as champion trainer eight times.The 17-hand gelding will work on turf at Sha Tin on Wednesday morning.Based on years of experien

AKRON, Ohio -- One of Karrie Webbs greatest thrills was carrying the Olympic torch on the eve of the Sydney Games in 2000. She had a cousin who played for the Australian womens basketball team in the 1984 Olympics, and she has been a huge fan since then.Its the reason Webb, a Hall of Famer with nothing left to prove, keeps a full schedule at age 41. Golf is back in the Olympics for the first time in 112 years, and Australias greatest female player wants to be there.But in a sudden shift in the world ranking, Webb now faces an uphill battle.Minjee Lee is the highest-ranked Aussie at No. 13 and a winner in Hawaii this year. Webb appeared safe to earn the second spot until Su Oh was runner-up at the Kingsmill Championship and then tied for eighth in the KPMG Womens PGA Championship at Sahalee.Oh is No. 42 in the world, while Webb has slipped to No. 60.Webb is playing the Cambia Portland Classic this week (Oh is not playing), and the final tournament before the July 11 deadline to qualify is the U.S. Womens Open.The Olympics is pretty much why Im still playing full time, so I guess thats a pretty big driving factor for me to be working as hard as I am, Webb said in March.She started the year by finishing third in the Womens Australian Open, but has not had a top-10 finish since then. Oh, who won the Australian Ladies Masters in 2015, is helped by being an LPGA rookie, meaning she has fewer tournaments on her ledger that gives her a built-in advantage.Lee and Oh, both 20, were on the Australian team that won the World Amateur Team title in 2014. They also were members of the Karrie Webb Scholarship team while growing up in Australias junior golf program.---MICKELSON IN THE FALL: Phil Mickelson hasnt played a domestic PGA Tour event in the fall since the FedEx Cup began in 2007. He was on the Ryder Cup Task Force that came up with a new points formula, and the fall events were left out because Mickelson said it would be giving the bottom half of the tour a head start.He will be joining them in October.The Safeway Open, the first event of the 2016-17 season, announced Tuesday that Mickelson will play at Silverado Resort in Napa, California, on Oct. 13-16. It will be the first time Mickelson plays a PGA Tour event in America since 2005 in Las Vegas.The Safeway Open is in its first year as title sponsor, replacing Frys.com.When we made the decision to be the title sponsor of the Safeway Open, Phil is one of the players we hoped would play and support our new event, said Bob Miller, chairman and CEO of Albertsons Companies, the parent company of Safeway.Mickelson referred to Miller and the grocery company as one of our best PGA Tour sponsors for over 25 years.Amy and I love going to Napa and now we have an even better reason to spend a week with the players and their wives, he said.The Safeway Open is run by the golf event management division of Lagardere Sports and Entertainment, which also manages Mickelson.---HURLEYS CHOICE: Billy Hurley III won the Quicken Loans National on Sunday and earned a spot in the British Open. That left him in a tough spot because his sister, Megan, is to be married in Virginia on the Saturday of the Open.It wasnt a tough decision.Hurley called R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers to tell him he would not be coming to Royal Troon.I wouldnt miss my sisters wedding for the world, Hurley said Tuesday. And I think that at this point in time for me and my family and the trajectory of our family, its very important for me to be there to support her and her husband.The Hurley family has been through a lot in the last year. He sought public help a year ago at the Quicken Loans National finding his father, who had gone missing. His father was located, but then died of a self-inflicted gunshot a short time later. Weddings are emotional enough.It was a pretty easy decision at the end of the day, Hurley said.He said the topic didnt come up on Sunday night. Hurley was still trying to soak up his first PGA Tour victory. He played a practice round at Firestone on Tuesday and called her from the golf course.She started crying, he said. So she was pretty thrilled that Ill be there.---TIGERS SON: Tiger Woods was asked during the telecast of his Quicken Loans National if he was close to returning, but before Jim Nantz of CBS Sports could finish the question, Woods replied, Close to what? Yeah, Im close to beating Charlie?That would be his son, Charlie. And there might be some truth to that.The 7-year-old son of the 14-time major champion tied for second in the Boys 7 division of a U.S. Kids Golf event. It was his first tournament.It was pretty neat, very special to get to watch that, Woods said.Charlie Woods shot a 55 in the nine-hole event at Mayacoo Lakes in West Palm Beach, Florida. He finished five shots behind Henry Crowe.---WORLD CUP: Bubba Watson loves playing for the flag, and he would really like to do that three times this year.He is set to qualify for the Olympics and said he was committed to going to Rio. He is No. 6 in the Ryder Cup standings and has played on every team since 2010. The tough one might be the World Cup at Kingston Heath in Melbourne.Jordan Spieth is the highest-ranked American and can choose whoever he wants as a partner. Watson is No. 3 on the American list behind Dustin Johnson. Spieth and Johnson have not indicated whether they plan to play, although Spieth will be Down Under for the Australian Open.Im pleading my way into the World Cup, Watson said.Spieth said how he feels that late in the year depends on whether he stays in Australia for an extra week to play in the World Cup.I dont know what my schedule is going to be right after the Ryder Cup, if Ill play before the Aussie Open, Spieth said. Theres a chance Id play one of the Fall Series events. ... Ill probably have to make a decision somewhat soon on the World Cup.Meanwhile, Jason Day and Shane Lowry both plan to play in the World Cup. They withdrew from the Olympics on Tuesday citing concerns over the Zika virus.---DIVOTS: Keegan Bradley picked up his first victory of the year on Tuesday when he teamed with fellow New Englander Jon Curran for a playoff victory in the CVS Charity Classic over Bill Haas and Billy Andrade. ... The PGA Tour is donating $100,000 to the American Red Cross to help those affected by the West Virginia floods. The flooding forced The Greenbrier Classic to be canceled next week. ... The PGA Tour Champions is off this week, but not John Daly. He is playing the Barracuda Championship, only his second PGA Tour start of the year. ... 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With memories of his successes on Hong Kongs racetracks flooding back, Gary Moores thoughts have turned to hulking sprinter Takedown winning one of the worlds most famous sprint races.Now based in Sydney, Moore has returned to Hong Kong for Sundays Group One International Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin with Takedown who has tipped the scales at 618kg, the same weight he was before winning the Group One Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot on November 26.Hes coping well with the amount of travelling, Moore told AAP from Hong Kong.In fact I thought he looked a lot brighter in the coat here in Hong Kong than what he did from Perth.Moore was a seven-time champion rider in Hong Kong and won a Group Three race as a trainer in 2010 when he travelled Viva Pronto from Macau where he was champion trainer eight times.The 17-hand gelding will work on turf at Sha Tin on Wednesday morning.Based on years of experience riding at the track, Moore is hopeful Widden Studs Antony Thompson can draw inside barrier five on Thursday.Takedown was bred by Widden and given to Moore to train after being withdrawn from the Easter yearling sale when Thompson had doubts he would make the grade.Moores father and legeendary jockey George was close friends with Thompsons father Bim.ddddddddddddOur families go back a long way, Moore said.To have a horse under my care for them and to win my first Group One race in Australia was very, very special.Moore repeated his trademark celebration after the Winterbottom, running on the track to greet and kiss Takedown.I think Ill be a little bit more subdued but Ill definitely jump for joy if we can win this great race, Moore said.While Moore admits he is proud to simply have a runner, an International Sprint victory would rank alongside his 1981 Prix de lArc de Triomphe win aboard Gold River.Ive won the greatest race in the world as a jockey and to come and win probably one of the greatest sprint races in the world would be something that I could be proud of, he said.Manikato Stakes winner Rebel Dane will also fly the Australian flag, with trainer Gary Portellis assistant Greg Miles saying the horse will have a light week.He lost nine kilos on the flight but has already put a couple back on and looks bright, Miles said. 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