Courtesy: ALPG At the Women&aposs Australian Open, Katherine Hull declared that her goals for 2009 included reaching the world&aposs top 10 and the news this week has only reinforced that she is well on the way to achieving this. With her runner-up finish at last week s HSBC Women’s Champions event in Singapore, Hull has continued her meteoric rise up the Rolex World Rankings to No. 12. Karrie Webb is currently ranked No.9 in the world. At the end of June 2008, Hull was treading water at No.105 on the rankings and really not going anywhere. Her rise has coincided with her new found confidence since her win at the CN Canadian Women’s Open in August 2008. Since that drought-breaking victory on the toughest women’s tour in world golf, she was victorious at the recent ANZ Ladies Masters, has had four runner-up finishes, and finished in the Top-10 on a further six occasions. She also starred in the International Team at the Lexus Cup where she was unbeaten in her three matches; the only player to do so. Hull s superb finish to the 2008 season saw her finish 13th on the LPGA Official Money List with US$1,045,619.00 in prizemoney. This saw her named as Australian sport s leading female earner for 2008. Below is a list of results since Hull s first LPGA win in August 2008. 2008 August onwards LPGA TOUR CN Canadian Women’s Open Champion Safeway Classic 4th Bell Micro LPGA Classic Tied 4th Navistar LPGA Classic Tied 11th Samsung World Championship 7th Kapalua LPGA Classic Tied 16th Grand Air China LPGA Tied 23rd Hana Bank KOLON Championship 2nd Lorena Ochoa Invitational Tied 4th ADT Championship Tied 9th Lexus Cup Undefeated 2009 ALPG Tour LG Bing Lee NSW Women’s Open 2nd New Zealand Women’s Open Tied 2nd ANZ Ladies Masters Champion Women’s Australian Open Tied 6th LPGA TOUR Honda LPGA Thailand Tied 40th HSBC Women’s Champions 2nd