Karrie Webb News

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. Second-place Wei Yun-jye of Taiwan, who trailed the Australian by one shot after the second round and played with Webb in the final group Saturday, had a 1-under 71 and was one of only seven golfers to break par in tough ...

Paula Creamer walked to the 18th tee knowing par would, at worst, get her into a playoff for the last spot in the ADT Championship's final round and made birdie. Creamer's four-foot putt on Saturday's last hole ensured she'd be one of eight players competing for a record US$1 million first-prize cheque at the LPGA Tour's season-ending event. But Creamer said she didn't spend her day fixating on the chance to play for the money. ``Today was more ...

Karrie Webb ended Annika Sorenstam's Mizuno Classic winning streak at five Sunday, closing with a 6-under 66 for a four-stroke victory over Kaori Higo in Japan's lone LPGA Tour event. Sorenstam shot a 70 to finish five strokes back at 9-under 207 on the Kashikojima Country Club course. The Swedish star also failed in her second attempt in a month to win an LPGA Tour event a record six times. Sorenstam began her streak in 2001 at Musashigaoka ...

Annika Sorenstam gave Karrie Webb a bit of a scare in the final round of the Longs Drugs Challenge. Ahead by five strokes at the start of the round, Webb needed to par the final five holes Sunday for a 2-under 70 and one-stroke victory over Sorenstam, the Swedish star who made things interesting with a 65. Webb won her LPGA Tour-leading fourth title of the year and pushed her ...

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 ...