Dougherty: Mixed feelings on Wie draw

Teenage star Michelle Wie was set to make her European Tour debut in Switzerland today, and playing partner Nick Dougherty could have done without all the attention.

Wie’s presence in the Omega European Masters, her 10th appearance in a men’s event, guaranteed large crowds and enormous media interest in the €2m tournament at Crans-sur-Sierre, so much so that Dougherty and Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano were asked if they had any objections to playing alongside Wie after their names came out in the draw.