Wie makes her first men's cut at tournament in South Korea

Michelle Wie accomplished something in her ancestral homeland she had failed to do in seven previous tries elsewhere: The American teen made the cut in a men's professional tournament.

With huge crowds cheering for the player they cherish as "big sister," the 16-year-old Wie was at 5-under 139 after two rounds, tied for 17th in the Asian Tour's SK Telecom Open at Incheon, South Korea. She shot a 3-under 69 Friday to make the cut by five strokes.

The SK Telecom Open is the eighth men's professional event for Wie. She has played in four PGA Tour events and has competed on the Japan, Nationwide and Canadian tours. No woman has made the cut on the PGA Tour since Babe Zaharias in 1945. Galleries of at least 1,000 people gathered around each hole she played.

PGA Tour

Bo Van Pelt broke the 36-hole record in the Wachovia Championship at Charlotte, N.C., tying the Quail Hollow course mark in the process with an 8-under 64.

Van Pelt had a 10-under 134 total for a three-shot lead over former U.S. Open champ Jim Furyk (69), with Davis Love III (69) another stroke back.

Play was suspended for about 90 minutes during the afternoon due to thundershowers, then called off for good about 30 minutes after it resumed when more bad weather moved through. Seventy-four players were unable to complete the round.

LPGA Tour

Angela Stanford used strong iron play to take a one-stroke lead in the Franklin American Mortgage Championship in Franklin, Tenn., shooting a 5-under 67 on the Vanderbilt Legends Club's Ironhorse Course.

Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (66) was at 11 under.

Champions Tour

Scott Simpson got off to a fast start in his bid for his first Champions Tour victory, shooting a 5-under 67 for a share of the lead with Tom McKnight, Keith Fergus and Mark McNulty in the Regions Charity Classic in Hoover, Ala.

The tournament is being played for the first time at Ross Bridge, the 7,409-yard Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail course that is one of the longest layouts ever on the Champions Tour.

Hale Irwin birdied the final three holes for a 68, leaving him a stroke back along with former major league pitcher Rick Rhoden, Wayne Levi and Brad Bryant.

-- The Associated Press