Punahou graduate Michelle Wie, home to celebrate her debut as an LPGA member, bolted into second place after firing a 6-under-par 66 in this afternoon's wet and windy opening round of the SBS Open at Turtle Bay. Wie, a 19-year-old Stanford sophomore, is a shot behind leader Angela Stanford going into tomorrow's second round at Turtle Bay's Palmer Course.

This is Wie's 48th LPGA start, but her first since earning membership at December's qualifying school. At 12, she became the youngest to qualify for an LPGA tournament. She has 13 Top-10 finishes, including a second here in 2005. Wie has won more than $800,000 in the three years she has been a pro.

Wie started with birdie on the first hole. She bogeyed the next, but added three more birdies on the front nine to make the turn in 3-under, and among the top five on the leaderboard at that point. She had a bogey and four birdies — including the final three holes — on the back to shoot the lowest round of the afternoon groups. She is tied with 2008 LPGA Rookie of the Year Yani Tseng in second place.

Tseng beat Wie in the final of the 2004 U.S. Women's Public Links Championship. Wie's last victory came in the 2003 Public Links.

Wie tees off at 7:20 a.m. in tomorrow's second round. The cut comes after 36 holes, with the top 70 and ties playing Saturday's final round. First prize is $180,000.

Pro Angela Park's team won the Pro-Am with a score of 54 Wednesday. Her "amateurs" included 18-year-old pro Tadd Fujikawa and actual amateurs James Park, Yukio Hayashi and Ken Tachibana.

LEADERBOARD

Angela Stanford 7-under 65 (F)

Michelle Wie 6-under 66 (F)

Yani Tseng 6-under 66 (F)

Kyeong Bae 5-under 67 (F)

Momoko Ueda 4-under 68 (F)

Taylor Leon 3-under 69 (F)

In-Kyung Kim 3-under 69 (F)

Jimin Kang 3-under 69 (F)

Teresa Lu 3-under 69 (F)

Juli Inkster 3-under 69 (F)

HAWAI'I'S GOLFERS

Michelle Wie (Punahou) 6-under 66 (F)

Cindy Rarick (former UH golfer/represents Waikoloa Resort) 5-over 77 (F)

Morgan Pressel (represents Kapalua) 1-over 73 (F)

Dorothy Delasin (represents Turtle Bay) 5-over 77 (F)

Grace Park (former Hawaii resident) 3-over 75 (F)

OTHER NOTABLES

Paula Creamer (2007 champ) 2-under 70 (F)

Natalie Gulbis 2-over 74 (F)

Ai Miyazato even-par 72 (F)

Source: lpga.com