Michelle Wie missed the cut Friday in the Women's British Open, and not even The King could save her in Southport, England.

Wie was right on the cut line at Royal Birkdale when she drove into the right rough on No. 16. The ball was in a thick bush, and as she approached the ball, Wie figured her only hope was to get relief from a plaque in the ground.

"I actually was glad there was a plaque there," she said. "And then ... it was too far away to get free relief."

She was too upset to read the plaque, and only later did she realize why it was there -- and for whom. Arnold Palmer was in the same spot in the 1961 British Open when he took a 6-iron and slashed it out of the bush and onto the green for a two-putt par on his way to a one-shot win.

After a a 6-over 78, she smiled and said, "That didn't happen for me."

Wie took an unplayable lie. She pulled her next shot into a pot bunker en route to a double bogey. She made another 6 on the par-5 17th, all but ending her hopes of making it to the weekend. Wie went from major champion -- Women's U.S. Open -- to a missed cut.

"It didn't go quite as well as I wanted it to," said Wie, who missed the cut by three shots with a 9-over 153.

American Mo Martin shot a 3-under 69 for a 6-under 138 and three-stroke lead over Beatriz Recari (67) and So Yeon Ryu (70).

Pleasanton native Paula Creamer (73) was at 148.


European: Rory McIlroy surrendered the lead at the Scottish Open when brutal winds played havoc with the field. He followed an opening 64 with a 78, continuing a nasty trend this season.

"Having to talk about it, it's always being brought up, it's sort of in your mind," McIlroy said of up-and-down days.

Kristoffer Broberg, Ricardo Gonzalez and Marc Warren shared the lead at 6-under 136 at Royal Aberdeen. Gonzalez had a double-bogey 6 on No. 18 after sending his drive into a gorse bush. A 71 dropped him into a tie with Broberg (71) and Warren (69).

Phil Mickelson (73) was at 1 under, feeling "mentally drained" just a week before the defense of his British Open title.

Champions: Colin Montgomerie shot an even-par 71 at the U.S. Senior Open and led Scott Dunlap (69) by a stroke in Edmond, Oklahoma. Montgomerie was at 6-under 136 at Oak Tree National. Bernhard Langer, who has three wins this season, bogeyed 15, 16 and 18 for a 69 and 138 total, tied with Gene Sauers (69).

PGA: Zach Johnson and William McGirt were at 12-under 130 and tied for the John Deere Classic lead in Silvis, Illinois. Johnson shot a 4-under 67, while McGirt had a 66. They were a shot ahead of Steven Bowditch (67), Johnson Wagner (65) and Brian Harman (68).