Karrie Webb: private men's golf clubs should not hold public events Webb, who is playing in the ISPS Handa European Masters at the Buckinghamshire this weekend, will be looking to add to the seven women's major titles she has already won when she takes part in the Ricoh Women's British Open on the Old Course this week. Famously, the course itself is publicly owned; infamously, the membership of the club whose home overlooks its 18th green, is still 100 per cent male. In 1930, St Andrews provided one leg of Bobby Jones's grand slam of four majors in a single calendar year, arguably the greatest achievement in golf history. Eighty-three years later, Korea's Inbee Park stands on the threshold of repeating that feat, having already secured the Kraft-Nabisco, LPGA Championship and US Women's titles. The recent decision to upgrade the Evian Masters to major status means that Park would still have to win once more to clinch the women's grand slam, but what she has already done is astonishing. "I thinks it is fantastic for women's golf, no matter what happens now," Webb says. St Andrews is going to get a lot more attention because of it. The world will be watching, whether she wins or not. If she wins she will have done something that only one other person has ever done. Then, she will have a chance to do something no one has ever done, which is to win five. I would be very surprised if she's not in contention. I don't know if she has a heartbeat. She shakes off a bad shot better than anyone I've ever seen. To judge by her expression or demeanour, it just doesn't affect her at all. Webb could easily be one of Park's main rivals. The dominant figure in her sport at the turn of the century, the Australian, now 38, has enjoyed a resurgence this year, winning the Australian Masters and the Shoprite LPGA Classic. Having been out of the major-winners" circle since 2006, Webb rather likes the idea of a return. She laughs at the suggestion that, in the wake of the Lions and the Ashes, Australia needs a sporting boost right now - "It's just the ebb and flow of sport; we'll be back up there," - but she would be happy to provide one when golf returns to the Olympics in Rio in 2016. Webb says: "That's what has kept me playing. Annika [Sorenstam] retired because she knew she didn't want to work as hard as we do any more. I'll probably get to that point as well, but the goal of representing my country in the Olympics is one that really excites me. Karrie Webb uses the Bridgestone Golf Tour B330-RX ball. www.bridgestonegolf.com