Annika Sörenstam
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Annika Sörenstam ▶(?) (born October 9, 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Born in Stockholm, Sörenstam became a professional golfer in 1993 and is considered by many to be the most successful female golfer ever.
As of 16 October 2005, she has won 64 LPGA tournaments (see list below), including nine majors. Every year from 2000 to 2005 she won at least five tournaments and she tops the LPGA's career money list by several million dollars, with earnings of over 17 million dollars [1].
She has won seven Rolex Player of the Year awards, and is the holder of various all-time scoring records, including the lowest score in a single round (59 in the second round of the 2001 Standard Register PING tournament) and the lowest scoring average for one season (68.70 in 2002).
Amid notable controversy, Sörenstam was invited to play in The Colonial golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas in May of 2003, making her the first woman to play in a PGA event since Babe Zaharias, who qualified for the 1945 Los Angeles Open. Cheered through each hole, she shot a +5, tying for 96th out of the 111 who finished the first two rounds, not enough to make the cut.
She qualified for the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000, but was not eligible for induction until finishing her tenth year on the LPGA tour, which she did in October 2003. She won the "World Sportswoman of the Year" award at the Laureus World Sports Awards in 2004. She won her last two LPGA events of that season and her first three of 2005 to equal Nancy Lopez's LPGA Tour record of five consecutive victories. Sörenstam received the 2005 ESPY Award as Best Female Athlete.
She has been a member of seven European Solheim Cup teams: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005.
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LPGA victories
- 1995 U.S. Women's Open, GHP Heartland Classic, Samsung World Championship
- 1996 U.S. Women's Open, CoreStates Betsy King Classic, Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
- 1997 Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions, Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open, Longs Drugs Challenge, Michelob Light Classic, CoreStates Betsy King Classic, ITT LPGA Tour Championship
- 1998 Michelob Light Classic, ShopRite LPGA Classic, JAL Big Apple Classic, SAFECO Classic
- 1999 Michelob Light Classic, New Albany Golf Classic
- 2000 Welch's/Circle K Championship, Firstar LPGA Classic, Evian Masters, Jamie Farr Kroger Classic, Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic
- 2001 Welch's/Circle K Championship, Standard Register PING, Kraft Nabisco Championship, The Office Depot Hosted by Amy Alcott, Chick-fil-A Charity Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez, Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's Open, CISCO World Ladies Match Play Championship, Mizuno Classic
- 2002 LPGA Takefuji Classic, Kraft Nabisco Championship, Aerus Electrolux USA Championship, Kellogg-Keebler Classic, Evian Masters, ShopRite LPGA Classic, Williams Championship, Safeway Classic, Samsung World Championship, Mizuno Classic, ADT Championship
- 2003 The Office Depot Championship, Kellogg-Keebler Classic, LPGA Championship, Women's British Open, Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi, Mizuno Classic
- 2004 Safeway International, The Office Depot Championship, LPGA Corning Classic, LPGA Championship, John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, Samsung World Championship, Mizuno Classic, ADT Championship
- 2005 MasterCard Classic, Safeway International, Kraft Nabisco Championship, Chick-fil-A Charity Championship, Shoprite LPGA Classic, LPGA Championship, John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, Samsung World Championship
LPGA Majors are shown in bold.
Results in LPGA majors
| Tournament | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | T24 | T2 | T8 | T7 | T7 | T17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | T13 | 1 |
| LPGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | 10 | T14 | 3 | T30 | T16 | T12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T64 | DNP | DNP | 1 | 1 | CUT | T41 | CUT | T9 | T16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | T23 |
| Women's British Open ^ | DNP^ | DNP^ | T22^ | T45^ | T6^ | CUT^ | 2^ | DNP^ | 3^ | T32 | CUT | 1 | 13 | T5 |
^ du Maurier Classic to 2000 inclusive
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
See also
- Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
- Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins
- List of Swedes in sports
External links
- LPGA bio page
- Annika Sorenstam at Golf Stars Online Links to feature articles, interviews, her career statistics etc.
