Michelle Wie was hoping to make the cut at a men's event for the second time in 12 tries. Instead, she heads into the second round hoping to stay out of the cellar.

Wie shot a 9-over 81 yesterday in the first round of the Casio World Open in Kochi, Japan, 15 shots behind the leaders and in 101st place. That put her two strokes ahead of last-place Tomomichi Oto.

"I don't think it was pressure," Wie said. "My first couple of drives went left and it was tough to get my rhythm back after that."

Wie, who had nine bogeys, is making her second appearance in the Japanese tour event. A year ago, she bogeyed the final two holes in the second round to miss the cut by a stroke in her first appearance in Japan.

Japan's Azuma Yano and compatriot Tetsuhara Haraguchi were tied for the lead with India's Jeev Milkha Singh after all three shot 6-under 66.

Wie's troubles started early on the Kuroshio Country Club course. After teeing off in light rain on No. 10, she bogeyed the par-4 12th hole and had four consecutive bogeys starting with the par-3 14th.

Despite failing to make a single birdie, Wie, 17, said she wasn't too concerned about her game.

"I don't think I was playing that bad," she said. "My long game put a lot pressure on my short game. I have to get my confidence back on my drive and just hit the ball the way I always do and I'll be fine."

Wie has made the cut in one of her 11 starts on men's tours, in May in the Asian Tour's SK Telecom Open in South Korea.

In her previous three men's events, she withdrew from the John Deere Classic because of heat exhaustion after playing 27 holes in 8 over and finished last in the European Masters (78-79) and 84 Lumber Classic (77-81). She's winless in 33 LPGA Tour appearances, the most recent nine as a professional.

Wie is still confident about making the cut.

"I've been practicing and working on my game a lot," she said. "I still have a positive mind-set for tomorrow."

Scotland's Colin Montgomerie withdrew from the event, citing personal reasons.

Other tournament

Australian Masters: Australian amateur Aaron Pike birdied his final four holes to equal the Huntingdale course record of 8-under 64 and take a one-stroke lead after the first round in Melbourne. Pike, 21, who was a promising cricketer before deciding to take up golf seriously when he was 16, opened his round with an eagle and finished one stroke ahead of Nick Dougherty and Peter Wilson, who each had 65s. Pike's 64 matched the course record set by Nick O'Hern in the opening round a year ago.

"If you can shoot 64 in the first round, realistically you can do it everyday," said Pike. "My goal coming into this was that I wanted to shoot double figures under-par ... and that's not going to change."

Defending champion Robert Allenby was five strokes back after shooting 69.