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U.S. LPGA Tour starts this week

KAHUKU (Hawaii): The U.S. LPGA Tour finally gets underway this week, ending 88 days without a shot that counted toward official money.

The last shot of the 2006 season was worth $1 million to Julieta Granada of Paraguay, who captured the ADT championship in Florida. Most eyes at the SBS Open in Hawaii on Thursday will be on Lorena Ochoa, coming off a six-victory season that allowed her to supplant Annika Sorenstam as U.S. LPGA player of the year.

But one player already brings a load of momentum to Turtle Bay. Karrie Webb became almost an afterthought at the end of last season because of the Ochoa-Sorenstam dynamics. But she had a year to remember — five victories and her seventh career major when she won the Kraft Nabisco championship in a play-off with Ochoa. Webb lost another major in a play-off, and went over $2 million in earnings. — AP

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