LOS ANGELES — Michelle Wie withdrew from the Safeway International yesterday after tweaking an injury to her left wrist during practice last week.

"I am extremely disappointed to miss the 2008 Safeway International," Wie said. "I'm so grateful to Tom Maletis and the entire tournament staff for offering me this great opportunity, and hope to be back again next year."

The 18-year-old Wie received a sponsor exemption to play in the event next week at Superstition Mountain in Arizona.

Wie's agent, Jill Smoller of the William Morris Agency, said the Stanford freshman reinjured her left wrist when she accidentally hit a ball that was embedded in thick rough on the driving range at Stanford on March 13.

Smoller said Wie consulted a doctor at Stanford and also saw a hand specialist in Los Angeles on Monday.

"Fortunately, X-rays, an MRI and a CAT scan didn't show any major injury," Smoller said.