Natural Factors Nutritional Products

Natural Factors Nutritional Products, headquartered in Coquitlam, British Columbia, has been a leader in the manufacture and sales of naturally-sourced personal health products for over 40 years. With markets in North America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, Natural Factors is well-positioned to take advantage of the burgeoning global demand for naturally-derived health products. In the United States alone, the size of the emerging nutraceuticals and supplements market is estimated by some observers to be in the region of $80 billion, with enormous up-side potential.

Natural Factors began automating its systems in 1992, at which time the company chose SYSPRO enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for its total supply chain management and financial tracking capabilities. "SYSPRO was chosen because it matched the company's needs," says Jaime de Sequera, Chief Information Officer for Natural Factors. "An important selling feature was its modular nature, which renders it affordable and highly scalable." Fourteen years later, SYSPRO continues to provide Natural Factors with complete control over the planning and management of its operations, including sales, accounting, manufacturing and distribution.

Natural Factors produces millions of tablets and capsules every month. On a daily basis, the company packs an enormous variety of finished goods into thousands of bottles, and fills hundreds of sales orders. At present, Natural Factors carries thousands of active stock items, with new formulations continually introduced. The company's corporate structure includes company owned distribution centres and manufacturing facilities. "Without SYSPRO ERP software," says de Sequera, "we would not be able to manage the complexity of a business this size."

According to de Sequera, one of SYSPRO's most basic advantages is its adherence to the familiar logic of best practices. "SYSPRO approaches each specific business discipline in the most intuitive manner possible," says de Sequera. "It never confuses you with eccentric terminology. Instead, it operates according to best business practices, which makes it very easy to understand, and simple to learn."

As a manufacturer of naturally-sourced nutraceuticals and supplements, Natural Factors places enormous emphasis on quality control. "Quality control-and government health regulations-are easily satisfied," says de Sequera, "due to SYSPRO's 'Lot Traceability' module." As batches are produced, each one is given a specific, serialized lot number. That identifier allows Natural Factors to know everything about its product, including where the raw materials came from, when they were received in inventory, who received them, and to what job the raw materials were allocated. "Lot Traceability builds a very useful database," emphasizes de Sequera. "In the event that a problem occurs, we can trace the product back to its source. Without that function, we would have much less control over the quality of our products."

When the U.S. Department of Homeland security (under the Bioterrorism Act), issued guidance for the entry and release of imported food products into the United States, Lot Traceability provided an additional dividend. "Essentially," says de Sequera, "the Department of Homeland security wanted assurances that we had the systems in place to provide relevant information if there was ever a problem with a product. SYSPRO's Lot Traceability gave us that capability. Instead of being a huge process, we had already met the requirements. That saved us a great deal of time, effort and money."

With company names like Enron and WorldCom still ringing in legislators' ears, Natural Factors, like all companies, is forced to contend with mounting levels of financial reporting compliance. From Sarbanes Oxley (for companies operating in the U.S.) to similar provincial and federal legislation in Canada, the demands are exacting and mandatory. "In its compilation of various modules and applications," says de Sequera, "the ease-of-use of those applications, and its use of open-ended database architecture, SYSPRO is the best segue you can create between the data and the regulations."

Built to meet the needs-and budgets-of small to midsized businesses, SYSPRO ERP is well suited to single and multi-site operations. With facilities in Burnaby, Coquitlam, Okanagon BC, Toronto ON, and Everett WA, Natural Factors takes advantage of complementary technologies, such as Thin Client, to efficiently and inexpensively incorporate all its offices within the SYSPRO ERP fold. "Our wide area network," says de Sequera, "allows us to control SYSPRO centrally, yet decentralize its availability."

In 2005 de Sequera and his colleagues decided to switch SYSPRO from Natural Factors' original Unix platform to Microsoft's SQL Server 2000. The migration to Windows, which took two months (and resulted in no business disruptions), has allowed Natural Factors to leverage Microsoft's .NET component architecture to deliver SYSPRO's e.net solutions. This new wave of Web services enables functions such as remote sales order entry and inventory status determination using remote devices such as palm pilots and cell phones. "With the availability of wireless broadband," says de Sequera, "the potential for Web-based business solutions is enormous." Natural Factors has already implemented on-line picking; company warehouse workers now use wireless tablet PCs which update the system as they pick.

The amalgamation of SYSPRO and .NET also allows Natural Factors to monitor its supply chain linkages. For example, by connecting to the reporting systems provided by couriers such as UPS and FEDEX, a Natural Factors customer service agent can instantly retrieve the exact shipping status of any item directly from the SYSPRO query screen. Says de Sequera: "That's very powerful from a customer service perspective."

SYSPRO's Sales Order module allows Natural Factors to input sales orders instantaneously from its call centre. "The sales order entry functions are straightforward and intuitive," says de Sequera. "In addition, they're integrated with inventory and inventory management. At any time, and at any stage of the supply chain, we can get accurate, real time information on our products."

"SYSPRO handles many other processes that are critical to our success," says de Sequera, "and it allows us to do all this in an integrated fashion. In addition, it creates a repository of useful data that we regularly use to measure our performance. It also allows us to report against that data, so we can make informed business decisions for guiding our growth. In many respects it has allowed us to grow our operations in the most efficient manner possible. All-in-all, SYSPRO fulfills our needs in a very good way."

For more information on Natural Factors and their products please visit: www.naturalfactors.com

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"The Department of Homeland security wanted assurances that we had the systems in place to provide relevant information if there was ever a problem with a product. SYSPRO's Lot Traceability gave us that capability. Instead of being a huge process, we had already met the requirements. That saved us a great deal of time, effort and money. "

Jaime de Sequera, Chief Information Officer, Natural Factors.

Bush Unclear on What Putin Seeks at Meet

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - Relations are rocky between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, but their meeting began Sunday with handshakes and smiles, flowers and kisses from Putin for the first lady and Bush's mother.

Bush waited at his family's seacoast estate as his father, former President George H.W. Bush, met Putin at a nearby airport and rode with the Russian leader in a helicopter to the compound. Emerging from a limousine, Putin handed large bouquets of flowers to first lady Laura Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush, then kissed them on both cheeks.

"It's pretty casual up here - unstructured," Bush said about the setting for his talks with Putin.

Bush knows what he wants from the visit.

Convince Putin that a U.S. missile defense system in Eastern Europe would not threaten Russia. Bring the Kremlin behind tough new penalties aimed at Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program. Generally defrost relations.

What the Russian president seeks is less clear.

Putin requested an audience with Bush before going to Guatemala, where Olympic officials are picking a host city for the 2014 winter games. But, awaiting Putin's arrival Sunday at the century-old stone-and-shingle Bush family compound, Bush aides braced for the possibility of a surprise on the scale of the one the Russian leader dropped last month in Germany, on the missile defense dispute.

"Does Putin have something he plans to throw at Bush's feet?" wondered Sarah Mendelson, Russia policy expert and senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Both sides insisted there was no set agenda and scant potential for announcements. With expectations lowered and an itinerary that amounts to little more than three meals, a meeting and maybe some fishing, Mendelson only somewhat jokingly termed it "the no-summit summit."

Before leaving for the U.S., Putin said his "very good, I would say friendly" relations should create a positive atmosphere. "If it wasn't that way, I wouldn't go, and I wouldn't have been invited," he said. "In politics, as in sports, there is always competition."

U.S.-Russian relations have slid to their worst point since the Cold War.

An anti-terrorism bond forged after the Sept. 11 attacks has been chipped at repeatedly. Disputes developed over the Iraq war, missile defense plans, the fate of democracy in Russia, NATO expansion to Russia's doorstep and sniping over what each side views as meddling in former Soviet republics.

There has been increasing cooperation on Iran and weapons proliferation.

But Putin, appealing to nationalist sentiments in Russia and eager to re-establish his energy-rich country on the world stage, already was becoming more assertive. Things then took a bad turn after the U.S. said in January it planned to build a missile defense system based in the Czech Republic and Poland, ex-Soviet satellites that now are NATO members.

Moscow is not persuaded by the argument that the system targets a possible future threat from Iranian nuclear missiles. The Kremlin threatened to aim missiles at Europe and denounced the U.S. as an irresponsible source of force.

At a summit last month of world economic powers, Putin surprised Bush by proposing that the system instead use an old Soviet-era radar facility in Azerbaijan instead of the Czech and Polish sites. It is an idea that U.S. officials do not want to reject outright. But they have concluded it would not work as a substitute, only perhaps as an early warning supplemental component.

The two sides also are fighting over Kosovo. The U.S. backs the Serbian province's desire for independence; Russia sides with Serbia and opposes it.

On Iran, Bush is seeking Putin's backing for a third round of penalties against Tehran for defying U.N. orders to halt uranium enrichment. Iran says the enrichment is intended for a nuclear energy program. The West suspects Iran wants to develop nuclear bombs.

The U.S. has begun discussing with Security Council members a proposal to require all nations to inspect cargo for illicit nuclear-related shipments or arms coming from or going to Iran and to freeze assets of a number of Iranian banks, a senior administration official. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks are in their initial stages.

Russia and China previously have balked at such measures, supporting more modest penalties that have had little effect. But there are signs the Kremlin may now be in a more cooperative mood.

Stephen Sestanovich, an ambassador to former Soviet republics under President Clinton, said the issues are too technical and the sides too entrenched for heads of state to produce breakthroughs. What Bush can accomplish, he said, is soothing Russia's sense it has been ignored while making the case that tough talk is hurting Moscow.

"This wouldn't be the worst moment to call Putin on the kind of rhetoric you've heard out of Moscow of late," said Sestanovich, now at the Council on Foreign Relations.

The meeting is the only one Bush has held with a foreign leader in Kennebunkport. Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Carter's national security adviser, criticized it as a "ridiculous" reward for Putin's harsh stance and an inappropriate setting for serious talks. Hundreds of demonstrators, too, protested the meeting with a march toward Walker's Point.

Still it could be the last chance for, as Mendleson called it, "rebooting the relationship."

Russia holds elections in March to choose Putin's successor. Bush is out of office in 19 months. So the only other time for the leaders to get together is briefly on the sidelines of a fall summit in Australia of Asia-Pacific leaders.

Dinner on Sunday was to include former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, as well as first lady Laura Bush. Putin's wife did not make the trip.

George W. Bush and Putin planned to have breakfast alone Monday, followed by an informal meeting and a brief appearance before reporters. The less-than-24-hour visit was ending with lunch.

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Associated Press writer David Sharp contributed to this story.

Orioles bats stay silent in 5-1 loss to Cardinals

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles fell behind early, got only five innings from their starting pitcher and failed to capitalize on several opportunities at the plate.

It was an all-too-familiar scenario, and added up to a 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.

Baltimore trailed 4-0 in the third inning and didn't have enough offense to make up the difference against Chris Carpenter (3-7), who threw 132 pitches in his second complete game of the season.

The Orioles went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position. Baltimore loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth inning and failed to score, a shortcoming that all but assured the Orioles (35-42) of falling a season-worst seven games under .500.

"We just haven't had that big hit to break through and really get rolling," catcher Matt Wieters said. "The offense hasn't quite gotten going to where you're going to put up those five, six, seven runs that you need to win. Especially when they came out swinging the bats the way they did."

After hitting nine homers last weekend in taking two of three from Cincinnati, the bats have gone quiet against St. Louis.

"Just three runs in two nights. Obviously, that's not going to get it done for us against good pitching," manager Buck Showalter said.

Carpenter won his second straight start following a five-game losing streak. The right-hander struck out five, walked one and surrendered just one extra-base hit — an RBI double to Nick Markakis in the third inning.

Carpenter's other complete game came on May 25, an eight-inning effort in a 3-1 loss at San Diego. The last time he went the distance and earned a victory was Sept. 30, 2010, against Colorado.

The 35-year-old has 31 complete games over 14 seasons.

Carpenter last faced the Orioles nine years earlier, when he was with the Toronto Blue Jays. He now has eight career wins over Baltimore, more than any other AL opponent.

Corey Rasmus hit a two-run shot in the second inning to give St. Louis a 2-0 lead. It was his second homer of the series, third in five games and No. 8 on the year. He went 17 games without a home run before his recent run.

That was enough offense for the Cardinals, who will attempt to complete a three-game sweep on Thursday night.

Markakis went 2 for 4 to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 18 games. Over that time he has raised his batting average from .236 to .282.

Orioles starter Chris Jakubauskas (2-1) gave up five runs and seven hits in five innings. In 24 games this month, only once has a Baltimore starter gone seven innings — Jake Arrieta against Tampa Bay on June 10.

"It is what it is," Showalter said. "They've done it before, they're capable of it, it just hasn't been happening."

It was the first time Jakubauskas faced Lance Berkman since the slugger hit a line drive off the pitcher's head in April 2010, when Jakubauskas was with Pittsburgh. The rematch was far less eventful: Berkman walked in the second inning ahead of Rasmus' homer, hit a sacrifice fly in the third and received an intentional walk in the fifth.

St. Louis made it 4-0 in the third. Nick Punto doubled and scored on a double by Skip Schumaker, who came home on a fly ball by Berkman.

Baltimore got a run in the bottom half when J.J. Hardy hit a two-out single off Carpenter's leg before Markakis doubled.

David Freese hit an RBI single in the fifth, and the Orioles loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom half but failed to score. After giving up three straight singles, Carpenter got Markakis to hit into a fielder's choice at the plate before retiring Adam Jones and Vladimir Guerrero on fly balls.

"We had the momentum. We had a chance," Jones said. "We just didn't get it done, point blank."

NOTES: The Cardinals gave struggling reliever Ryan Franklin his unconditional release. The former All-Star had an 8.46 ERA. ... Orioles LF Luke Scott did not play because he bruised his right knee making a leaping catch against the wall Tuesday night. Someone taped an outline of Scott on the wall before batting practice. ... LHP Jaime Garcia and RHP Jake Westbrook traded places in the Cardinals rotation. Garcia will pitch Thursday against the Orioles and Westbrook will go Friday at Tampa Bay. Manager Tony La Russa says he made the switch because "it sets us up better." ... Markakis is batting .415 during his streak, which includes 10 multihit games.

Former federal lab worker sentenced to 2 years in prison for stalking Linkin Park singer

A woman who stalked Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington has been sentenced to two years in prison for using her work computer at Sandia National Laboratories to track and harass him and his wife.

Devon Townsend has 60 days to surrender to a minimum-security prison in Phoenix, where she is expected to receive mental health care. She had pleaded guilty to stalking and other counts and was sentenced on Wednesday.

Townsend, who worked in Sandia's technology and manufacturing group, used lab computers to illegally access private information about Bennington and his wife, Talinda, in 2006.

According to a plea agreement, Townsend said she obtained family photos, monitored voice messages and traveled to Arizona to meet Bennington, using information she learned about his travel plans. She also obtained correspondence between Warner Bros. Records and Linkin Park's business attorney, including a copy of a check made to Bennington from the record company and a copy of the band's recording contract.

Investigators said Townsend also hacked into the e-mail of Bennington's wife and at one point called the former Playboy model and threatened her.

Stocks gain 61

NEW YORK Stocks rose modestly today on employment data thatoffered cautious optimism that an extremely tight job market waseasing slightly.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 61.17 to close at 10,767.75.

Broader stock indicators were also higher.

The nation's unemployment level was unchanged at 4 percent inJuly, close to a three-decade low, despite the loss of 108,000payroll jobs during the month, the biggest setback in nine years.

But all of the losses resulted from 290,000 temporary governmentworkers laid off in July because their work on the census wasfinished.

The Labor Department report showed private payrolls actually roseby 138,000 during the month. However, analysts noted that lastmonth's gain in private sector jobs was down significantly from ajump of 242,000 in June.

"That's probably going to be viewed as the most important evidencethat the Federal Reserve Board won't increase interest rates at theend of August," said James Meyer, director of research at JanneyMontgomery Scott in Philadelphia.

Advancing issues outnumbered decliners on the New York StockExchange, with 1,703 up, 1,099 down and 521 unchanged, on volume of954.3 million shares.

The U.S. dollar was mixed against other key currencies in Europe.

The euro was quoted at 90.75 cents in late European trading, upfrom 90.48 cents late Thursday.

Other dollar rates in Europe, compared with late Thursday,included 108.54 Japanese yen, up from 108.26; 1.7052 Swiss francs,down from 1.7070; 1.4881 Canadian dollars, up from 1.4838.

The British pound was quoted at $1.5056, up from $1.4942.

Gold in London slipped to $274.50 per troy ounce from $275.10.

Silver closed in London at $4.94, unchanged.

PGA-John Deere Classic Scores

Will MacKenzie 65-64_129

Charlie Wi 64-67_131

Kenny Perry 65-66_131

Eric Axley 65-66_131

Brad Adamonis 66-66_132

Brian Davis 67-66_133

Chad Campbell 67-67_134

Jeff Gove 66-68_134

Scott Sterling 67-67_134

Harrison Frazar 69-65_134

Patrick Sheehan 66-68_134

Vaughn Taylor 68-67_135

Dean Wilson 68-67_135

Aaron Baddeley 71-64_135

J.P. Hayes 67-68_135

Pat Perez 67-68_135

Tim Petrovic 69-66_135

Bob Sowards 69-66_135

Garrett Willis 65-70_135

Kirk Triplett 68-67_135

Jonathan Byrd 67-68_135

Nicholas Thompson 67-68_135

John Riegger 68-67_135

Jeff Overton 67-68_135

Chez Reavie 67-68_135

Rich Beem 68-68_136

Ken Duke 64-72_136

Kevin Sutherland 68-68_136

Jamie Lovemark 70-66_136

Nathan Green 71-66_137

Bob Tway 73-64_137

Jay Williamson 69-68_137

Ted Purdy 70-67_137

Joe Ogilvie 69-68_137

Zach Johnson 69-68_137

Nick Flanagan 69-68_137

Paul Claxton 68-69_137

Chris Riley 66-71_137

Tim Clark 70-67_137

Woody Austin 66-71_137

Todd Hamilton 69-68_137

Billy Mayfair 70-67_137

Martin Laird 72-65_137

Jesper Parnevik 69-69_138

Marco Dawson 68-70_138

Brian Gay 72-66_138

Heath Slocum 69-69_138

Ryan Armour 66-72_138

Tag Ridings 70-68_138

Bubba Watson 70-68_138

David Lutterus 68-70_138

Gavin Coles 68-70_138

Dan Forsman 69-69_138

Michael Letzig 70-68_138

Philip Francis 67-71_138

Jason Day 71-67_138

Jon Mills 68-70_138

Andrew Buckle 72-66_138

Steve Marino 69-70_139

Parker McLachlin 72-67_139

Jerry Kelly 67-72_139

Ryan Moore 68-71_139

Chris Stroud 69-70_139

Jin Park 70-69_139

Chad Collins 69-70_139

Lee Janzen 72-67_139

Scott McCarron 71-68_139

Glen Day 70-69_139

Jim McGovern 70-69_139

Bart Bryant 69-70_139

Mark Wilson 71-68_139

Kent Jones 67-72_139

Shane Bertsch 69-70_139

Cameron Beckman 66-73_139

Ron Whittaker 70-69_139

Craig Kanada 74-65_139

Failed to qualify

Matt Kuchar 68-72_140

J.B. Holmes 72-68_140

Brad Elder 69-71_140

Steve Allan 70-70_140

Kenneth Ferrie 73-67_140

Justin Bolli 70-70_140

Marc Turnesa 71-69_140

Jason Dufner 70-70_140

Dustin Johnson 71-69_140

Deane Pappas 70-70_140

Michael Bradley 66-74_140

Mark Brooks 70-70_140

Olin Browne 70-70_140

John Senden 72-68_140

Tom Lehman 67-73_140

Tommy Gainey 73-67_140

Johnson Wagner 71-70_141

Nick Watney 72-69_141

David Duval 69-72_141

Omar Uresti 72-69_141

Sean O'Hair 73-68_141

Charley Hoffman 71-70_141

Troy Matteson 77-64_141

Lucas Glover 70-71_141

Todd Demsey 72-69_141

John Morse 70-72_142

Jimmy Walker 72-70_142

John Huston 69-73_142

Mathias Gronberg 70-72_142

James Driscoll 75-67_142

Charles Warren 73-69_142

Jay Delsing 71-71_142

Dicky Pride 71-71_142

Tom Byrum 69-73_142

Y.E. Yang 70-72_142

Jason Gore 72-71_143

D.J. Trahan 70-73_143

Mark Calcavecchia 68-75_143

Kevin Na 73-70_143

John Merrick 71-72_143

Paul Stankowski 73-70_143

Jason Knutzon 71-72_143

Ben Crane 72-71_143

Brandt Jobe 74-69_143

Matt Jones 74-69_143

Jason Allred 73-70_143

Travis Perkins 71-72_143

Brenden Pappas 71-73_144

George McNeill 70-74_144

Bill Haas 75-69_144

Richard Johnson 74-70_144

Webb Simpson 71-73_144

Carlos Franco 72-72_144

J.J. Henry 71-73_144

Richard S. Johnson 71-73_144

Doug LaBelle II 74-70_144

Robert Damron 73-72_145

Shigeki Maruyama 68-77_145

Peter Lonard 68-77_145

Bob Heintz 68-77_145

J.T. Kohut 73-72_145

Kyle Thompson 69-76_145

Larry Mize 76-70_146

Len Mattiace 74-72_146

J.L. Lewis 73-73_146

Ryan Brehm 74-72_146

Robert Gamez 71-75_146

Mark Hensby 72-74_146

Brady Schnell 71-75_146

Brent Geiberger 77-70_147

Cody Freeman 74-74_148

Neal Lancaster 74-74_148

Sean McCarty 76-73_149

Tim Herron 78-71_149

Tom Scherrer 75-74_149

Carl Pettersson 73-77_150

Chad Proehl 78-72_150

Ryan Palmer 78-74_152

Brian Carroll 78-76_154

Shin leads Wegmans LPGA

Jiyai Shin shot a 5-under 67 to extend her lead to four strokes at the Wegmans LPGA on Saturday.

The South Korean star, seeking her fifth tour win in 11 months, moved to 16-under 200 after three rounds at Locust Hill course in suburban Rochester.

"On the front nine, I lost my confidence," Shin, 21, said of a slow start. "I tried eating. Eat some bread on No. 10 and then I made birdie."

Morgan Pressel, a two-time winner whose season-best finish was a tie for seventh in April, shot a 70 and was in second place at 12 under. That was one better than rookie Stacy Lewis, who also shot 70.

Cheyenne Woods, the niece of Tiger Woods, missed the cut by four strokes in her professional golf debut. Woods and 70 other players completed their second rounds early Saturday after play was interrupted by thunderstorms on Friday. Defending champion Ji Eun-hee could manage only a 71 and crashed out with a 7-over total.

In 2008, Shin became the first non-U.S. LPGA member to win three events. A multiple winner on the Korean Tour, she reeled in the Women's British Open last August, then followed with late-season wins in the Mizuno Classic and ADT Championship. In March, she captured the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore for her first victory as a U.S. tour member.

Shin rolled in a 20-foot birdie putt on No. 1, but she failed to reach the par-4 sixth in two and missed a 6-foot par putt for her only bogey.

After failing to hit a succession of greens in regulation, Shin made amends by chipping in from the rough on No. 10 and left her approach shot inches away for another birdie on the next hole. She curled in a birdie from 7 feet on No. 14, another from 4 feet on No. 16 and her sixth from 5 feet on the par-5 17th.

Pressel sank a 15-foot birdie putt on No. 8 to get a brief share of the lead.

"Being in second spot is never a bad spot unless it's the end of the tournament, so I still have a chance," Pressel said.

Lewis lipped out from inside 2 feet on three holes before chipping in for eagle on the 11th from 39 yards.

First-round leader Sandra Gal of Germany (69) was tied for fourth at 10 under with Lindsey Wright (67) of Australia, who recorded a career-best second place at the U.S. LPGA Championship two weeks ago. South Korean Sun Young Yoo (69) was in sixth.

South Korean rookie Haeji Kang shot 65, the day's best, to get to 8 under. Michelle Wie fell out of contention with a 75.

The 18-year-old Woods, who competed on a sponsor exemption, finished at 5-over 149 _ four strokes above the cutline.

"I could have made a couple more birdies _ or not as many bogeys _ but I'm happy," she said. "Three more years at Wake Forest (University) and then hopefully I'll be back out here."

Ranked 93rd among college golfers, Woods got to 2-under _ and 1-over total _ through 10 holes before darkness ended play Friday. She opened with a par on Saturday, then drove into trees, lost her ball and made a triple-bogey at the par-4 12th.

"There was a spotter there, he heard it drop but he never saw it and we never found it," she said.

Woods finished the tournament by making an 8-foot putt for birdie.

"My goal was to make the cut, but I thought I played well for the most part," she said, masking her disappointment with a smile similar to her famous uncle's. "I was ... comfortable out there and then, I don't know, I just had a lot of fun and just tried to take in the moment."