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  Karrie Webb Summary
Webb has won seven major championships, including the Women's British Open in 2002, the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2000 and 2006, the du Maurier Classic in 1999, the McDonald's LPGA Championship in 2001, and the U.S. Women's Open in 2000 and 2001.
Webb also won the Women's British Open in 1995 and 1997, before it was considered a major by the LPGA, though (much less significantly) it was rated as a major by the Ladies European Tour at that time.
Webb qualified for entry to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000, but was not eligible for induction until she has played ten LPGA Tour events in each of ten seasons.
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  Karrie Webb - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Webb, Karrie, born in 1974, Australian golfer, who recorded one of the most impressive rookie seasons in golf history in 1996 and emerged as one of...
When rival Karrie Webb of Australia won the player of the year award in 1999 and 2000, Sörenstam increased the intensity of her training regimen.
Karrie Anne Webb (born 21 December, 1974) is Australia's most successful female golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Karrie_Webb.html   (171 words)

  
 Karrie Webb wins 6th ANZ Ladies Masters - Boston.com
Australian golfer Karrie Webb holds the winner's trophy after the final round of the Ladies Masters at Royal Pines golf course on the Gold Coast, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007.
Webb said her strong start Sunday -- a 6-under 31 on the front nine, including an eagle on the ninth -- was the key to her victory.
Webb took a four-stroke lead on the ninth hole with her 20-foot eagle putt that all but finished off her pursuers.
www.boston.com /ae/theater_arts/articles/2007/02/11/webb_wins_6th_masters_title_at_anz   (620 words)

  
 Karrie Webb fires sizzling 62 : thewest.com.au
Class act Karrie Webb said she could have putted with her eyes closed during her sizzling course-record total of 10 under 62 in the third round of the ANZ Ladies Masters at Royal Pines.
Webb was determined to go low and put herself back in contention to win her sixth Masters title and claim her second big win in as many weeks after her six-shot victory in the Women's Australian Open at Royal Sydney Golf Club.
When Webb stepped into the 18th tee she allowed herself to think of equalling her career best score of 11-under 61 in Michigan in the United States in 2000 - the year she was the world's No.1 player.
www.thewest.com.au /aapstory.aspx?StoryName=354961   (522 words)

  
 Australian golfer Karrie Webb wins at ANZ Ladies Masters
Karrie Webb, who grew up in Ayr in Queensland and who still has a house there started her professional golfing career in 1994 and joined the United States LPGA tour in 1996.
Karrie Webb followed up her Australian Open victory with a four-round score of 19 under at Royal Pines to beat Ji Yai Shin who was runner up and Cristie Kerr who came third.
Karrie Webb plays mainly on the LPGA tour and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country of Australia.
www.girlstalksports.com /More-Sports/Golf/Australian-golfer-Karrie-Webb-wins-at-ANZ-Ladies-Masters-200702132104   (341 words)

  
 Karrie Webb - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Karrie Webb - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Webb, Karrie, born in 1974, Australian golfer, who recorded one of the most impressive rookie seasons in golf history in 1996 and emerged as one of...
When rival Karrie Webb of Australia won the player of the year award in 1999 and 2000, Sörenstam increased the intensity of her training regimen.
encarta.msn.com /Karrie_Webb.html   (99 words)

  
 Webb Wavers, Recovers And Wins, Karrie Webb Wins U.S. Women's Open - CBS News
Karrie Webb walked up the 18th fairway, a wide smile on her face, a look of wonderment in her eyes and her wraparound sunglasses pushed up so she could take in everything.
Webb had said this week this was the tournament she wanted more than any other, and her nerves showed early on.
Webb had little choice but to lay up about 85 yards short of the green, but she still managed to put her next shot six feet from the pin and made the par putt, drawing roars from the crowd.
uttm.com /stories/2000/07/20/sports/main217357.shtml   (977 words)

  
 Karrie Webb wants more corporate support
Webb goes into the first round at the Yara Yara Golf Club in Melbourne's sand belt as the overwhelming favourite to win her second title in successive weeks on the 2001 Evian Tour.
Webb was commenting on the reduction in prize money at last week's ANZ Ladies Masters, which ultimately led to the loss of the LPGA sanction and some of the leading players from America.
Webb admitted that she wasn't much of a gambler but she was still surprised at being such odds-on favourite before a ball had been struck.
www.golftoday.co.uk /news/yeartodate/news01/webb2.html   (1006 words)

  
 Karrie webb - lpga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Karrie Webb added the 2001 LPGA title to the 1999 Du Maurier Classic and the two majors she won in 2000 – The US Open (successfully defended this year) and the Nabisco Championship.
Webb’s rookie year was 1995, and although majors eluded her early on in her career, she has certainly answered any doubters now with five titles to her name, 25 wins on the LPGA Tour and almost $14 million in career earnings.
Karrie Webb won her second successive LPGA Major and made it 5 wins from 6 starts this season when she blitzed a hot field to take out the Nabisco Championship by 10 shots from Dottie Pepper.
www.ausgolf.com.au /Webb.htm   (1551 words)

  
 Karrie Webb enshrined in Golf Hall of Fame
Webb, who captured the career Grand Slam quicker than any other player and is the only woman to win all five of the LPGA Tour majors, became the youngest member of the Hall of Fame when she was inducted with four others.
Webb took the LPGA Tour by such force that needed only five years to reach the required 27 points _ one points for a victory and major award, two points for majors _ then had to put in her 10 years on tour to be eligible.
Webb, fighting back tears during her induction, told of Sunday mornings at Ayr Golf Club as a 4-year-old with plastic clubs, able to only play one hole before her grandfather put her on his golf bag and toted her the rest of the way on his pull cart.
www.happynews.com /news/11152005/Karrie-Webb-enshrined-in-Golf-Hall-of-Fame.htm   (1085 words)

  
 Round 4: Karrie Webb Takes Evian Masters
Webb had to keep her head in the game after Wie eagled the par-5 ninth hole to tie.
Webb went right out and birdied the 12th and 14th, while Wie bogeyed the 13th and had more trouble on the 15th, when her tee shot sailed into the gallery near a fence.
As for Webb, today's win marks her 33rd LPGA title and this season's third championship (other two were the Kraft Nabisco and the Michelob Ultra Open).
www.golfreporter.net /619   (374 words)

  
 LPGA LPGA, Karrie Webb, Se Ri Pak, Annika Sorenstam, Golf - CBS SportsLine.com
Webb closed with a 4-under-par 68 and a 12-under-276 total and won $180,000 to push her career earnings past $8 million.
Webb, on the green in two, took advantage of the opportunity and calmly rolled in a 12-foot downhill putt for birdie to pull within a shot of the lead as Kim stared skyward in despair.
Webb, on the green about 30 feet to the right of the hole, rolled her putt about 4 feet short.
www.sportsline.com /golf/story/5460205   (809 words)

  
 Watch out world, Webb's on a roll - Golf - Sport - smh.com.au
KARRIE Webb cast her imposing shadow over the $800,000 Ladies Masters at Royal Pines yesterday with a majestic course-record 10-under-par 62, one shot shy of her career-low round.
Webb began the third round seven shots off the pace of 19-year-old Sun Ju Ahn and led the tournament for the first time with a four at the par-five 15th, her eighth birdie.
Webb's low round of 61 was at the Walnut Hills in Michigan in the 2000 Oldsmobile Classic, when she won her sixth tournament that year on the USLPGA Tour.
www.smh.com.au /news/golf/webbs-on-a-roll/2007/02/10/1170524347733.html   (831 words)

  
 Karrie Webb Picture Autographed Golf Pin Flag LPGA Tour Player
So clear you can see the flight of the ball and every other detail of the moment.
LPGA women's champion Karrie Webb photo collage with signed LPGA flag.
We apologize for any inconvenience it may cause.
www.golfsartgallery.com /lpga_players/karrie_webb_autographed_lpga_pin_flag.htm   (128 words)

  
 Karrie Webb beats Michelle Wie by one shot to win Evian Masters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Webb became the first woman to win three events this season after shooting a 4-under 68 in the final round of the Evian Masters, denying the 16-year-old American her maiden win.
Webb, who led after the third round, lost the lead only once during the day, when she bogeyed on the 11th while Wie birdied it to overtake her.
She woke up this morning with a stiff neck and was playing in the same group as Webb and Davies, but not once did she lose her cool or look even slightly intimidated by her illustrious opponents.
www.cbc.ca /cp/sports/060729/s072984.html   (805 words)

  
 Karrie Webb has chance to change focus to LPGA
Karrie Webb sat behind a table at the World Golf Village in December for a two-hour autograph session, golf bag at her side and a stack of magazines in front of her to sign from her first major championship, and sixth victory of the year.
Last year, Webb won her first major with birdies on three of the last four holes to complete a thrilling comeback in the du Maurier, her sixth victory of the year.
Webb and Woods are similar only in the way they win, and how often.
www.golftoday.co.uk /news/yeartodate/news00/webb3.html   (805 words)

  
 What a Karrie on - Golf - Sport - theage.com.au
Webb stole the show yesterday (Melbourne time) at Mission Hills Country Club when she made a steady climb into contention, delivered a thunderous blow on the 18th hole and made a birdie on the first play-off hole to become an unlikely winner in a compelling tournament that provided plenty of 72nd-hole theatrics.
Webb hit a soft flop shot that trickled to within 1.8 metres and drained it for a win that rekindled a competitive fire that she acknowledged had been smouldering.
Webb's winner's purse was $A377,000, more than half of the $698,500 she made last year when she finished a career-worst 27th on the season money list.
www.theage.com.au /news/golf/what-a-karrie-on/2006/04/03/1143916464598.html   (1015 words)

  
 Webb rides a big wave to Hawaii, where the LPGA Tour season begins
Karrie Webb is forcing her way into the discussion of who's the top player on the LPGA Tour this year.
Karrie Webb became almost an afterthought at the end of last season because of the Ochoa-Sorenstam dynamics.
Webb lost another major in a playoff, and she went over $2 million in earnings.
www.pga.com /news/tours/lpga/webb021307.cfm   (377 words)

  
 Karrie Webb Wins Kraft Nabisco | The Sand Trap
Webb was so stunned by the final hour of the Kraft Nabisco Championship that she lost her way after completing an amazing comeback Sunday.
Webb closed with a 7-under-par 65 to earn her seventh career major title and first since the 2002 Women's British Open at Turnberry.
Webb and Ochoa, whose eagle on the 18th gave her an even-par 72, completed 72 holes at 9-under 279.
thesandtrap.com /tours/lpga/karrie_webb_wins_kraft_nabisco   (682 words)

  
 Australian golfer Karrie Webb wins at Kraft Nabisco Championship
Australian golfer Karrie Webb was victorious at the LPGA's first major event of the year, the Kraft Nabisco Championship, after a play-off win over Lorena Ochoa.
Karrie Webb started the day seven shots behind Lorena Ochoa but soon went forward with an 116-yard eagle at the 18th.
For Karrie Webb, 31, winning her first LPGA title in almost two years was just like a dream come true and she said proudly, "That shot at the last was just amazing.
www.girlstalksports.com /More-Sports/Golf/Australian-golfer-Karrie-Webb-wins-at-Kraft-Nabisco-Championship-20060403831   (295 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Webb increases Michelob Ultra Open lead to five shots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Webb was methodical, steady and not at all flashy, the same characteristics she used when she was winning three money titles and player of the year in 1999 and 2000.
With Hurst closing in, Webb asserted herself with three consecutive birdies on the front nine Saturday, starting when she made a 7-foot putt on the par-3 fifth hole.
By Steve Helber, AP Things were looking up for Karrie Webb on Saturday after her lead to increased to five strokes.
www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/lpga/2006-05-13-michelob-ultra_x.htm   (847 words)

  
 Karrie Webb: Lpga Tour
Karrie Anne Webb (born 21 December 1974 in Ayr, Queensland) is Australia's most successful female golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf.
Karrie became interested in her sport because of her parents and grandparents.
Webb, who was only 20 when she joined the tour, has been compared repeatedly to Tiger Woods, since both are young phenoms—with excellent records of wins—who regularly outplay most of the veterans on their respective tours.
www.lycos.com /info/karrie-webb--lpga-tour.html   (483 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Golf | Webb claims Evian Masters title
Webb, 31, who won the first major of the year at the Kraft Nabisco Championship and also won the Michelob ULTRA Open in May, denied 16-year-old Wie her first professional victory.
Webb began the final round one shot ahead, but Wie overhauled her for a two-shot lead after an eagle at the long 9th and a birdie at the 11th.
Webb then birdied the two short holes, the 14th and 17th, to get back to two in front and played it safe for par on the closing par five.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/golf/5227532.stm   (442 words)

  
 Karrie Webb in control | The Sunday Mail
Webb will tee off at 15-under, tied with gritty Michelle Ellis, who played bravely for a 68 that was lost in the shadow of the world No.3's superb golf.
Webb is chasing the Australian Open and Ladies Masters double, which she achieved in 2000.
Webb grabbed the outright lead for the first time with a birdie on the 15th, but Ellis hung on doggedly.
www.news.com.au /sundaymail/story/0,23739,21204446-10389,00.html   (646 words)

  
 ESPN - Welcome back: Karrie Webb relishes being a major champion again - Golf
Webb and Sorenstam are the only players to be ranked No. 1 over the past 11 years.
In fact, it was Webb's emergence that spurred the Swede to take her game to another level a few years ago.
Webb's victory at the first major of the year was as improbable as it was surprising.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/wire?section=golfonline&id=2414350   (875 words)

  
 Karrie Webb News SportsNews24h.com
Karrie Webb took a big step toward her third Women's Australian Open title, moving four shots clear of the field with a 4-under-par 68 on Saturday at Royal Sydney.
Karrie Webb took full control in the Longs Drugs Challenge on Saturday, taming the hilly Blackhawk Country Club course with a bogey-free 6-under 66 that pushed her lead to five strokes with a round to play.
Webb birdied the final three holes on the Lakeside course to finish at 13-under 203 and send a message to her LPGA Tour rivals that the seven-time major champion from Australia is back at...
www.sportsnews24h.com /Golf/Karrie-Webb   (443 words)

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