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WILLIAMSBURG -- Courtney Ellenbogen will be playing golf today.

Just not at the Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill. Instead, she'll be back at the Blacksburg Country Club.

The 17-year-old who played her way into this tournament by lighting up Monday's qualifier, Ellenbogen couldn't keep her dream week rolling on Friday.

After an opening-round 70, she was plagued by brutal weather, a shaky short game and uneven putting in Round 2.

She shot a 6-over-par 77, putting her five shots behind the projected cut of 142.

"Well," said her father, Bill, shrugging his shoulders, "it was a good experience for her. It was great she got in, great she had a chance ... and hopefully this will make her better."

If her reaction to the rough round is any indication, the experience certainly won't hurt Ellenbogen.

After the implosion -- five holes with bogey or worse -- the teenager said she'd be back at her home course today, working on the swing that betrayed her on the big stage.

"I don't really like to take days off," she said. "I don't feel as good, don't feel like I'm doing what I should be, which is practicing ... especially leaving here not quite satisfied."

Ellenbogen spent Friday morning trying to hit through gusting wind and torrential rain. She began her round on No. 10 and bogeyed it.

At the 16th hole, she missed left off of the tee, chunked a chip and three-putted for a double.

Play was suspended briefly after her tee shot on No. 1.

"It was pretty intense out here," Ellenbogen said. "I was trying to just focus on the golf ... but it made it hard with the wind an rain. And my ball-striking was just really, really bad."

There was a brief flash of hope. As the rain stopped and sun came out, Ellenbogen buried a 14-foot putt for birdie on No. 5 -- her 14th hole of the day -- to give herself a shot at the cut.

"She just needs to roll a couple in," her father said at the time.

"She's clutch. I've got confidence."

But Ellenbogen narrowly missed a long birdie try on No. 7, then saw her hopes of playing on the weekend dashed with a double-bogey on the No. 8.

She closed the round with another bogey.

"I think I've seen where I need to be," she said, "how much better I need to get. I'll just have to make it back here and do better the next time."