Date: February 12, 2009
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LIVE SCORING- Women’s Australian Open

Click here for Women&aposs Australian Open Live Scoring. Four time champion and world number 9 Karrie Webb is chasing a fabulous five Women’s Australian Open titles but a solid list of contenders will make her quest that much harder. Canadian Open champion and world number 26 Katherine Hull, fresh from consecutive runner-up finishes at the LG Bing Lee NSW Women’s Open and Women’s New Zealand Open, will be gunning to secure her first Patricia Bridges Bowl. A host of challengers from overseas will also make Webb s job of defending her title that much harder. France s Gwladys Nocera, fresh from winning the Women’s NZ Open by six shots will also be in the hunt to make her s the first international name on the trophy since Laura Davies victory at Concord in 2004. Tournament Director Trevor Herden said he was excited about the contenders building to take on Australia s undisputed Queen of golf. Karrie has such an illustrious history with this championship but she ll have some serious competition this year to retain her title, Herden said. We ll have six of the top 10 players on the Ladies European Tour Money List in Melbourne- these girls have proven in 2008 that they know how to win.