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| Annika Sorenstam |
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"I still get the butterflies on the first tee. I still get sweaty hands, and my heart pumps a lot going down the 18th. But I know what winning is all about now, and that's a feeling that I like."
-Annika Sorenstam
| Date of Birth: October 9th, 1970 |
| Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| Arguably the greatest female golfer of all time, Sorenstam has sex appeal and supreme skill, making her one heck of a force on the LPGA Tour. Her consistency with the clubs is awe-inspiring and has been that way for almost 10 years, but it is only recently that she has become the face of women's golf around the world. |
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| Annika Sorenstam has more tournament wins than any other golfer over the past two full seasons (yes, even more than Tiger Woods). In 2002, she dialed in to win 11 of her 25 starts, recording the greatest season in the LPGA in 40 years. Firmly established as the female giant to beat, Sorenstam has now turned her attention to the men's game: her appearance at the Bank of America Colonial Tournament in May 2003 will mark only the second time in history a woman has played alongside men. No matter what happens there, she certainly makes our cut. |
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Annika Sorenstam inherited loads of athletic potential when she came into this world on October 9th, 1970. Her parents, Tom and Gunilla, were sports enthusiasts gifted in tennis, skiing, volleyball, and golf. Born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, Sorenstam's first passion was not the honorable game of golf, but tennis. Even when her family moved to London when she was 10, Sorenstam kept up the serious tennis playing and was even ranked 12th in a junior competition upon her return to her home country.
In her early teens, Sorenstam slowly began to realize that her gift was, in fact, golf, not tennis. Sorenstam's tennis opponents exploited her ordinary backhand shot and her parents encouraged her to take up something she was passionate about.
With the help of a nearby 18-hole course, she developed a love for golf. The original Swedish female golf ambassador Pia Nilsson soon noticed Sorenstam's talents and helped her develop a formidable array of shots. Sorenstam's drive for the game grew after watching fellow Swede Liselotte Neumann win the U.S. Open in 1988.
When she was 19, Sorenstam received the green light to attend the University of Arizona. There, she took college golf by storm, earning several titles and championships throughout the years. The All-American joined golf's European Tour in 1993 following graduation, finishing second four times and earning Rookie of the Year honors. |
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