Teenager Jenson Button was finally given his Formula One opportunity today – and

Teenager Jenson Button was finally given his Formula One opportunity today – and immediately hailed as a star of the future.
Button impressed the Williams BMW team with his maturity as his three-day test in Jerez, Spain, which had been dogged by technical problems, came to an end.But the Somerset-born racer faces another shoot-out with Bruno Junqueira in Barcelona next week before knowing if he will become Britain’s youngest-ever F1 driver.Button, 20 on Wednesday, managed 33 laps this afternoon having been unable to post a time in the first two days, finishing around one-and-a-half seconds down on fellow Brit David Coulthard.Testing times can be misleading – Coulthard did 85 laps in the McLaren – but Button clearly impressed watching Williams technical director Patrick Head.”Jenson did a very good job today,” said Head, not known for dishing out compliments. In 1996, she became the first LPGA player to top $1 million and was chosen Rookie of the Year.Webb earned $112,000 from the $750,000 purse, raising her career earnings to $4,398,042.Leading final round scores from Office Depot Tournament, West Palm Beach, Florida (US unless stated)281 K Webb (Aus) 65 75 70 71285 J Inkster 67 77 77 64286 L Kane (Can) 74 73 71 68289 K Robbins 70 80 69 70290 C Matthew (GB) 70 77 74 69291 C McCurdy 71 74 72 74292 M Redman 73 74 76 69, L Philo 76 75 70 71293 S Steinhauer 74 72 76 71, B Daniel 68 76 75 74, N Lopez 70 73 74 76 294 S Turner 70 79 74 71, C Koch (Swe) 73 77 76 68, C Johnson 69 76 77 72, D Pepper 73 77 70 74295 L Neumann (Swe) 67 77 75 76296 W Ward 70 78 79 69, C Sorenstam (Swe) 70 80 75 71, C Flom 74 77 72 73, C Nilsmark (Swe) 72 80 71 73, H Stacy 74 78 71 73, B Mucha 73 74 74 75, A Eathorne (Can) 68 78 74 76Others297 T Johnson (GB) 71 79 72 75304 S Strudwick (GB) 71 78 78 77306 J Moodie (GB) 75 85 74 72312 L Davies (GB) 74 85 78 75320 H Dobson (GB) 81 81 77 81. She was a repeat winner in the Safeco Classic at Kent, Washington, in 1996-97, her first two years on the LPGA tour. In 1998-99, Webb won the Australian Ladies Masters, an official LPGA tournament in her home country.Webb was the 1999 Player of the Year, winning six times and setting LPGA records with $1,591,959 in earnings and a 69.43 stroke average.

It was the ninth time in 15 tournaments that Webb won when leading to start the final round.Inkster, who qualified for the LPGA Hall of Fame in 1999, finished second She shot a 64 and was four strokes back at 285. She missed the course record of 63 when she made only one birdie on the final six holes.Lorie Kane, still winless in her four-year career, was third at 286. Kane, who shot a 68, had moved within three of the lead with birdies at the 11th and 12th holes.It was Webb’s 17th career victory and the third time she had made a successful defense. Defending champion Karrie Webb fired a 1-under 71 on Sunday to win The Office Depot, the LPGA’s season-opening tournament in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Holding off challenges by Juli Inkster and Lorie Kane, Webb finished at 7-under 281 over the 6,277-yard (5,737-meter) Legend course at Ibis Country Club.She won with 278 last year and has led or shared the top spot in The Office Depot for eight consecutive rounds.

Defending champion Karrie Webb fired a 1-under 71 on Sunday to win The Office Depot, the LPGA’s season-opening tournament in West Palm Beach, Florida. He bogeyed five of the first eight holes and finished with a 73.Defending champion Jeff Sluman dropped three strokes and was at 207.Ernie Els and Jeff Maggert were at 204 with Sean Murphy another stroke behind.Two Japan PGA Tour players, Shigeki Maruyama and Kaname Yokoo, were among those at 4-under 206.Gary Nicklaus, son of Jack Nicklaus, shot a 72 to reach the 54-hole mark at 211.Leading third-round scores from the Sony Open in Honolulu, Hawaii (US unless stated):196 P Azinger 63 65 68201 S Appleby (Aus) 66 67 68, J Parnevik (Swe) 70 65 66202 S Dunlap 68 67 67, T Lehman 68 69 65203 J Huston 66 67 70, J Kelly 67 67 69204 E Els (Rsa) 67 68 69, J Maggert 69 67 68205 S Murphy 68 67 70206 B Burns 70 69 67, J Furyk 66 67 73, S Jones 68 69 69, S Maruyama (Jpn) 67 69 70, E Toledo (Mex) 67 69 70, K Yokoo (Jpn) 69 69 68, J Smith 68 68 70208 C Franco (Par) 68 68 72210 F Allem (Rsa) 70 69 71213 R Allenby (Aus) 70 68 75, S Ames (Tri) 69 71 73. He is tied with Jerry Kelly, who carded a 71, at 203.Tom Lehman made the day’s biggest jump, shooting a 5-under 65 to climb into a third-place tie with Scott Dunlap at 202.It wasn’t a good day for Furyk at the windy Waialae Country Club course. He’s at 201 with Appleby, who shot a 68.Appleby, who started the day sharing second with Huston and Jim Furyk, birdied the final two holes.Huston, meanwhile, faded to finish with a 70. His slip allowed John Huston to narrow the margin to two strokes through the first seven holes.But Azinger ran off birdies on the par-3 eighth and 11th, as well as the 510-yard (464-meter) 10th, to stay ahead of the field.

At the 54-hole mark, he was at 14-under 196.Parnevik, who started the day seven strokes behind Azinger, closed with birdies on the last two holes for a 4-under 66. What sport can they be deprived of there, apart from Scilly walks?. Paul Azinger, bidding for his first victory since the 1993 PGA Championship, shot a 2-under 68 and held a five-stroke lead over Jesper Parnevik and Stuart Appleby after three rounds of the $2.9 million Sony Open in Honolulu. Paul Azinger, bidding for his first victory since the 1993 PGA Championship, shot a 2-under 68 and held a five-stroke lead over Jesper Parnevik and Stuart Appleby after three rounds of the $2.9 million Sony Open in Honolulu.
Azinger was diagnosed with lymphoma in December 1993 and missed most of the next season.Azinger, a three-time runnerup who had five other top 10 finishes when this tournament was known as the Hawaiian Open, bogeyed two of the first four holes on Saturday.