The 10 Greatest Major Moments

In a desperate effort to inject some much-needed inspiration into his own floundering game, Mak Lok-lin recalls the greatest events in Major championship history in this, the second installment of his “Top-10 Series”

 

9 Karrie Webb

     2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Mission Hills Country Club

 

Despite amassing almost 50 tournament wins in an outstanding career, Karrie Webb hadn’t won a Major since the 2002 British Open and was seen as a spent force when she arrived in Rancho Mirage for the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship. Starting the final round seven strokes adrift of the leaders, the Aussie put all that to one side as she rolled back the years with a stunning round of 65, which ended incredibly with her holing a wedge from 116-yards for eagle and a playoff berth against Lorena Ochoa. Hailed as the most exciting end to a round in LPGA Tour history, Webb would go on to take the title on the first extra hole. The win marked Webb’s return as a global force, and she won four more tournaments in 2006, becoming only the third player to win more than $2 million in a season.

 

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Written by Mak Lok-lin

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