Lebanon, Ohio ? Michelle Wie is three match-play victories away from a likely invitation to Augusta National.

Michelle Wie tees off on he 13th hole of her second-round victory over C.D. Hockersmith. Wie won two matches in the U.S. Amateur Public Links championship Thursday in Lebanon, Ohio.

The 15-year-old high school junior-to-be birdied three of the final five holes and beat Jim Renner 3-and-1 in her second match of the day Thursday, advancing to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur Public Links.

Wie, the first female to qualify for a men’s U.S. Golf Assn. championship, rolled to a 6-and-5 victory over C.D. Hockersmith of Richmond, Ind., in her morning match.

Followed by a gallery of several hundred people – there were no more than a handful of friends and family with any other group on the course – Wie always seemed to hit her best shots when she needed them the most.

Every year since 1989, the winner of the Public Links has received an invitation to the Masters. Wie went through qualifying in hopes of earning a spot in the Masters.

Renner missed birdie putts of 6 feet on each of the first two holes as Wie escaped all square. She never trailed, going 3-up at the turn by hitting an 18-foot birdie putt at the ninth hole.

Wie advances to play Clay Ogden, a BYU junior who defeated Andrew Black of Chattanooga, Tenn., 3-and-2 in another round-of-16 match.

If Wie were to win her match with Ogden, she would play in the semifinals today. The championship is a 36-hole match Saturday.