Wie adjusting swing, stance to account for injuries

HARRISON, N.Y. – Michelle Wie limped out of the scoring area Friday at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship after a closing birdie helped to soothe her ailing left hip.

Wie birdied two of the last four holes in a rally that looked like it would assure she makes the cut and gets to play the weekend. She shot a 1-under-par 72, leaving her at 147, which was right on the cut number with the afternoon wave out.

Wie, 25, has been playing this week with a significantly narrowed stance designed to relieve the strain she puts on her left hip, which is riddled with bursitis. It’s causing pain through her entire left leg. She has support tape on her left thigh and behind her left knee and is also wearing…