Ladies primed for Royal Melbourne(2)

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Pettersen, who won the Ladies Irish Open on the LET and twice on the LPGA in 2011, watched the Presidents Cup on TV and said: \"I can\'t wait to putt off these greens. I found it fun to see the guys struggle as much as they did here. But that was PING Men\'s i20 TFC Driver
play. You can just pick it up and go to the next tee. You have just lost the hole. Here you have to put a score together, maybe play a bit more conservative.\"

She spoke of her dream to become World No.1: \"I feel like my game is there. Yani has a great head start. It will probably take more than a season to catch up with her. I don\'t really look at her game. I look at my game. What can I do better to get my game more consistent and to get the most out of it. But she is a great No. 1. She is a very aggressive player, very fearless and obviously has a lot of confidence. I\'ve beaten her before so I know I can do it. PING Men\'s i20 TFC Driver


Four-time event champion Webb, who has been made an honorary member of Royal Melbourne, has also made some recent swing changes and revealed that she is targeting the 2016 Olympic Games. \"The Olympics are still the thing I am setting my sights on. If retirement was on the cards, I would not have made these swing changes or worked as hard as I did in the off season,\" she said.

The European challengers include Christel Boeljon, who will be full of confidence following her win at the Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters on Sunday. She is one of nine victorious European Solheim Cup team members in the field along with Pettersen, Laura Davies, Melissa Reid, Sophie Gustafson, Sandra Gal, Caroline Hedwall, Azahara Munoz and Anna Nordqvist. PING Men\'s i20 TFC Driver

The two-time event champion in 2004 and 2009, Davies played a rare practice round on Tuesday, hinting that she is up for the title. Gustafson won the championship in 2001.

Reid, the runner-up in 2011, also has a fantastic record on Melbourne\'s sandbelt courses, having finished third on her professional debut at Kingston Heath in 2007. At the time, she did not have a full card from Qualifying School but received a sponsor\'s invitation and was able to play in the remaining Ladies European Tour schedule as a result of her being in the top 20 on the Money List, allowing her to start her now flourishing career.

Australians hoping to claim their national title include the 2011 Sanya Ladies Open champion Frances Bondad, Karen Lunn, Sarah Kemp, Katherine Hull and Nikki Campbell. PING Men\'s i20 TFC Driver

The teenagers cannot be ruled out, especially the 14-year-old New Zealander Lydia Ko, the top-ranked golfer in the women\'s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), who last month became one of the youngest ever winners of a professional tour event with a four-shot victory in the Women\'s New South Wales Open. January also saw her become the youngest winner of the Australian Women\'s Amateur following a second place finish in the Australian Women\'s Stroke Play Championship.