Karrie Webb

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. She currently plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA tour and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country.

Amateur career

Webb was born in in Ayr, Queensland. She was a member of the Australian Amateur team making six international appearances from 1992-1994 including a 1994 appearance in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships. cite web
title = Notable Past Players
publisher = International Golf Federation
url = http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/History/notables.html
accessdate = 2007-04-04] This was the year she became the Australian Strokeplay Champion. cite web
title = Karrie Webb Player Profile
publisher = ALPG (Australian Ladies Professional Golf)
url = http://www.alpgtour.com/player_profile_details.asp?refxml=profile354.xml
accessdate = 2007-04-04]

Professional career

Webb began her professional golfing career in 1994 playing on the Ladies European Tour where she finished second at the Australian Ladies Open and the Futures Tour in the US, where she won one tournament. cite web
title = Karrie Webb Full Career Bio
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Webb-07.pdf
accessdate = 2007-04-04] In 1995 she became the youngest ever winner of the Weetabix Women’s British Open in her rookie season in Europe, prior to it being classed as an LPGA major, and was European Rookie of the Year. She qualified for the LPGA Tour after she finished second at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament despite playing with a broken bone in her wrist.

In 1996 Webb won her first LPGA tournament in her second LPGA start at the HEALTHSOUTH Inaugural on the fourth hole of a sudden deathplayoff. She won three other tournaments and become the first LPGA player to win $1 million mark in a single season topping the year end money list. cite web
title = Annual Money Leaders
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content/MoneyLeaders.pdf
accessdate = 2007-04-04] She was also the 1996 LPGA Rookie of the Year.

In 1997 Webb won three times on the LPGA Tour including another win at the Weetabix Women’s British Open, won her first Vare Trophy cite web
title = Vare Trophy Winners
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=2499
accessdate = 2007-03-07 ] and was voted 1997 ESPY Best Female Golfer. cite web
title = ESPY Awards past winners
publisher = ESPN
url = http://espn.go.com/espy2005/s/pastwinners.html
accessdate = 2007-04-04] In 1999 Webb won her first major championship at the du Maurier Classic and won her first LPGA Tour Player of the Year award. cite web
title = Rolex Player of the Year Winners
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=2500&mid=2
accessdate = 2007-03-07 ]

In 2000, Webb won two more major championships, following up her win at the Kraft Nabisco with a win at the U.S. Women's Open. This gained her a second consecutive Rolex Player of the Year title and Vare Trophy and she topped the money list, missing out on a chance to become the LPGA's first single-season $2 million winner by taking a mid season break to return home to Australia to run with the Olympic torch. cite web
title = Karrie weaving her own 'Webb'
publisher = Golf World
date = 2000-09-15
author = Lisa D. Mickey
url = http://www.golfdigest.com/newsandtour/index.ssf?/newsandtour/karrie_w_tcsfk0dc.html
accessdate = 2007-04-04] Teamed with Rachel Hetherington representing Australia she won the Women's World Cup in Malaysia, cite web
title = Japan Wins Women's World Cup Golf
publisher = Scratch Golfer Magazine
author = Mike Green
url = http://www.scratch-golfer.com/JapanWinsWomensWorldCupGolf.htm
accessdate = 2007-04-04] was awarded the preeminent sport award in Australia, the Dawn Fraser Award. cite web
title = 27th Australian Sport Awards Overview
publisher = AustralianSportAwards.com
url = http://www.australiansportawards.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload_2006/2006_Awards_Overview.pdf
accessdate = 2007-04-04] and was named Female Player of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of America. cite web
title = Nelson, Webb & Woods gain Writers Awards
publisher = Golf Today
url = http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news00/writersawards.html
accessdate = 2007-04-05]

She successfully defended her U.S. Women's Open title in 2001 and won the LPGA Championship to become the youngest winner of the LPGA Career Grand Slam. cite web
title = Youngest member of the World Golf Hall of Fame
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=5130&mid=2
accessdate = 2007-04-04] She teamed with David Duval to play against Annika Sörenstam and Tiger Woods in a made-for-TV alternate shot competition between the two best male and two best female players in the world that at the time provided women's golf its largest audience ever. cite web
title = Woods-Sörenstam beat Duval-Webb
publisher = Ausgolf
date = 2002-07-31
url = http://www.ausgolf.com.au/bighorn.htm
accessdate = 2007-04-04] Webb's win at the 2002 Women's British Open, which had become an LPGA major in 2001, meant she completed a Super Career Grand Slam - every available major championship in women’s golf in her career. cite web
title = Webb cruises to sixth major victory
publisher = LET Ladies European Tour
date = 2002-08-11
author = Martin Park
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4618
accessdate = 2007-04-04]

Webb now suffered a three-year slump. She collected just two LPGA wins in the next two years and in 2005 had a best LPGA finish of tied sixth cite web
title = Webb's comeback is the stuff of golf legends
publisher = Worldgolf.com
date = 2006-08-03
url = http://www.worldgolf.com/magazine/archive-2006/aug03.htm
accessdate = 2007-04-05] although she did team up with Rachel Hetherington to represent Australia at the Women's World Cup of Golf cite web
title = Women's World Cup of Golf set for Friday
publisher = LET Ladies European Tour
date = 2005-02-10
author = Martin Park
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3682
accessdate = 2007-04-04] and won her fifth ANZ Ladies Masters title back home in Australia. cite web
title = Miyazato caught in Karrie's Webb
publisher = LET Ladies European Tour
date = 2005-02-27
author = Martin Park
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3736
accessdate = 2007-04-05]

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. She met this criterion on June 9, 2005 when she completed the first round of the LPGA Championship. cite web
title = Karrie Webb enters the Hall of Fame
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=4047&mid=2
accessdate = 2007-04-04] At age 30, she became the youngest living person ever to enter the Hall of Fame, and kept that distinction until 2007, when fellow LPGA star Se Ri Pak was inducted.

Webb staged a comeback season in 2006. In the final round at the Kraft Nabisco Championship she holed a 116-yard shot from the fairway to eagle the 18th hole and then birdied the same hole in a sudden-death playoff to beat Lorena Ochoa and win her second Kraft Nabisco Championship. cite web
title = Webb comes from behind to win second Kraft Nabisco Championship
publisher = LET Ladies European Tour
date = 2006-04-03
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=5269
accessdate = 2007-04-04] She won four other tournaments including the Evian Masters cite web
title = Webb wins Evian
publisher = LET Ladies European Tour
date = 2006-07-30
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=6727
accessdate = 2007-04-04] and Mizuno Classic. cite web
title = Webb ends Sörenstam's Mizuno streak
publisher = USA Today
date = 2006-11-05
url = http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2006-11-05-mizuno-final-round_x.htm
accessdate = 2007-04-05] Her 2006 Kraft Nabisco win took her into the top ten of the Women's World Golf Rankings for the first time since they were introduced in February 2006.

Her 35 LPGA Tour victories places her tied for twelfth on the list of players with the most career LPGA tournament wins. cite web
title = Official Career Wins
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content/OfficialWins.pdf
accessdate = 2007-03-07 ]

Professional wins (47)

LPGA Tour (35)

*1995 (1) Weetabix British Open Championship
*1996 (4) HealthSouth Classic, Sprint Championship, Safeco Classic, ITT LPGA Tour Championship
*1997 (3) Susan G. Komen International, Weetabix British Open Championship, Safeco Classic
*1998 (2) ANZ Australian Masters, City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic
*1999 (6) Office Depot Championship, ANZ Australian Masters, Standard Register PING, Mercury Championship, Wegmans LPGA, du Maurier Classic
*2000 (7) Office Depot Invitational, ANZ Australian Masters, LPGA Takefuji Classic, Nabisco Championship, U.S. Women's Open, Oldsmobile Classic, AFLAC Champions Presented by Southern Living
*2001 (3) U.S. Women's Open, McDonald's U.S. LPGA Championship, ADT Championship
*2002 (2) Wegmans LPGA, Weetabix British Open Championship
*2003 (1) John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic
*2004 (1) Kellog-Keebler Classic
*2006 (5) Kraft Nabisco Championship, Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, Evian Masters, Longs Drugs Challenge, Mizuno Classic

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

ALPG (10)

*1998 (1) Alpine Australian Masters
*1999 (1) Alpine Australian Masters
*2000 (2) Toyota Australian Open, ANZ Australian Masters
*2001 (1) ANZ Australian Masters
*2002 (1) AAMI Australian Open
*2005 (1) ANZ Ladies Masters
*2007 (2) MFS Australian Open, ANZ Ladies Masters
*2008 (1) MFS Australian Open

LPGA of Japan (2)

*2000 (1) Nichriei World Ladies Cup
*2001 (1) Nichriei World Ladies Cup

Results in LPGA majors

ee also

*Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
*Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=200 Profile on the LPGA Tour's official site]
* [http://www.alpgtour.com/player_profile_details.asp?refxml=profile354.xml ALPG Tour profile]
* [http://golf.about.com/od/golferswomen/p/karrie_webb.htm Karrie Webb bio]

Persondata
NAME=Webb, Karrie
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Professional Golfer
DATE OF BIRTH= December 21, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH= Ayr, Queensland, Australia