HONOLULU, Hawaii, 16 January 2005 — Michelle Wie wasn’t able to become the first female to make a men’s cut since 1945, posting a four-over par 74 in the second round of the $4.8 million Sony Open on Friday.

The 15-year-old, American-Korean made the turn at eight over and missed the cut by seven strokes. Wie finished with a nine-over 149, beating just a handful of players.

On a day when leader Shigeki Maruyama, of Japan, improved to eight-under 132, Wie struggled with the high winds.

It was a far cry from last year, when she missed the cut by only a stroke with a performance that warmed the golf world.

Wie, who shot a first round 75, knew she needed to go low Friday to have any chance of playing the weekend. Any faint hopes of that were all but dashed with a triple-bogey at the par-four sixth.

“I’m just so glad I’m not last,” she said.

Maruyama, meanwhile, shrugged off tough conditions to card a five-under 65 at Waialae Country Club, which was softened by overnight rain.

Maruyama leads England’s Justin Rose and Brett Quigley by one stroke. Rose shot a 66 and Quigley carded a 67 Friday.

“I prepared myself hard in the off season,” the South African-born Rose said. “I am delighted that it is showing in my scores.”

Paul Azinger, Jeff Sluman, Tom Lehman and Andrew Magee all shot 68 and are tied with Robert Gamez and Stewart Cink, two back. Gamez posted a round of 66 and Cink was one-under 69.

Wie, who shot a first-round 75, knew she needed to go low Friday to have any chance of advancing to the final two rounds.

A triple-bogey at the par-4 sixth ended her faint hopes. “Missing the cut by one last year, I took it for granted I was going to play better,” she said. “Last year, everything went too easily, especially the second day, when I made every putt.”

Maruyama can hardly help but feel at home on this Pacific island with its huge Japanese population. He is coming off a winless 2004 after winning once in each of the previous three seasons on the PGA Tour.

Rose made an ideal start with a birdie at the difficult first hole, where he holed a bunker shot, and added five more birdies to shoot 66. Seventy-eight players made the cut, which fell at 2-over 142.