Karrie Webb

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Karrie Anne Webb (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian professional golfer, and is Australia's best female player and one of the most successful players of all time. She has won a large number of major championships, including the Women's British Open in 1995, 1997, and 2002, and the U.S. Women's Open in 2000 and 2001, amongst a number of other tournaments.

Webb grew up in Ayr in Queensland, and still maintains a residence there. She began her professional golfing career in 1994, joining the US LPGA tour in 1996.

She qualified for the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000, but was not eligible for induction until she completed her 10th year on the LPGA tour in 2005. Webb met the 10-year criterion on June 9, 2005 when she completed the first round of the LPGA Championship, her 10th start in that year. She will become the youngest living person ever to enter the Hall of Fame, and will keep that distinction until 2007, when fellow LPGA star and Hall of Fame qualifier Se Ri Pak completes her 10th year on tour. (The 19th century great Tom Morris, Jr., who was elected in 1975, died at age 24.) Karrie Webb currently has endorsement deals with Epson, Srixon Golf, Oakley, and Scudder Investments. In 2003 Webb was outed as lesbian by an Australian journalist. Webb is currently involved in a relationship with fellow LPGA player Kelly Robbins

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Kraft Nabisco Championship T5 29 T7 3 1 T2 7 T21 3 T44
LPGA Championship T41 T9 T4 CUT T9 1 T4 T56 T39 T20
U.S. Women's Open T19 4 T31 7 1 1 CUT CUT T16 T31
du Maurier Classic ^ T2 T27 T14 1 T7
Women's British Open T15 1 T3 DNP T11

^ 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
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

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