The fist pumps were a little more muted Friday afternoon as Michelle Wie's quest to make the cut ran into trouble. (Pio Roda/Turner Sports)

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5:14 p.m. -- As Michelle left the final green, someone in the crowd yelled, "Thanks for coming, Michelle!" The crowd erupted one last time.

She's not in a good mood, but she flashed a smile and a wave. It's hard not to root for her. Despite posting an 8-over 80 today to finish her 36 holes at 9-over 153, she played really well for 35 holes. It would be a shame if she's remembered for that one bad one.

She has to improve her iron play and her chipping to compete at this highest level, but she has a lot of game, especially for someone who's still so young. And what she does for a crowd, for a tournament, is incredible.

Thank you all for reading, for your feedback, and for loving the game. It's been a blast. See you next week at the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills.

5:00 p.m. -- Last hole. Huge gallery awaits on the par-5 ninth. I bet the gallery isn't this big on Sunday.

I feel bad for Michelle. She played great golf this week, but a lot of people will look at that quintuple bogey one hole ago last hole or her total score today and smirk. She doesn't deserve that.

With no chance to make the cut, this is going to be her final hole. She goes for the green in two and puts her second in the greenside bunker.

The murmurs are going through the crowd as the standard bearer walks by. There is a platoon of security off the green waiting to walk her to the scoring tent.

She blast out to eight feet.

Did I say this gallery was big? People are running over to see her putt.

She drains the birdie to end her tournament and the crowd gives her a long cheer. They love her here.

4:44 p.m. -- Even Michelle doesn't know what she had on the eighth hole. She has to confer with her caddie. It was a quintuple-bogey 9. Ouch! That puts her at 9 over for the day, 10 over for the tournament.

4:42 p.m. -- Uh-oh. Wie re-hits off the tee and yanks it left. Could be lost. She has to reload. This is her third tee shot here on the par-4 eighth.

That one isn't too good, either, but it's playable. It looks like we've found her second tee shot, up in the trees. So now she's hitting four from the trees.

No she's not. Now she's taking a drop. No idea why. This hole is taking forever. She chips out sideways, and then her approach comes up well short. This is painful to watch.

Nice scene as she walks to her ball as the crowd gives her a nice round of applause. She flubs her chip. Her heart isn't in it anymore. Only one hole left.

I have no idea what her score is on this hole. But it's a lot.

4:28 p.m. -- Michelle's drive on No. 8, her 17th hole of the day, goes right. As in waaaaay right. She is going to need a sherpa to find it. And if she does, a bulldozer to hit it.

Well, a search party found it and she can't hit it. She will take a drop, but there are no good options.

So no, she's not taking a drop. The ball is unplayable and she is headed back to the tee. A Tour cart is driving her back to the teebox.

4:17 p.m. -- Everyone wants to get in on the blogging. One of the deputies just came up to me to tell me that he overheard Michelle talking to herself in Korean.

Michelle just got a horrible break on No. 7. She hit into the bunker on this par 3 and then her sand shot looked good, but caught the last bit of rough by the green and just stopped. It trickles on, but now she's got 30 feet for par. Cue the Korean muttering.

She makes bogey. Two holes left. The crowd is still large but quieter.

Erin Walker told me that earlier in the week Jimmy was frustrated at the number of text messages he got saying "don't get beat by a girl." He won't, but there will be a good number here who will.

4:04 p.m. -- Michelle hits a good drive on No. 6. Real nice. B.J. Wie yells out some encouragement.

My opinion of the Wies has significantly changed this week. Forget what you read about or hear from the TV media. They are genuine and loving parents who are gracious and polite to everyone they meet. No, they don't like to do interviews too much and maybe they have made a questionable decision or two, but their girl gets more attention than any woman golfer on the planet. Is that bad management? Call it what you want, but I wish I had bad management like her.

She hits a great drive and great approach on this par 4, but her 15-foot birdie putt just misses. She played the hole near perfect, but right now that's not good enough. She remains 4 over for the tournament with only three holes to play, and that projected cut line remains at even.

3:49 p.m. -- Good drive, good approach, ball on fringe, so-so chip. Stop me if you've heard this one. Michelle had a decent chance for the much-needed birdie here on the par-4 fifth and now has a testy putt for par.

Scott Sterling has a little temper. He's created a few murmurs with his utterances and just yelled at a photographer. It's easy to forget that there is a cut to be made for all the players, but this is their job, too.

Michelle makes the putt, but her facial expression is not a happy one.

3:37 p.m. -- Big ol' ouch. Michelle's par chip runs eight feet by and then she misses her bogey putt. She slams her putter down on green. This is the most upset she's been all week.

Many in the crowd are debating whether to continue to follow her or just catch her last hole or two. There's still hope. But not a lot as she heads for the fifth tee 3 over for the day and 4 over for the tournament, and the projected cut line remains at even par.

3:28 p.m. -- It's my job to report the story, but I just came a few inches from being a part of it. I'm standing on the hill beside the fourth hole and Michelle pounds her second shot on this long par 5 toward the green. She pulls it a little left and the ball ricochets off the tree that I'm under.

She is by the green, but in a tough downhill lie in the rough. Still, this might be her best chance for birdie.

I can't believe how large this gallery is this far from the clubhouse. They give her loud applause as she walks up to the green

It's a tough shot she has, and she knows it -- a flop shot off a downhill lie buried in the rough. And she chunks it. You can hear her sigh with frustration. She is still away. And still buried in the rough.

Her birdie chip flies past the pin and off the back of the green. She was by the green in two. And now, after four shots, is still not on. She tossed her club against her bag. This could be the beginning of the end.

To make Michelle feel better, Scott Sterling was by green in two also. He skulled his chip and it went into a bunker. His bunker shot also failed to find the green. So both players, by the green in two, are not on in four. Ouch!

3:11 p.m. -- Did I mention there is no oxygen in Reno? The walk up the par-4 third hole belongs in Guantanamo. Seriously, let's skip this hole from now on.

Michelle has another birdie putt; her ball striking has really gotten sharp. But her putt just misses. Another par, but she is running out of holes. At least there is a par 5 coming up next.

2:56 p.m. -- Michelle hits a good shot into No. 2, a tough par 3. But she blows her birdie putt five feet by. She's pressing for birdies. She does drain the par putt, and the crowd looks relieved.

2:46 p.m. -- Just spent a few minutes chatting with Erin Walker, wife of player Jimmy Walker. She says Jimmy is enjoying the opportunity and he is playing like it. He has played with large galleries before, but this may be the largest.

She gives great insight into the life of a Tour player trying to keep his card. That's another story for another time, but the Walkers should be proud of their performance this week.

On No. 1 (her 10th), Michelle hits a perfect drive and an okay approach, and has 30 feet for birdie. She needs birdies, and this isn't helping

She misses. but taps in for par. Still 2 over.

Jimmy birdies the hole on cue. Erin owes me.

2:25 p.m. -- Perfect drive on 18 (her ninth) for Wie, and her approach goes by the pin twice. Once on the bounce, and then spinning back. It almost goes in and this HUGE gallery on 18 goes nuts.

She has about 12 feet left straight uphill. She needs this putt and if she makes it, I might go deaf. They are 10 deep around this green.

She makes it and the crowd erupts. Hope is alive!

To recap her first nine of the day, Michelle bogeyed the par-3 12th and the par-4 15th but birdied the par-4 18th for a 1-over 37. She is 1 over on the day and 2 over for the tournament, and tied for 87th place. The projected cut line remains at even par, but of course there's still a lot of golf yet to be played today.

2:12 p.m. -- Michelle bombs her drive on the par-5 17th. I'm not sure she can reach this green, but getting close to it in two yesterday meant a birdie.

She does it again, bombs a 3-wood to just in front of the green. But the pin is up front today. She needs magic to make a birdie here.

Gallery is huge and loud still, but with an air of desperation.

Too much spin on her chip and she has 15 feet left for birdie. Her body language says she knows the importance of the hole. But it's not to be, as her putt slides by on the right. If there's a such thing as a bad par, this is it.

1:54 p.m. -- Wie hits a green. And it is one that caused a bogey yesterday, the tricky par-3 16th.

Let's give some credit to Sterling and Walker. They're both playing good golf under difficult conditions. The gallery might be the largest they've seen. And both seem unnerved.

Michelle's 30-foot birdie putt stops on the edge. Par. Stops the bleeding, but she needs birdies. The next hole, the 17th, is a par 5. She birdied it yesterday. She needs to again today.

1:43 p.m. -- Michelle has to quit putting so much pressure on her putter. She is missing fairways, greens and hitting mediocre chips. Again at the par-4 15th. All three of the above and now 12 feet for par.

She got a good read from Sterling's birdie putt that he just made. But it slides by and she's still got work to do on this hole.

This large gallery deflates a little. Another bogey or two, its going to get less crowded quickly.

She does make her bogey, but she's 2 over on the day and 3 over for the tournament. Time to make a move.

1:23 p.m. -- Michelle pushes her tee shot right on 14. That's a tough spot and, again, she doesn't need bogeys at this point. Her angle seems tough, but she muscles it out to just in front of the green. With an up pin spot, that's not a bad place to be.

Yesterday, I talked about all the young girls in the gallery. Still the case today. But there are a lot of guys in the gallery too. Collegiate. Looks like they have some extra gel in their hair. Seriously, I find it funny. You got no chance, bro. Just sayin'.

In her all black Nike ensemble, Michelle definitely cuts an imposing figure. There've been many comments from men and women in the gallery saying, "I didn't realize she was so pretty," "so tall", etc. I can see better why Madison Avenue loves her.

Her chip is not good. She is obviously frustrated by it. She has 10 feet left for par. But she makes it, gives another fist pump and wave. Very loud roar. Yesterday, she took only 24 putts for her round. She may be like that today, too. And she may need to be.

1:05 p.m. -- Coming off a bogey, Michelle needs to recover well. But her tee shot finds the difficult fairway bunker on 13, just like yesterday. She punches it out and it scoots over the green into another bunker. This could be a pivotal hole.

An awkward lie means a good bunker shot still leaves her 20 feet for par.

Wow! She cans the putt. Fist pump and big smile. We will remember that putt. So will she. Yeah, yeah, that was bad.

Heading to No. 14, she is 1 over for the day, 2 over for the tournament. The projected cut remains at even.

12:51 p.m. -- As we move farther from the clubhouse, the crowd is growing. That's ridiculous.

Michelle struggled on the par-3 12th yesterday, and today she misses the green short, even short of the bunker. Yesterday, she skulled her bunker shot over the green. Today, she skulls her chip shot over. She's going to need some magic to save a par.

Did I mention how hard it is to walk this course? I'm hitching a ride from various golf carts at times while 70-year-old women are making the trek. I am so ashamed. But I'll still ride when I can.

Michelle's par attempt slides by the hole. She taps in for bogey, as do both other players. No. 12 is an unpopular hole.

12:34 p.m. -- Hole 11, Wie's second hole of the day, is a long par 5. The gallery has grown to stretch down almost all of it. Michelle hits a perfect drive, but I doubt she can reach this uphill par 5 in two. But this is a birdie hole and she'll need a few today to make history.

You can see that the group ahead is a bit irked at the gallery movement that comes with Wie's group. I'm afraid that, for them, it's only going to get worse, especially if she is playing well at the turn. The crowd is not even watching marshals' signs to stop or quiet down.

Michelle makes a mistake and flubs her third shot into a bunker, but then blasts out to around two feet. Many in the crowd are giving her the putt because they are scrambling to the next hole. Uh, guys, I don't think you can do that on the PGA Tour.

She makes the putt. Even par on day after two holes. She looks ready.

12:17 p.m. -- After a perfect drive and a nice approach to the par-4 10th (her first hole, remember), Michelle seems poised for the good start she needs. Walker just chipped in for birdie, and Michelle is putting from the fringe. She leaves the putt well short. This is similar to yesterday, when she three-putted the first green, leaving her first attempt from 60 feet a good 20 feet short. Today she has about four feet, and she drains it for par. And so it begins!

12:09 p.m. -- Great scoop. While on the tee during the delay, Michelle, her caddie, Jimmy Walker and his caddie spent the time discussing dogs and movies. Much of it was reciting quotes from "Dumb and Dumber." See? This is the stuff you can only get on this Web site!

12:02 p.m. -- As we wait on the 10th tee (she is starting on No. 10 today), Wie and Walker are talking, sharing a laugh. Good to see. There is a wait because of a rules issue with the group ahead. Michelle seems very relaxed.

I read a report on another media site that said there were 400 people on the first hole yesterday when Michelle teed off. That's insane. There was at least three times that. There are probably 400 people out here now, and it's growing.

11:54 a.m. -- The Vegas odds, or should I say Reno odds, had Michelle at 11-1 to make the cut before the tournament started. Yesterday, the bet was taken off the board. Go figure

Michelle is dressed in all black today. Both Walker and Sterling are wearing black shirts as well. Still, I doubt it will be hard to figure out which one is Michelle.

So she's on the tee and ready to go. Is today the day? Let's find out.

11:45 a.m. -- A beautiful Friday morning here in Reno, no wind, but lots of electricity. Michelle is on the range with about 50 fans behind her. Crowd is a bit smaller than yesterday, but I'm sure that will change. After all, it's not even 9 a.m. out here yet.

B.J. Wie just walked over and greeted me. Amid all the hoopla and distractions this week, he has been the biggest surprise to me. He smiles a lot, remembers names, and seems very gracious to everyone -- from volunteers to security to fans.

11:30 a.m. -- Michelle, and her playing partners Jimmy Walker and Scott Sterling, are set to tee off at 11:55 a.m. ET, in the final pairing of the morning wave. She played a solid round Thursday, and kept the big numbers off her scorecard -- which she also signed! As she warms up, the projected cut is hovering at even-par, so she'll likely need to better her opening 73 if she hopes to play the two weekend rounds.