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12.04.2007
07:07 pm (ET)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Juli Inkster and Pat Hurst will get another crack at the Women's World Cup. The longtime friends finished second to Paraguay by seven shots in January in South Africa. They got another chance when Paula Creamer and Cristie Kerr both declined to play this year, saying they wanted a long break before the start of the official season. Creamer also is skipping this week's Lexus Cup, a Ryder Cup-style event that matches a team from Asia against a squad from the rest of the world being played in Perth, Australia. That will give her a three-month break from competition. Asked the last time she had a break that long, Creamer smiled and said, "When I was 12," and it wasn't clear if she was joking. Kerr, the U.S. Women's Open champion, didn't sound like she would ever play. This is the second year in a row she turned down the offer, and while she is playing the Lexus Cup, she said the Women's World Cup "just comes at a bad time in the schedule." Kerr plans to spend the first two months getting in shape for the season. The World Cup is set for Jan. 18-20 in Sun City, South Africa. The official LPGA Tour season kicks off Feb. 14-16 at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay in Hawaii, while the first event on the mainland is Mar. 27-30 at the Safeway International outside of Phoenix. Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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