Annika Sorenstam
Annika Sorenstam
Annika Sörenstam; born 9 October 1970) is a retired Swedish professional golfer, one of the most successful female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer with the most wins to her name. She has won 72 official LPGA tournaments including ten majors and 18 other tournaments internationally, and she tops the LPGA's career money list with earnings...
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth9 October 1970
CityBro, Sweden
To play well you have to have good balance in your life. Tiger has found that. If you play golf long enough you'll learn that life is more than golf.
I love to crunch numbers. I look at how many fairways I hit, how many greens I hit. I plan my way around the golf course.
I find it flattering to be compared to Tige
I've learned a lot about my game every time I play golf in a men's event.
You just have to try and keep on grinding and hope that things will turn around eventually.
Ron Sirak, a golf writer and friend, was quoted as saying, "Annika is no longer a female golfer. She's a golfer." That's truly all I ever aspired to be.
I told my caddie today that I am in the position that I want to be in. That this is what I have been waiting for, to win my tenth victory. I said that I am going to do everything that I can do today and that nothing is going to stop me.
We look at history. We have a challenge ahead of ourselves. You only get a chance so many times. That's all I need to get going.
We made a couple of birdies and suddenly the momentum swung in our favour.
When you're on the green you can control it yourself. When you are just watching it, it's really nerve wracking.
We had to look twice. We didn't know if she was on her 10th hole or she was 10 under. This golf course is not easy. She made it look easy.
We started making some birdies on the back nine and had an incredible finish. It's amazing, and it's so much fun.
We stood at the tee and I told Suzann, 'We can turn this around and be 1-up. Suzann said, 'No, we could be 2-up.' I said, 'Yeah, you're right.
We stood on the tee and I told Suzann, 'We can turn this around and be 1-up,' ... After that, it seems like we took air out of the team.