It is perhaps the most basic rule in golf, at the end of each round you check your score and sign your scorecard. After Friday’s round Wie forgot and its cost her the tournament.

Michelle Wie finished the day 17 under par, in second place all alone and just one stroke behind the leader. But it's all for not. After Saturday’s round LPGA officials told her she'd been disqualified for leaving the scoring area without signing her scorecard.

"I don't know what happened to me. I usually sign it first, but I forgot to sign the scorecard and unfortunately left the tent area. A couple of the scoring ladies ran after me, then I signed it and turned it in. I thought I’d be okay, but it was an honest mistake. I don't know why or how it happened. I just forgot to sign it. It’s very unfortunate. I was playing well. Hopefully it won't happen again, it's a good learning experience," said Wie.

The mistake is especially costly because Wie needed to earn enough money from the tournament to automatically be able to play on the LPGA tour next year. Now she may have to go back to qualifying school in order to keep playing.

"I think when she was playing poorly a lesson like this wouldn't have hurt so much but since she's got limited sponsor exemptions and to waste one like this when she could have made enough money to be exempt from next year, I think will hurt a lot," said Mark Rolfing, Golf Analyst.

This is not the first time Wie's been disqualified. She was also bounced from her very first professional tournament for an improper drop and then signed an incorrect scorecard.

Michelle Wie was born in Honolulu and is a hometown favorite. Her disqualification was the talk among golfers.

"It's unfortunate, obviously somebody wasn't doing their job," said Dan Liu, Kailua.

"She gets paid millions and millions of dollars and she is supposed to know the rules," said Ben Hipa, Aina Haina.

"For someone who is getting paid to play and someone people have high hopes for to be a great golfer, she should know enough to do something so minimal," said Dillon Morris, Waikiki.

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