Michelle Wie expects to make the cut and finish under par at this week's Casio World Open on the Japanese men's tour.
"Hopefully I'll be able to put together four good rounds under par," the 16-year-old Hawaiian said after practising at Kuroshio Country Club.
"I'm feeling great. My aim is to win the tournament."
Wie will be making her sixth start against the men in the $1.7 million JGTO Tour event which starts tomorrow, and her first since she turned professional last month. She has yet to make the cut.
This week's tournament will be Wie's first since she was disqualified in her professional debut at the Women's World Championship in Palm Desert, California, last month when she fell foul of a drop violation in her third round.
Wie took a drop after hitting her ball into a bush and was adjudged to have dropped the ball nearer the hole. She forfeited fourth place and $53,000.
Cycling - Heras's lawyer optimistic
The lawyer representing Roberto Heras is hopeful that a 'B' test conducted on Monday will clear the four-times Tour of Spain winner of a suspected doping offence for the blood-boosting substance EPO.
"We have serious hopes that the 'B' test will prove to be negative," Jose Maria Buxeda told Spanish media. "Everyone knows that the method is complex and its reliability is open to doubt from a scientific perspective."
Buxeda said the 'B' test had been taken place without any hitches in the presence of a representative of the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC), an observer from cycling's governing body the UCI and a specialist in Biochemistry from the University of Florence who had been hired by Heras.
An official from the RFEC said he expected Heras to be informed of the result of the 'B' test today.
Cricket - England stage fightback
Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell scored solid hundreds as England fought back to reach 391 for seven wickets on the third day of the second test against Pakistan yesterday.
England were 71 runs behind Pakistan's imposing total of 462 after Pietersen (100) and Bell (115) put on 154 runs for the fourth wicket to rescue the team from a shaky 113 for three.
Ashley Giles was unbeaten on 23 and Shaun Udal had made six when play ended 12 overs early due to bad light.
Gymnastics - Champions fail to qualify for finals
Olympic champions Igor Cassina of Italy and Greece's Dimosthenis Tampakos failed to qualify for the finals of their respective disciplines at the world championships in Melbourne yesterday.
Cassina finished 10th in the high bar and was joined on the sidelines by Tampakos, who scored 9.525 to finish ninth in the rings qualifying.
Cassina's routine had been the subject of some dispute after judges had incorrectly evaluated the start value on his spectacular crowd-pleasing performance. He produced two of his specialist "Cassina" releases and catches in succession but was initially marked down by judges due to technical problems with his grip.