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Michelle Wie withdrew today from the 62nd U.S. Women's Open after re-injuring her left wrist during the the second round at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club. Wie called it quits after punching out from the rough with her second shot on the par-5 1st hole, her tenth of the day. She was 6-over par in her round and 17-over par overall at the time of her withdraw.

Wie said her wrist, which she fractured back in January after taking a spill jogging, was a little sore when she woke up today. She "tweaked" it on the 17th hole when her tee shot found the right rough, some 30 yards short of playing partner Christina Kim's ball. After driving into the right rough again on the 18th hole, Wie appeared to re-aggravate the wrist on her second shot, pulling her left hand off the club in her follow-through and grimacing in pain. Wie started shaking her wrist and appeared visibly upset when she called for a rules official. Soon afterwards, a medic was allowed to come out and massage Wie's wrist as she walked toward the 18th green.

After failing to get the ball up and down from the bunker on 18, she snap-hooked her tee shot off the 1st tee. It was after she blasted out of the rough that she informed playing partners' Kim and Natalie Gulbis that she was withdrawing.

"The last thing I want to do is withdraw but I have no choice," said Wie. "I haven't felt pain like that before."

Wie's next scheduled event is the Evian Masters (July 26-29 in France), but her latest withdrawal has her re-evaluating her playing schedule. She says she'll head to Florida in the coming days to have her wrist evaluated by doctors. Wie withdrew from the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika earlier this month, citing an injured wrist, but raised suspicions that she quit because of the LPGA Tour's 88 Rule. Wie was 14-over par through 16 holes at the time of her withdraw, just two shots short of the number. Had she shot 88, she would not have been allowed to play in another LPGA event this year.

Several weeks later, Wie finished dead last among those players making the cut at the McDonald's LPGA Championship--by 10 strokes--shooting 21-over par.

As for any skepticism surrounding her latest withdraw, Wie said, "I was in enough pain to bring tears to my eyes, and that's not easy with me.

"I definitely want to compete because that's what I love to do, but I have to think about my health now," she continued. "There are good days and bad days; today wasn't one of my best."