Webb disqualified at Australian Masters
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Eight-time winner and defending champion Karrie Webb was disqualified from the Australian Ladies Masters yesterday for signing an incorrect scorecard after the second round.
American Cheyenne Woods, niece of Tiger Woods, and South African Stacey Lee Bregman both followed first round 69s with six-under second rounds of 67 to lead the European and Australian tour event by a shot at 10-under 136.
Webb signed for a second-straight 1-over 74 which would have made the cut. She quickly notified officials she had made an error, signing for par on the 12th when she had made bogey.
Ladies European Tour tournament director Fraser Munro said “it was quite clear she signed for an incorrect scorecard. She was obviously disappointed.”
“She needs to verify all her 18 hole scores,” Munro said. “That’s her duty. She’s not properly checked her scorecard and left the recording area.”
Woods, bidding for her first professional victory, had an eagle, a bogey and five birdies in her second round 67 at the par-73, 6,577 yards Royal Pines Resort. After a three-putt bogey on her ninth hole Woods, who started at the 10th, sank a 7-iron from the fairway for eagle at the par-4 first.
Bregman had six birdies on an unblemished scorecard to share the lead by a shot from England’s Trish Johnson with Sweden’s Camilla Lennarth, formerly of the University of Alabama, a further shot behind.
“It was a great day today,” Woods said. “I played pretty steady throughout the entire round. “My putter was working really well for me and I was hitting the ball well so, like I said, it was just a steady day. The highlight was definitely my No. 10, holing from the fairway.”
Bregman played almost her entire round without an 8-iron after breaking the club against a tree on the first hole.
“I had quite a few shots which needed an 8-iron but I just had to improvise,” she said. “I just had to grip down on a 7-iron or hit a hard 9-iron.”
In Pebble Beach, California, Andrew Loupe had to wait three hours to tee off at the PGA Tour’s Pebble Beach National Pro-Am because of rain on Thursday, and then he played bogey-free for an 8-under 63.
Rain soaked the area in the morning and with puddles quickly forming on the greens, play had to be called off at the three courses hosting the tournament: the Shore Course at Monterey Peninsula, Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill.
Monterey Peninsula played the easiest, and Loupe took advantage. He missed only one fairway and only two of his birdies were over 10 feet. The 25-year-old has not made the cut in five starts his rookie season. Loupe might not even have a PGA Tour card except for his tie for sixth in the last event of the Web.com Tour Finals. He had missed the cut in his previous three “Finals” event.
Stuart Appleby, Jim Renner, Richard Lee and Scott Gardiner had 65s at Monterey Peninsula. Phil Mickelson, a four-time champion, was at 5-under par through 15 holes when the round was stopped because of darkness.
Pebble Beach played the toughest. Jimmy Walker, already a two-time winner this season, got up-and-down for birdie on the 18th for a 66.
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