Michelle Wie advanced to the final round of qualifying for the LPGA Tour after shooting 71 in the fourth round at Mission Hills Country Club on Friday. Wie placed in a tie for fourth place, eight strokes back of winner Ahn Sun-Ju, of South Korea, who finished with a 16-under 272 total in the Palm Springs-area sectional qualifying event. Japan's Shiho Oyama and American Stacy Lewis joined Wie at eight-under 280. American Wie advances to the final round of qualifying in December where she will try to earn her LPGA playing privileges. Wie, who turned pro in 2005, is unique in the sport because for the past few years she has not been a member of any professional tour. The 32 players from the California event will advance to the LPGA final qualifying tournament Dec. 3-7 in Daytona Beach, Florida. They will be joined by the top 30 finishers from a second sectional tournament, to be played Sept. 30-Oct. 3 in Venice, Florida. The final qualifying field will also include current LPGA Tour members attempting to improve their priority standing and the 10 players finishing 6th through 15th on the 2008 Duramed FUTURES Tour season-ending money list. Turnesa maintains lead In Mississippi, rookie Mark Turnesa, who is ranked 358th in the world, fired a four-under par 68 to hold onto the lead after the second round of the PGA Viking Classic on Friday. The 30-year-old Turnesa has a one-shot lead over a group of four fellow Americans at the $3.6 million event at the Annandale Golf Club. Turnesa had a solid opening round to post his first lead since joining the tour this year. On Friday, he moved to a 11-under 133 total after registering four birdies over a seven-hole stretch. Brian Gay leads a pack of Americans in second place. He is joined by Will MacKenzie, who birdied six of the first nine holes en route to a bogey-free eight
