She's a truly remarkable golfer; a Hall of Famer, currently third in world, and one of the best ever to come out of Australia...but yet, even among golf fans, she's not well known.Karrie Webb is the antithesis of the Golf Girls I so often feature on these pages...the fun, flirty, fashionable ones who really work their looks and personalities.
No, from what I've seen and heard, Karrie's just not into that. She's quite shy and intensely private. Some have called her cold, others say she's grumpy, and she definitely makes far less from endorsements then players half as good as she is.
However Karrie's amazing victory at the Australian Women's Open last weekend, and a prospective repeat at the end of this week when she defends her ANZ Masters Crown has the potential to put her back out there again and despite her lack of glitter and glitz, I think there are quite a few golf fans who'd be happy with that.
substance over style. ooo ra!
ReplyDeleteKarrie Webb is one of the best female golfer ever but she's had two things going against her: Her overly reserved, perceived-as-arrogant personality and the fact that she was play in the Annika Sorenstam era (not that Annika has the most annimated personality herself).
ReplyDeleteAnitglitz = Antiinterest, at least in today's world.
ReplyDeleteJust read that they canceled tomorrow (which is today over there) because the course was too wet. We'll have to wait till Friday (which is tomorrow over there) to see what Karrie does. Time dif is confusing ;)
ReplyDeleteOK, now can we have Jan Stephenson back?
ReplyDeleteKarrie Webb, now you are talking ...just the mention of her name signifies Women's Golf..Put Kerrie and Jan Stephenson, and of course TheGolfGirl, in my foursome anytime..
ReplyDeleteHer personality reminds me of Duval a bit--but her record is like Mickelson's (with way more majors). I think she won over a lot of new fans with her comeback year in '06 and her reaction to The Shot. But it's gotta grate on her being #2 to Sorenstam for so many years and now to Ochoa. At least from preseason comments in the media about being less hard on herself this year, that's what I gather.
ReplyDeleteI was a volunteer at the Australian Women's Open and saw the magnificent victory of Karrie Webb. In fact she birdied "my" hole the 17th on her way to winning. She made a visit to the Volunteers tent after the presentation and was charming, generous and warm with her thanks to the volunteers and posed for lots of photos.I'm a fan - Marion
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