Michelle Wie: Olympics may be more important than majors

Getty ImagesRYE, N.Y. — Michelle Wie said next year’s first Olympic golf tournament since 1904 is “definitely the same caliber, maybe even more important” than LPGA major championships.

Wie is world ranked No. 13 and would not qualify for the Rio 2016 Games if the current rankings hold through the Olympic rankings cutoff date in a little more than one year.

That’s because there are four U.S. women ranked ahead of Wie — No. 3 Stacy Lewis, No. 9 Cristie Kerr, No. 10 Brittany Lincicome and No. 11 Lexi Thompson. No more than four women from one nation ranked inside the top 15 can play in the Olympics.

Wie doesn’t mind the eligibility format that will allow golfers ranked into the 200s and probably…