Michelle Wie at it again

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LEBANON, Ohio - Michelle Wie's dream of making the Masters ended relatively early. Clay Ogden birdied four of the first five holes and never came close to losing his lead, handing the 15-year-old high school junior a 5-and-4 loss Friday in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur Public Links.

"Obviously, I'm disappointed, but it's not the end of the world," Wie said.

Just the end of her quest for the Masters, at least for now.

Wie needed to win the men's Public Links to become the first woman to get an invitation to the Masters. Since 1989, every winner has been invited to Augusta National.

Wie became the first woman to qualify for a men's USGA event when she made it into this field by tying for medalist at an 85-player qualifier. Then she shot rounds of 76 and 72 on Monday and Tuesday to make the 64-player field for match play. She dispatched her opponents in her first three matches before running into Ogden, a junior at Brigham Young University from West Point, Utah.  

"I don't feel like I have proved anything," she said.

Ogden was 4-up after the first five holes and never let up.

"You've got to keep the gas on and keep it going," Ogden said.

The lead swelled to 5-up at the turn when Wie's approach at No. 9 hit a tree and bounced back into a lake. It was one of the few mistakes she made.

"It's hard to beat birdies," Wie said. "It wasn't like I was playing bad. I was losing with a lot of pars. He played really great."

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Asked what she learned from the match, Wie said, "You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance."

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