Karrie Webb

Karrie Webb
2009 LPGA Championship - Karrie Webb (2).jpg
Webb at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Full name Karrie Anne Webb
Born 21 December 1974 (1974-12-21) (age 36)
Ayr, Queensland, Australia
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Boynton Beach, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional 1994
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 1996)
ALPG Tour (joined 1994)
Professional wins 50
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 36
LPGA of Japan Tour 3
ALPG Tour 11
Futures Tour 1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
(Wins: 7)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship Won: 2000, 2006
LPGA Championship Won: 2001
U.S. Women's Open Won: 2000, 2001
du Maurier Classic Won: 1999
Women's British Open Won: 2002
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 2005 (member page)
LET Rookie of the Year 1995
LPGA Rookie of the Year 1996
LPGA Tour
Money Winner		 1996, 1999, 2000
LPGA Tour
Player of the Year		 1999, 2000
LPGA Vare Trophy 1997, 1999, 2000
LPGA
Achievement Award		 2000

Karrie Ann Webb AM (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. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. She has 36 wins on the LPGA Tour, more than any other active player.

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Early life and amateur career

Karrie Webb at the 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open

Webb was born 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.[1] This was the year she became the Australian Strokeplay Champion where she scored a 128 on a par 68 course, over 36 holes.[2]

Professional career

Webb began her professional golfing career in 1994 playing on the Ladies European Tour where she finished second at the Women's Australian Open[2] and the Futures Tour in the U.S., where she won one tournament.[3] In 1995 she became the youngest ever winner of the Weetabix Women's British Open in her rookie season in Europe,[2] 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.[3]

In 1996 Webb won her first LPGA tournament in her second LPGA start at the HealthSouth Inaugural on the fourth hole of a sudden death playoff. 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.[4] She was also the 1996 LPGA Rookie of the Year.[3]

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[5] and was voted 1997 ESPY Best Female Golfer.[6] In 1999 Webb won her first major championship at the du Maurier Ltd. Classic and won her first LPGA Tour Player of the Year award.[7]

In 2000, Webb won two more major championships, following up her win at the Nabisco Championship 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.[8] Teamed with Rachel Hetherington representing Australia she won the Women's World Cup in Malaysia,[9] was awarded the preeminent sport award in Australia, the Dawn Fraser Award.[10] and was named Female Player of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of America.[11]

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.[12] She teamed with David Duval to play against Annika Sörenstam and Tiger Woods in a made-for-TV Battle at Bighorn 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.[13] 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.[14]

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[15] although she did team up with Rachel Hetherington to represent Australia at the Women's World Cup of Golf[16] and won her fifth ANZ Ladies Masters title back home in Australia.[17]

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 9 June 2005 when she completed the first round of the LPGA Championship.[18] At age 30, she became the youngest living person ever to enter the Hall of Fame,[12] 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.[19] She won four other tournaments including the Evian Masters[20] and Mizuno Classic.[21] 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 36 LPGA Tour victories places her twelfth on the list of players with the most career LPGA tournament wins[22] and first among all active players.

Professional wins (50)

LPGA Tour (36)

LPGA majors are shown in bold.

ALPG (11)

LPGA of Japan (3)

Futures Tour (1)

Other (3)

Major championships

Wins (7)

Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runner(s)-up
1999 du Maurier Ltd. Classic -11 (73-72-66-66=277) 3 strokes England Laura Davies
2000 Nabisco Championship -14 (67-70-67-70=274) 10 strokes United States Dottie Pepper
2000 U.S. Women's Open -6 (69-72-68-73=282) 5 strokes United States Cristie Kerr, United States Meg Mallon
2001 McDonald's LPGA Championship -14 (67-64-70-69=270) 2 strokes United States Laura Diaz
2001 U.S. Women's Open -7 (70-65-69-69=273) 8 strokes South Korea Se Ri Pak
2002 Weetabix Women's British Open -15 (66-71-70-66=273) 2 strokes Australia Michelle Ellis, Spain Paula Martí
2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship -9 (70-68-76-65=279) Playoff 1 Mexico Lorena Ochoa

1 Defeated Ochoa with birdie on extra hole

Results timeline

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship T5 29 T7 3 1
LPGA Championship T41 T9 T4 CUT T9
U.S. Women's Open T19 4 T31 7 1
du Maurier Classic ^ T2 T27 T14 1 T7
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Kraft Nabisco Championship T2 7 T21 3 T44 1 T20 T13 T8 T5
LPGA Championship 1 T4 T56 T39 T20 2 2 T29 T49 T5
U.S. Women's Open 1 CUT CUT T16 T31 T37 CUT T38 T34 T17
Women's British Open† T15 1 T3 DNP T11 CUT T28 T9 2 T43

^ The du Maurier Classic was discontinued after the 2000 event.
† Webb won the Women's British Open in 1995 and 1997 before it became an LPGA major.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied for place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Events Cuts
Made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
Finish		 Earnings ($) Rank Scoring
average
1996 25 24 4 5 1 15 1 1,002,000 1 70.86
1997 25 25 3 4 3 20 1 987,606 2 70.00
1998 23 22 2 1 3 13 1 704,477 4 70.52
1999 25 23 6 6 4 22 1 1,591,959 1 69.43
2000 22 22 7 3 1 17 1 1,876,853 1 70.05
2001 22 22 3 4 0 13 1 1,535,404 3 70.16
2002 21 20 2 0 3 12 1 1,009,760 5 70.33
2003 23 21 1 1 1 12 1 780,239 11 70.39
2004 22 21 1 1 2 8 1 748,316 9 70.53
2005 21 20 0 1 0 5 2 500,268 27 71.52
2006 21 20 5 3 1 13 1 2,090,113 2 70.11
2007 21 19 0 1 1 6 2 630,030 22 71.93
2008 20 19 0 2 1 6 2 854,562 18 71.24
2009 25 18 1 2 0 6 1 968,098 12 71.26
2010 4 4 0 0 0 2 T4 152,274 11 71.13

Honours

Webb was awarded the Centenary Medal on 1 January 2001.[23]

On 26 January 2010 Webb was appointed an Member of the Order of Australia for service to golf, and to the community as a benefactor and supporter of a range of health and disability organisations.[24]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Notable Past Players". International Golf Federation. http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/History/notables.html. Retrieved 2007-04-04. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Karrie Webb Player Profile". ALPG (Australian Ladies Professional Golf). http://www.alpgtour.com/player_profile_details.asp?refxml=profile354.xml. Retrieved 2007-04-04. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Karrie Webb Full Career Bio". LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association). http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Webb-07.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-04. 
  4. ↑ "Annual Money Leaders". LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association). http://www.lpga.com/content/MoneyLeaders.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-04. 
  5. ↑ "Vare Trophy Winners". LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association). http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=2499. Retrieved 2007-03-07. 
  6. ↑ "ESPY Awards past winners". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/espy2005/s/pastwinners.html. Retrieved 2007-04-04. 
  7. ↑ "Rolex Player of the Year Winners". LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association). http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=2500&mid=2. Retrieved 2007-03-07. 
  8. ↑ Lisa D. Mickey (2000-09-15). "Karrie weaving her own 'Webb'". Golf World. http://web.archive.org/web/20030516222314/http://www.golfdigest.com/newsandtour/index.ssf?/newsandtour/karrie_w_tcsfk0dc.html. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
  9. ↑ "Australia win women's world cup". BBC Sport. 2000-12-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/golf/1052481.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
  10. ↑ "27th Australian Sport Awards Overview". AustralianSportAwards.com. http://www.australiansportawards.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload_2006/2006_Awards_Overview.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-04. 
  11. ↑ "Nelson, Webb & Woods gain Writers Awards". Golf Today. http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news00/writersawards.html. Retrieved 2007-04-05. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Youngest member of the World Golf Hall of Fame". LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association). http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=5130&mid=2. Retrieved 2007-04-04. 
  13. ↑ Michael Arkush (2001-07-31). "Golf; Woods and Sorenstam Capture a Sloppy Battle". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/31/sports/golf-woods-and-sorenstam-capture-a-sloppy-battle.html. Retrieved 2009-03-31. 
  14. ↑ Martin Park (2002-08-11). "Webb cruises to sixth major victory". LET Ladies European Tour. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4618. Retrieved 2007-04-04. 
  15. ↑ "Webb's comeback is the stuff of golf legends". Worldgolf.com. 2006-08-03. http://www.worldgolf.com/magazine/archive-2006/aug03.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-05. 
  16. ↑ Martin Park (2005-02-10). "Women's World Cup of Golf set for Friday". LET Ladies European Tour. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3682. Retrieved 2007-04-04. 
  17. ↑ Martin Park (2005-02-27). "Miyazato caught in Karrie's Webb". LET Ladies European Tour. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3736. Retrieved 2007-04-05. 
  18. ↑ "Karrie Webb enters the Hall of Fame". LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association). http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=4047&mid=2. Retrieved 2007-04-04. 
  19. ↑ "Webb comes from behind to win second Kraft Nabisco Championship". LET Ladies European Tour. 2006-04-03. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=5269. Retrieved 2007-04-04. 
  20. ↑ "Webb wins Evian". LET Ladies European Tour. 2006-07-30. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=6727. Retrieved 2007-04-04. 
  21. ↑ "Webb ends Sörenstam's Mizuno streak". USA Today. 2006-11-05. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2006-11-05-mizuno-final-round_x.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-05. 
  22. ↑ "Official Career Wins". LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association). http://www.lpga.com/content/OfficialWins.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-07. 
  23. ↑ "Karrie Webb". Australian Honours Database. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1125686&search_type=quick&showInd=true. Retrieved 26 January 2010. 
  24. ↑ "Karrie Webb AM". Australian Honours Database. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1141852&search_type=quick&showInd=true. Retrieved 26 January 2010. 

External links

Dinah Shore/Kraft Nabisco Championship champions

1983 Amy Alcott · 1984 Juli Inkster† · 1985 Alice Miller · 1986 Pat Bradley · 1987 Betsy King · 1988 Amy Alcott · 1989 Juli Inkster · 1990 Betsy King† · 1991 Amy Alcott · 1992 Dottie Mochrie† · 1993 Helen Alfredsson · 1994 Donna Andrews · 1995 Nanci Bowen · 1996 Patty Sheehan · 1997 Betsy King · 1998 Pat Hurst · 1999 Dottie Pepper · 2000 Karrie Webb · 2001 Annika Sörenstam · 2002 Annika Sörenstam · 2003 Patricia Meunier-Lebouc · 2004 Grace Park · 2005 Annika Sörenstam · 2006 Karrie Webb† · 2007 Morgan Pressel · 2008 Lorena Ochoa · 2009 Brittany Lincicome · 2010 Yani Tseng
† indicates the event was won in a playoff
LPGA Championship champions

1955 Beverly Hanson · 1956 Marlene Hagge† · 1957 Louise Suggs 1958 Mickey Wright · 1959 Betsy Rawls · 1960 Mickey Wright · 1961 Mickey Wright · 1962 Judy Kimball · 1963 Mickey Wright · 1964 Mary Mills · 1965 Sandra Haynie · 1966 Gloria Ehret · 1967 Kathy Whitworth · 1968 Sandra Post† · 1969 Betsy Rawls · 1970 Shirley Englehorn† · 1971 Kathy Whitworth · 1972 Kathy Ahern · 1973 Mary Mills · 1974 Sandra Haynie · 1975 Kathy Whitworth · 1976 Betty Burfeindt · 1977 Hisako Higuchi · 1978 Nancy Lopez · 1979 Donna Caponi · 1980 Sally Little · 1981 Donna Caponi · 1982 Jan Stephenson · 1983 Patty Sheehan · 1984 Patty Sheehan · 1985 Nancy Lopez · 1986 Pat Bradley · 1987 Jane Geddes · 1988 Sherri Turner · 1989 Nancy Lopez · 1990 Beth Daniel · 1991 Meg Mallon · 1992 Betsy King · 1993 Patty Sheehan · 1994 Laura Davies · 1995 Kelly Robbins · 1996 Laura Davies · 1997 Christa Johnson† · 1998 Se Ri Pak · 1999 Juli Inkster · 2000 Juli Inkster† · 2001 Karrie Webb · 2002 Se Ri Pak · 2003 Annika Sörenstam† · 2004 Annika Sörenstam · 2005 Annika Sörenstam · 2006 Se Ri Pak† · 2007 Suzann Pettersen · 2008 Yani Tseng† · 2009 Anna Nordqvist · 2010 Cristie Kerr ·
† indicates the event was won in a playoff
U.S. Women's Open champions

1946 Patty Berg∞ · 1947 Betty Jameson · 1948 Babe Zaharias · 1949 Louise Suggs · 1950 Babe Zaharias · 1951 Betsy Rawls · 1952 Louise Suggs · 1953 Betsy Rawls† · 1954 Babe Zaharias · 1955 Fay Crocker · 1956 Kathy Cornelius† · 1957 Betsy Rawls 1958 Mickey Wright · 1959 Mickey Wright · 1960 Betsy Rawls · 1961 Mickey Wright · 1962 Murle Breer · 1963 Mary Mills · 1964 Mickey Wright† · 1965 Carol Mann · 1966 Sandra Spuzich · 1967 Catherine LaCoste# · 1968 Susie Berning · 1969 Donna Caponi · 1970 Donna Caponi · 1971 JoAnne Carner · 1972 Susie Berning · 1973 Susie Berning · 1974 Sandra Haynie · 1975 Sandra Palmer · 1976 JoAnne Carner† · 1977 Hollis Stacy · 1978 Hollis Stacy · 1979 Jerilyn Britz · 1980 Amy Alcott · 1981 Pat Bradley · 1982 Janet Anderson · 1983 Jan Stephenson · 1984 Hollis Stacy · 1985 Kathy Baker · 1986 Jane Geddes† · 1987 Laura Davies† · 1988 Liselotte Neumann · 1989 Betsy King · 1990 Betsy King · 1991 Meg Mallon · 1992 Patty Sheehan† · 1993 Lauri Merten · 1994 Patty Sheehan · 1995 Annika Sörenstam · 1996 Annika Sörenstam · 1997 Alison Nicholas · 1998 Se Ri Pak† · 1999 Juli Inkster · 2000 Karrie Webb · 2001 Karrie Webb · 2002 Juli Inkster · 2003 Hilary Lunke† · 2004 Meg Mallon · 2005 Birdie Kim · 2006 Annika Sörenstam† · 2007 Cristie Kerr · 2008 Inbee Park · 2009 Eun-Hee Ji · 2010 Paula Creamer
† indicates the event was won in a playoff # indicates the event was won by and amateur ∞ indicates the event was won in match-play
Women's British Open champions

2001 Se Ri Pak · 2002 Karrie Webb · 2003 Annika Sörenstam · 2004 Karen Stupples · 2005 Jang Jeong · 2006 Sherri Steinhauer · 2007 Lorena Ochoa · 2008 Jiyai Shin · 2009 Catriona Matthew · 2010 Yani Tseng
Canadian Women's Open (Peter Jackson/du Maurier Classic) champions

1979 Amy Alcott · 1980 Pat Bradley · 1981 Jan Stephenson · 1982 Sandra Haynie · 1983 Hollis Stacy · 1984 Juli Inkster · 1985 Pat Bradley · 1986 Pat Bradley† · 1987 Jody Rosenthal · 1988 Sally Little · 1989 Tammie Green · 1990 Cathy Johnston · 1991 Nancy Scranton · 1992 Sherri Steinhauer · 1993 Brandie Burton† · 1994 Martha Nause · 1995 Jenny Lidback · 1996 Laura Davies · 1997 Colleen Walker · 1998 Brandie Burton · 1999 Karrie Webb · 2000 Meg Mallon
† indicates the event was won in a playoff
Women's Career Grand Slam Champion Golfers
1957 Louise Suggs (1) • 1962 Mickey Wright (1) • 1963 Mickey Wright (2) • 1986 Pat Bradley (1) • 1999 Juli Inkster (1) • 2001 Karrie Webb (1) • 2003 Annika Sörenstam (1)
Female golfers who have won 2 or more major championships in one year
1946 Louise Suggs (2) • 1948 Patty Berg (2) • 1949 Louise Suggs (2) • 1950 Babe Zaharias (3) • 1955 Patty Berg (2) • 1957 Patty Berg (2) • 1958 Mickey Wright (2) • 1959 Betsy Rawls (2) • 1961 Mickey Wright (3) • 1962 Mickey Wright (2) • 1963 Mickey Wright (2) • 1967 Kathy Whitworth (2) • 1974 Sandra Haynie (2) • 1984 Juli Inkster (2) • 1986 Pat Bradley (3) • 1990 Betsy King (2) • 1991 Meg Mallon (2) • 1996 Laura Davies (2) • 1998 Se Ri Pak (2) • 1999 Juli Inkster (2) • 2000 Karrie Webb (2) • 2001 Karrie Webb (2) • 2003 Annika Sörenstam (2) • 2005 Annika Sörenstam (2) • 2010 Yani Tseng (2)