Krystle Caithness and Vikki Laing make top 20 in Australia
Karrie Webb wins ANZ Masters by six shots
FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Australian Karrie Webb won her seventh ANZ Ladies Masters title at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast in Australia today.
The 35-year-old Queenslander shot a final round 11-under 61 for a six-stroke victory over her compatriot, the 2009 champion, Katherine Hull and South Korean Bo-Mee Lee.
Webb began the final round one stroke ahead of Hull and Lee, but fired off nine birdies and an eagle to extinguish their final round challenge.
She eventually finished at 26-under 262, matching her own tournament record from 1999.
Webb was pressed hard by Hull, who reeled off four birdies in her first six holes. However, Webb holed a nine-iron approach from 125 yards for eagle on the par-four seventh, to be five-under-par through seven holes.
Webb birdied the ninth, with five more birdies over the back nine. She rolled in a 30 foot putt on 18 for her ninth birdie of the day and bettered the course record set in 2009 by Kristie Smith by a shot. She also equalled the all-time lowest round record on the Ladies European Tour.
“As soon as I hit it, and that’s how good the putter’s feeling in my hands, as soon as I made contact with it I knew I had a chance,” said Webb, who revealed that she had thought about shooting a 59.
“I was saying at the presentation when I stood on 16 and I knew I had a four-shot lead and I was trying to work out how many under I was and I couldn’t work it out. But I thought I was at 10 under. I had a good birdie chance on 16… the thought went through my mind that if I birdied the last three I could shoot a 59 and I just went ‘I am too tired to think about that, to even get nervous about that. If it happens, it happens.’ So no, it feels great to play the way I have, this whole week.”
Webb was pushed early on by Hull, whose final round of 66 included eight birdies over her first 12 holes, however she bogeyed the second and 17th.
Lee’s matching number of 66 included four birdies and an eagle at the ninth, sealing a flawless score card with no bogeys all week.
Hull said: “Karrie just played absolutely flawless golf and, yeah, you can never rule out a hall of fame player can you?
“It was just rock solid, she was swinging it well all day and obviously rolling them from everywhere, so, I actually, I felt pretty good out there, I felt like I could give it a good crack and then I just couldn’t make a putt coming in, so that’s just the way golf goes, but, yeah, it was just an absolute clinic on Karrie’s part.”
It certainly was. Webb took a three-stroke lead with four to play when she birdied the 14th and hit two great shots just off the back edge at the par five 15th moving four ahead of Hull at ten under for the day.
When Hull bogeyed the 17th Webb was about to enjoy the thrill of a five shot lead playing the last hole.
Webb said that the win rated highly amongst her 46 career titles. “It’s very high up there. The quality of golf today was unbelievable, I’m sure you were watching but Katherine, she was pushing me all the way. Just when I thought I had created a little bit of breathing room she would come right back at me with a birdie and, I’m actually really, really exhausted,” she said.
Seo-Hee Kyung finished alone in 4th position at 19-under with fifth placed So-Yeon Ryu a further four strokes back in 5th.
Denmark’s Iben Tinning was the best placed European player at 14-under in a share of sixth with Australian Tamie Durdin.
The previous week’s Pegasus New Zealand Women’s Open champion Laura Davies finished with a 71 for a share of 25th place.
She will defend her Handa Australian Women’s Open title next week at Commonwealth Golf Club in Melbourne against a quality field including Webb.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
Players from Australia unless stated
262 Karrie Webb 68 69 64 61
268 Bo-Mee Lee (South Korea) 69 70 63 66, Katherine Hull 67 70 65 66
269 Hee Kyung Seo (South Korea) 69 68 66 66
273 So yeon Ryu (South Korea) 70 67 66 70
274 Iben Tinning (Denmark) 70 68 68 68, Tamie Durdin 69 68 72 65
275 Lindsey Wright 71 71 66 67, Stacy Lewis (US) 69 69 69 68, Amanda Blumenherst (US) 66 69 70 70
276 Yani Tseng (Taiwan) 71 67 67 71, Anna Nordqvist (Sweden) 68 70 69 69
277 Eun Hee Ji (South Korea) 71 68 68 70
278 Vicky Hurst (US) 68 71 69 70, Stefanie Michl (Austria) 71 68 70 69, Brittany Lincicome (US) 72 71 69 66, Sarah-Jane Smith 70 68 70 70, Sandra Gal (Germany) 71 70 67 70
279 Vikki Laing (Scotland) 69 71 72 67, Rebecca Flood 70 72 67 70, Florentyna Parker (England) 69 70 71 69, Krystle Caithness (Scotland) 72 69 67 71, Hee Young Park (South Korea) 73 68 67 71, Kristie Smith 68 74 68 69
280 Virginine Lagoutte-Clement (France) 72 69 68 71, Laura Davies (England) 70 70 69 71, Jeong Jang (South Korea) 70 68 70 72, Karine Icher (France) 70 69 73 68, Mina Harigae (US) 73 70 71 66
281 Taylor Leon (US) 70 71 71 69, Nikki Garrett 69 72 70 70, Sophie Gustafson (Sweden) 72 68 73 68, Katie Futcher (US) 73 68 71 69, Soo-jin Yang (South Korea) 72 72 69 68
282 Karen Lunn 72 71 69 70, Jeong Eun Lee (South Korea) 72 67 72 71, Pernilla Lindberg (Sweden) 70 73 71 68, Sarah Kemp 72 69 71 70
283 He-yong Choi (South Korea) 72 69 68 74, Azahara Munoz (Spain) 74 68 70 71, Tania Elosegui (Spain) 71 67 73 72, Ji-na Lim (South Korea) 69 66 75 73, Becky Brewerton (Wales) 68 74 72 69, Diana D'Alessio (US) 72 70 74 67, Louise Stahle (Sweden) 73 66 77 67, Ursula Wikstrom (Finland) 70 74 68 71
284 Caroline Afonso (France) 69 72 71 72, Giulia Sergas (Italy) 73 70 70 71, Elizabeth Bennett (England) 71 72 69 72, Bo kyung Kim (South Korea) 71 71 70 72
285 Hye youn Kim (South Korea) 70 71 70 74, Becky Morgan (Wales) 72 72 68 73, Janice Moodie (Scotland) 74 70 73 68
287 Vicky Hermina Thomas 73 68 73 73, Shin-ae Ahn (South Korea) 76 68 73 70, Ran Hong (South Korea) 74 67 71 75, You-na Park (South Korea) 73 71 69 74, Stacy Lee Bregman (South Africa) 73 66 72 76, Christina Kim (US) 71 73 73 70
288 Anna Oh (South Korea) 71 70 74 73, Rebecca Coakley (Ireland) 75 69 71 73, Bomi Suh (US) 72 72 74 70
289 Lynn Kenny (Scotland) 72 71 76 70
290 Jessica Noh 69 72 76 73
291 Ju young Park (South Korea) 74 69 74 74
294 Hazel Kavanagh (Ireland) 72 72 72 78
FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Australian Karrie Webb won her seventh ANZ Ladies Masters title at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast in Australia today.
The 35-year-old Queenslander shot a final round 11-under 61 for a six-stroke victory over her compatriot, the 2009 champion, Katherine Hull and South Korean Bo-Mee Lee.
Webb began the final round one stroke ahead of Hull and Lee, but fired off nine birdies and an eagle to extinguish their final round challenge.
She eventually finished at 26-under 262, matching her own tournament record from 1999.
Webb was pressed hard by Hull, who reeled off four birdies in her first six holes. However, Webb holed a nine-iron approach from 125 yards for eagle on the par-four seventh, to be five-under-par through seven holes.
Webb birdied the ninth, with five more birdies over the back nine. She rolled in a 30 foot putt on 18 for her ninth birdie of the day and bettered the course record set in 2009 by Kristie Smith by a shot. She also equalled the all-time lowest round record on the Ladies European Tour.
“As soon as I hit it, and that’s how good the putter’s feeling in my hands, as soon as I made contact with it I knew I had a chance,” said Webb, who revealed that she had thought about shooting a 59.
“I was saying at the presentation when I stood on 16 and I knew I had a four-shot lead and I was trying to work out how many under I was and I couldn’t work it out. But I thought I was at 10 under. I had a good birdie chance on 16… the thought went through my mind that if I birdied the last three I could shoot a 59 and I just went ‘I am too tired to think about that, to even get nervous about that. If it happens, it happens.’ So no, it feels great to play the way I have, this whole week.”
Webb was pushed early on by Hull, whose final round of 66 included eight birdies over her first 12 holes, however she bogeyed the second and 17th.
Lee’s matching number of 66 included four birdies and an eagle at the ninth, sealing a flawless score card with no bogeys all week.
Hull said: “Karrie just played absolutely flawless golf and, yeah, you can never rule out a hall of fame player can you?
“It was just rock solid, she was swinging it well all day and obviously rolling them from everywhere, so, I actually, I felt pretty good out there, I felt like I could give it a good crack and then I just couldn’t make a putt coming in, so that’s just the way golf goes, but, yeah, it was just an absolute clinic on Karrie’s part.”
It certainly was. Webb took a three-stroke lead with four to play when she birdied the 14th and hit two great shots just off the back edge at the par five 15th moving four ahead of Hull at ten under for the day.
When Hull bogeyed the 17th Webb was about to enjoy the thrill of a five shot lead playing the last hole.
Webb said that the win rated highly amongst her 46 career titles. “It’s very high up there. The quality of golf today was unbelievable, I’m sure you were watching but Katherine, she was pushing me all the way. Just when I thought I had created a little bit of breathing room she would come right back at me with a birdie and, I’m actually really, really exhausted,” she said.
Seo-Hee Kyung finished alone in 4th position at 19-under with fifth placed So-Yeon Ryu a further four strokes back in 5th.
Denmark’s Iben Tinning was the best placed European player at 14-under in a share of sixth with Australian Tamie Durdin.
The previous week’s Pegasus New Zealand Women’s Open champion Laura Davies finished with a 71 for a share of 25th place.
She will defend her Handa Australian Women’s Open title next week at Commonwealth Golf Club in Melbourne against a quality field including Webb.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
Players from Australia unless stated
262 Karrie Webb 68 69 64 61
268 Bo-Mee Lee (South Korea) 69 70 63 66, Katherine Hull 67 70 65 66
269 Hee Kyung Seo (South Korea) 69 68 66 66
273 So yeon Ryu (South Korea) 70 67 66 70
274 Iben Tinning (Denmark) 70 68 68 68, Tamie Durdin 69 68 72 65
275 Lindsey Wright 71 71 66 67, Stacy Lewis (US) 69 69 69 68, Amanda Blumenherst (US) 66 69 70 70
276 Yani Tseng (Taiwan) 71 67 67 71, Anna Nordqvist (Sweden) 68 70 69 69
277 Eun Hee Ji (South Korea) 71 68 68 70
278 Vicky Hurst (US) 68 71 69 70, Stefanie Michl (Austria) 71 68 70 69, Brittany Lincicome (US) 72 71 69 66, Sarah-Jane Smith 70 68 70 70, Sandra Gal (Germany) 71 70 67 70
279 Vikki Laing (Scotland) 69 71 72 67, Rebecca Flood 70 72 67 70, Florentyna Parker (England) 69 70 71 69, Krystle Caithness (Scotland) 72 69 67 71, Hee Young Park (South Korea) 73 68 67 71, Kristie Smith 68 74 68 69
280 Virginine Lagoutte-Clement (France) 72 69 68 71, Laura Davies (England) 70 70 69 71, Jeong Jang (South Korea) 70 68 70 72, Karine Icher (France) 70 69 73 68, Mina Harigae (US) 73 70 71 66
281 Taylor Leon (US) 70 71 71 69, Nikki Garrett 69 72 70 70, Sophie Gustafson (Sweden) 72 68 73 68, Katie Futcher (US) 73 68 71 69, Soo-jin Yang (South Korea) 72 72 69 68
282 Karen Lunn 72 71 69 70, Jeong Eun Lee (South Korea) 72 67 72 71, Pernilla Lindberg (Sweden) 70 73 71 68, Sarah Kemp 72 69 71 70
283 He-yong Choi (South Korea) 72 69 68 74, Azahara Munoz (Spain) 74 68 70 71, Tania Elosegui (Spain) 71 67 73 72, Ji-na Lim (South Korea) 69 66 75 73, Becky Brewerton (Wales) 68 74 72 69, Diana D'Alessio (US) 72 70 74 67, Louise Stahle (Sweden) 73 66 77 67, Ursula Wikstrom (Finland) 70 74 68 71
284 Caroline Afonso (France) 69 72 71 72, Giulia Sergas (Italy) 73 70 70 71, Elizabeth Bennett (England) 71 72 69 72, Bo kyung Kim (South Korea) 71 71 70 72
285 Hye youn Kim (South Korea) 70 71 70 74, Becky Morgan (Wales) 72 72 68 73, Janice Moodie (Scotland) 74 70 73 68
287 Vicky Hermina Thomas 73 68 73 73, Shin-ae Ahn (South Korea) 76 68 73 70, Ran Hong (South Korea) 74 67 71 75, You-na Park (South Korea) 73 71 69 74, Stacy Lee Bregman (South Africa) 73 66 72 76, Christina Kim (US) 71 73 73 70
288 Anna Oh (South Korea) 71 70 74 73, Rebecca Coakley (Ireland) 75 69 71 73, Bomi Suh (US) 72 72 74 70
289 Lynn Kenny (Scotland) 72 71 76 70
290 Jessica Noh 69 72 76 73
291 Ju young Park (South Korea) 74 69 74 74
294 Hazel Kavanagh (Ireland) 72 72 72 78
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