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Wie falters on final day in Korea
 Wie was watched by massive galleries throughout the tournament. INCHEON, South Korea -- Michelle Wie slid to a two-over-par 74 at the rain-shortened SK Telecom Open in South Korea to finish 14 strokes behind winner Prom Meesawat of Thailand. Hawaiian teenager Wie, who made the cut in a men's tournament for the first time, was disappointed by her final day display. "It just didn't really go the way I wanted today," she said. Wie mixed two birdies against four bogeys at the Sky 72 Golf Club course for a three-round, three-under 213. The event was re-scheduled for three rounds after Saturday's washout. "I did my best, but the result was not as satisfying as I would have liked," Wie said after her final round. "But the most important thing is that I tried my best," she added. Indian Jeev Milkha and Lee Seung-ho of South Korea shot final rounds of 70 to share second place at 12-under, one stroke ahead of defending champion K.J. Choi (65). Wie shot a three-under 69 in the second round on Friday to make the cut by five strokes and improve on her opening 70 to start the final round at three-under-par and six strokes off the pace. "I was really, really happy I've passed the first stage," Wie said on Sunday of making the cut, adding she now has her sights set on the U.S. PGA and a men's tournament win. "Now I want to make the next step," she said. Annika Sorenstam, the world's top female player, became the first woman in 58 years to compete on the U.S. PGA Tour when she missed the cut at the Colonial in 2003, shooting rounds of 71 and 74. She has played in men's Skins Games the last two years. Wie's parents were born in South Korea and her visit here has been treated like a homecoming by the local media and public, who formed galleries of thousands and clogged an expressway Friday to catch her play. Buoyed by her strong performance in South Korea, Wie now heads to the U.S. Open qualifying round in Hawaii later this month. She will then contest two U.S. PGA tournaments -- the John Deere Classic in July, where last year she fell two strokes short of the cut with a double bogey on the par-4 6th, and September's 84 Lumber Classic. "I have to practice my iron shots more," Wie said. "I have to work on them until the John Deere Classic." Reuters contributed to this report. 
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