Article: GOLF: Sorenstam rivalry renewed at LPGA Tour s Takefuji Classic


AAP Sports News (Australia)
02-08-2001
GOLF: Sorenstam rivalry renewed at LPGA Tour s Takefuji Classic

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii, Feb 7 AFP - The best rivalry in golf resumes this week when Annika
Sorenstam of Sweden tries to dethrone Karrie Webb of Australia at the LPGA Tour's Takefuji
Classic.

Sorenstam will make her season debut and try to prevent Webb from defending her title
and breaking into the 2001 winner's column at the tournament, which runs from Thursday
through Saturday.

At the inaugural event, Webb defeated Sorenstam on the first hole of a sudden-death
playoff to become the first LPGA Tour player to win three straight starts since JoAnne
Carner in 1982.

It marked the first of ...

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