Webb extends lead, keen on top ranking
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Australian veteran Karrie Webb said she was capable of a sensational rise to world No. 1 as she extended her brilliant run of form by taking a two-shot lead at the HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore yesterday.
Webb, a 40-time LPGA tour winner, used all her experience as she recovered from two late bogeys to return a solid 3-under-par 69 for an aggregate score of 9-under 135.
Webb, 39, topped the leaderboard two strokes ahead of fellow former winner Angela Stanford, 36, the American recording a 69 on day two. Chinese Taipei’s Teresa Lu was a shot further back in lone third.
“Two old ducks, I guess,” said Webb sarcastically, referring to the top two. “Did you ask any of the young players if it’s hard to play against girls in their 30s?”
Webb has been the form player early in the season, upstaging youngsters, including New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, 16, and winning the Women’s Australian Open with a final-day charge.
And Webb, already ranked seventh, admitted that reaching No. 1 was a possibility. She has not held the position since the official rankings were devised in 2006, and last topped the LPGA money list in 2000.
“I’ll just try and focus on playing good and wherever that takes me, it takes me,” she said. “Fifteen years ago I woke up and I was going to do whatever it took to be No. 1. I know I’m capable of doing that but it’s not something I live and die for.”
Norway’s Suzann Pettersen, who has a chance of becoming world No. 1 if she wins this week, drained a 40-foot eagle putt on the last hole for 70 and a share of ninth, six shots behind Webb. South Korean Park In-bee, who is clinging to the top ranking after a reign of 46 weeks, was level-par for the day to leave her one behind Pettersen in joint 13th.
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