded a 73 rather than the 71 she signed for.