Karrie Webb

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Karrie Webb
LPGA Vare Trophy
1997, 1999, 2000
LPGA
Achievement Award		2000
GWAA Female
Player of the Year		2000
William and Mousie
Powell Award		2016

Karrie Anne Webb

ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame
. She has 41 wins on the LPGA Tour, more than any other active player.

Early life and amateur career

Webb at the 2007 Women's British Open

Webb was born in

World Amateur Golf Team Championships.[2] This was the year she became the Australian Stroke Play Champion[3]

Professional career

Webb began her professional golfing career in 1994 playing on the

LPGA Tour after she finished second at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, despite playing with a broken bone in her wrist.[4]

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 became the first LPGA player to win $1 million mark in a single season, topping the year end money list.

LPGA Rookie of the Year.[4]

In 1997 Webb won three times on the LPGA Tour including another win at the Weetabix Women's British Open, won her first

LPGA Tour Player of the Year award.[8]

Webb also took part in the largest playoff in LPGA Tour history at the 1999

Se Ri Pak birdied the first sudden death playoff hole to defeat Webb, Mardi Lunn, Carin Koch, Sherri Steinhauer, and Kelli Kuehne.[10]

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.[11] Teamed with Rachel Hetherington representing Australia she won the Women's World Cup in Malaysia,[12] was awarded the preeminent sport award in Australia, the Dawn Fraser Award.[13] and was named Female Player of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of America.[14]

She successfully defended her

Battle at Bighorn between the two best male and two best female players in the world. At the time, it provided women's golf its largest audience ever.[16] 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.[17]

Webb then 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[18] although she did team up with Rachel Hetherington to represent Australia at the Women's World Cup of Golf[19] and won her fifth ANZ Ladies Masters title back home in Australia.[20]

Webb qualified for entry to the

Se Ri Pak
was inducted.

Webb staged a comeback season in 2006. In the final round at the

Evian Masters[23] and Mizuno Classic.[24] 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 41 LPGA Tour victories places her tied for 10th with

Babe Zaharias on the list of players with the most career LPGA tournament wins[25]
and first among all active players.

Professional wins (56)

LPGA Tour wins (41)

Legend
Major championships (7)
Other LPGA Tour (34)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 20 Aug 1995
Weetabix Women's British Open
1 		−14 (69-70-69-70=278) 6 strokes United States Jill McGill
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
2 21 Jan 1996 HealthSouth Inaugural −7 (70-70-69=209) Playoff United States Jane Geddes
United States Martha Nause
3 5 May 1996
Sprint Titleholders Championship
 −16 (71-65-70-66=272) 1 stroke United States Kelly Robbins
4 15 Sep 1996 Safeco Classic −11 (66-71-71-69=277) 2 shots United States Patty Sheehan
5 24 Nov 1996
ITT LPGA Tour Championship
 −16 (69-70-68-65=272) 4 strokes United States Emilee Klein
United States Nancy Lopez
United States Kelly Robbins
6 20 Apr 1997
Susan G. Komen International
 −12 (72-72-66-66=276) 2 strokes United States Nanci Bowen
United States Cathy Johnston-Forbes
Canada Lorie Kane
7 17 Aug 1997
Weetabix Women's British Open
1 		−19 (65-70-63-71=269) 8 strokes United States Rosie Jones
8 14 Sep 1997 Safeco Classic −16 (67-67-71-67=272) 1 stroke Sweden Annika Sörenstam
9 1 Mar 1998 Australian Ladies Masters2 −16 (69-69-64-70=272) 5 strokes South Korea Hyun Soon Park
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
10 19 Apr 1998
City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic
 −19 (68-66-68-67=269) 3 strokes United States Meg Mallon
11 30 Jan 1999 The Office Depot −10 (67-69-72-70=278) 1 stroke United States Dottie Pepper
United States Kris Tschetter
12 28 Feb 1999 Australian Ladies Masters2 −26 (63-67-64-68=262) 10 strokes Scotland Janice Moodie
13 21 Mar 1999
Standard Register PING
 −14 (68-68-69-69=274) 4 strokes Canada Lorie Kane
14 9 May 1999 Mercury Titleholders Championship −17 (69-66-70-66=271) 3 strokes Sweden Annika Sörenstam
15 13 Jun 1999
Wegmans Rochester International
 −8 (75-67-68-70=280) 1 stroke
Cindy McCurdy
16 1 Aug 1999
du Maurier Classic
 		−11 (73-72-66-66=277) 2 strokes England Laura Davies
17 16 Jan 2000 The Office Depot −7 (65-75-70-71=281) 4 strokes United States Juli Inkster
18 27 Feb 2000 Australian Ladies Masters2 −14 (68-68-70-68=274) 1 stroke Canada Lorie Kane
19 4 Mar 2000 LPGA Takefuji Classic −9 (68-70-69=207) Playoff Sweden Annika Sörenstam
20 26 Mar 2000 Nabisco Championship −14 (67-70-67-70=274) 10 strokes United States Dottie Pepper
21 23 Jul 2000 U.S. Women's Open −6 (69-72-68-73=282) 5 strokes United States Meg Mallon
United States Cristie Kerr
22 27 Aug 2000 Oldsmobile Classic −23 (66-61-66-72=265) 2 strokes United States Meg Mallon
23 22 Oct 2000
AFLAC Champions
 −15 (69-67-68-69=273) Playoff United States Dottie Pepper
24 3 Jun 2001 U.S. Women's Open −7 (70-65-69-69=273) 8 strokes
Se Ri Pak
25 24 Jun 2001 McDonald's LPGA Championship −14 (67-64-70-69=270) 2 strokes United States Laura Diaz
26 18 Nov 2001
Tyco/ADT Championship[26]
 −9 (67-71-73-68=279) 2 strokes Sweden Annika Sörenstam
27 23 Jun 2002
Wegmans Rochester LPGA[27]
 −12 (64-72-72-68=276) 1 stroke
Mi Hyun Kim
28 11 Aug 2002 Weetabix Women's British Open1 −15 (66-71-70-66=273) 2 strokes Australia Michelle Ellis
Spain Paula Martí
29 7 Sep 2003
John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic
 −10 (65-69-66=200) 9 strokes United States Dorothy Delasin
Taiwan Candie Kung
United States Jamie Hullett
United States Tammie Green
30 6 Jun 2004 Kellogg-Keebler Classic −16 (69-64-67=200) 5 strokes Malaysia Siew-Ai Lim
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
31 2 Apr 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship −9 (70-68-76-65=279) Playoff Mexico Lorena Ochoa
32 14 May 2006
Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill
 −14 (66-68-66-70=270) 7 strokes
Hee-Won Han
33 29 Jul 2006
Evian Masters
1 		−16 (67-68-69-68=272) 1 stroke
Michelle Wie
34 24 Sep 2006
Longs Drugs Challenge
 −15 (67-70-66-70=273) 1 stroke Sweden Annika Sörenstam
35 5 Nov 2006
Mizuno Classic
3 		−14 (69-67-66=202) 4 strokes Japan Kaori Higo
36 29 Mar 2009 J Golf Phoenix LPGA International −14 (70-68-69-67=274) 2 strokes South Korea Jiyai Shin
37 27 Feb 2011 HSBC Women's Champions −13 (70-66-70-69=275) 1 stroke Japan Chie Arimura
38 20 Mar 2011
RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup
 −12 (71-67-66=204) 1 stroke United States Brittany Lincicome
United States Paula Creamer
39 2 Jun 2013 ShopRite LPGA Classic −4 (72-69-68=209) 2 strokes China Shanshan Feng
40 16 Feb 2014
ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open
5 		−12 (71-69-68-68=276) 1 stroke South Korea Chella Choi
41 23 Mar 2014
JTBC Founders Cup
 −19 (66-71-69-63=269) 1 stroke New Zealand Lydia Ko
South Korea Mirim Lee
United States Stacy Lewis
Spain Azahara Muñoz
South Korea Amy Yang

LPGA Tour playoff record (4–6)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1996 HealthSouth Inaugural United States Jane Geddes
United States Martha Nause 		Won with par on fourth extra hole
Nause eliminated by par on first hole
2 1997 HealthSouth Inaugural United States Michelle McGann Lost to par on first extra hole
3 1999
Jamie Farr Kroger Classic
Se Ri Pak
United States Sherri Steinhauer
 Pak won with birdie on first extra hole
4 1999
PageNet Championship
Se Ri Pak
 Pak won with birdie on first extra hole
5 2000 LPGA Takefuji Classic Sweden Annika Sörenstam Won with birdie on first extra hole
6 2000
Evian Masters
 Sweden Annika Sörenstam Lost to eagle on first extra hole
7 2000
AFLAC Champions
 United States Dottie Pepper Won with par on first extra hole
8 2006
Kraft Nabisco Championship
 		Mexico Lorena Ochoa Won with birdie on first extra hole
9 2006
McDonald's LPGA Championship
Se Ri Pak
 Lost to birdie on first extra hole
10 2008 Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika
Seon Hwa Lee
 Lost to par on first extra hole

LPGA majors are shown in bold.

ALPG Tour wins (13)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (3)

  • 2000 (1)
    Nichriei World Ladies Cup
  • 2001 (1)
    Nichriei World Ladies Cup
  • 2006 (1)
    Mizuno Classic
    3

Ladies European Tour wins (15)

  • Weetabix Women's British Open
    1
  • Weetabix Women's British Open
    1
  • AAMI Women's Australian Open
    4
  • ANZ Ladies Masters
    4
  • Weetabix Women's British Open
    1
  • ANZ Ladies Masters
    4
  • Evian Masters
    1
  • ANZ Ladies Masters
    4
  • MFS Women's Australian Open
    4
  • ANZ Ladies Masters
    4
  • ISPS Handa Ladies European Masters
  • ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open
    5

Note: Webb won

Evian Masters
) once before it was recognized as a major championship on the LPGA Tour in 2013, but after it was co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour in 2000. Webb won the Women's British Open twice before it was recognized as a major championship on the LPGA Tour in 2001, but after it was co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour in 1994 and once after it was recognized as a major championship in 2001.

Futures Tour wins (1)

  • 1995 Golden Flake Golden Ocala Futures Classic

Other wins (2)

Notes

  • 1 Co-sanctioned by LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
  • 2 Co-sanctioned by LPGA Tour and ALPG Tour
  • 3 Co-sanctioned by LPGA Tour and LPGA of Japan Tour
  • 4 Co-sanctioned by ALPG Tour and Ladies European Tour
  • 5 Co-sanctioned by ALPG Tour, Ladies European Tour, and LPGA Tour

Major championships

Wins (7)

Year Championship Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
1999
du Maurier Classic
 −11 (73-72-66-66=277) 2 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
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 first extra hole

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
ANA Inspiration
 T5 29 T7 3 1
Women's PGA 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
ANA Inspiration
 T2 7 T21 3 T44 1 T20 T13 T8 T5
Women's PGA 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 T11 CUT T28 T9 2 T43
Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
ANA Inspiration
 T13 T15 T5 T11 T29 T56 CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open T6 T50 T13 T30 T14 T46 T44 CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship T20 T6 T33 T25 T7 T50 CUT T47 CUT
The Evian Championship ^^ T15 2 T38 CUT CUT
Women's British Open T22 T5 CUT CUT CUT T5 CUT CUT CUT

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
† Webb won the Women's British Open in 1995 and 1997 before it became an LPGA major.

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration
 2 1 2 8 11 17 23 21
U.S. Women's Open 2 0 0 3 5 10 24 19
Women's PGA Championship 1 2 0 6 10 13 24 21
The Evian Championship 0 1 0 1 1 2 5 3
Women's British Open 1 1 1 5 6 9 18 11
du Maurier Classic
 1 1 0 2 3 4 5 5
Totals 7 6 3 25 36 55 99 80
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 23 (2007 British Open – 2013 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 9 (1999 U.S. Open – 2001 U.S. Open)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
Made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
Finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
1995 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 n/a n/a 69.50 n/a
1996 25 24 4 5 1 15 1 1,002,000 1 70.87 3
1997 25 25 3 4 3 20 1 987,606 2 70.00 1
1998 23 22 2 1 3 13 1 704,477 4 70.52 3
1999 25 23 6 6 4 22 1 1,591,959 1 69.43 1
2000 22 22 7 3 1 17 1 1,876,853 1 70.05 1
2001 22 22 3 4 0 13 1 1,535,404 3 70.16 3
2002 21 20 2 0 4 13 1 1,009,760 5 70.33 3
2003 23 21 1 1 1 12 1 780,239 11 70.39 5
2004 22 21 1 1 2 8 1 748,316 9 70.53 6
2005 21 20 0 1 0 7 2 500,268 27 71.52 16
2006 21 20 5 3 1 13 1 2,090,113 2 70.11 4
2007 21 19 0 1 1 6 2 630,030 22 71.93 18
2008 20 19 0 2 1 6 2 854,562 18 71.24 11
2009 20 18 1 2 0 6 1 968,098 12 71.26 18
2010 19 18 0 0 0 6 T4 479,889 23 71.06 12
2011 20 20 2 0 1 5 1 757,671 14 71.56 17
2012 20 20 0 1 1 7 T2 884,973 12 71.19 18
2013 21 19 1 0 0 6 1 765,880 13 70.64 8
2014 19 18 2 1 1 6 1 1,069,540 8 70.74 12
2015 22 18 0 0 0 3 T5 394,497 43 71.47 34
2016 20 15 0 0 1 3 3 378,876 52 71.49 43
2017 19 9 0 1 0 1 T2 168,498 80 72.56 131
2018 8 5 0 0 0 0 T11 65,055 119 71.68 n/a
2019 9 4 0 0 0 0 T27 25,685 148 73.05 n/a
2020 3 0 0 0 0 0 MC 0 n/a 74.67 n/a
2021 Did not play
2022 3 2 0 0 0 0 T15 23,368 170 73.00 n/a
Totals^ 494 (1996) 444 (1996) 41 37 26 207 (1996) 1 20,293,617 2

^ official as of 13 July 2022[28][29][30]
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year World
ranking		 Source
2006 3 [31]
2007 2 [32]
2008 10 [33]
2009 13 [34]
2010 15 [35]
2011 18 [36]
2012 16 [37]
2013 8 [38]
2014 9 [39]
2015 31 [40]
2016 63 [41]
2017 97 [42]
2018 199 [43]
2019 451 [44]
2020 592 [45]
2021 1165 [46]
2022 790 [47]

Honours

Webb was awarded the Centenary Medal on 1 January 2001.[48]

On 26 January 2010 Webb was appointed a 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.[49]

In January 2018 Webb was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to golf at the elite level as a player, to the development of female golfers, as a mentor and role model, and through charitable and community organisations".[50]

In 2022, she was inducted into Sport Australia Hall of Fame.[51]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

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  51. ^ "2022 SAHOF Inductees & Award Winners". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

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