Kraft Nabisco Tournament Attempts to Include Wie and Pressel
Kraft Nabisco Championship tournament officials (in Rancho Mirage) and the LPGA are still working on potential changes to criteria that would allow Morgan Pressel and 16-year-old Michelle Wie to play in the Kraft Nabisco without LPGA membership. Wie and Pressel each met qualifying criteria by finishing in the top five in another LPGA major last year, and each would have been in the top 70 money winners had they been pros. In addition, Pressel won the U.S. Women’s Amateur, but lost that exemption when she turned pro last month. You can bet money that they will figure out a way to get around this, since both will be big draws to the tournament. Money is money.