Annika Sörenstam
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Good article Template:Infobox golfer Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (Template:IPA; born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer regarded as one of the best female golfers in history.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 96 international professional tournaments, making her the female golfer with the most wins to her name. She has won 72 official LPGA tournaments including ten majors and 24 other tournaments internationally.<ref name="LPGA Wins">Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2003, she joined an elite club, completing the career grand slam with victories at each of the four majors so recognized during her prime. Also in 2003, Sörenstam competed in the Bank of America Colonial tournament to become the first woman to play in a PGA Tour event since 1945.
Representing Europe in the Solheim Cup on eight occasions between 1994 and 2007, Sörenstam was the event's all-time leading points earner until her record was surpassed by England's Laura Davies during the 2011 Solheim Cup. Sörenstam also was captain of the 2017 European Solheim Cup team.
Despite retiring from regular tournament golf in 2008, as of the end of 2022, she still topped the LPGA's career money list with earnings of over $22 million—over $2 million ahead of her nearest rival while playing 187 fewer events.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After turning 50, she came back from her retirement and added a win in the 2021 U.S. Senior Women's Open.
The winner of a record eight Player of the Year awards, and six Vare Trophies given to the LPGA player with the lowest seasonal scoring average, she still holds various all-time scoring records including the lowest season scoring average: 68.6969 in 2004. Sörenstam is the only female golfer to shoot a 59 in competition.
On 7 January 2021, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump.
Childhood and amateur career
[edit]She was born in Bro near Stockholm, Sweden.<ref name="Golf Annika">Template:Cite book</ref> Sörenstam's father Tom was an IBM executive and her mother Gunilla worked in a bank. Her younger sister Charlotta also became a professional golfer and LPGA Tour winner, and, after her playing career, coached at her sister's academy.<ref name="LottaLPGA">Template:Cite web</ref> Annika and Charlotta Sörenstam became the first two sisters to both win $1 million on the LPGA Tour.
As a child, Sörenstam was a talented all-around athlete. She was a nationally ranked junior tennis player, played association football (soccer) in her hometown team Bro IK, and was such a good skier that the coach of the Swedish national ski team suggested the family move to northern Sweden to improve her skiing year round.<ref name="Golf Annika" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Red">Template:Cite web</ref>
Junior golf
[edit]The Sörenstam family began playing golf at Viksjö Golf Club in Jakobsberg, north of Stockholm, and later switched to nearby Bro-Bålsta Golf Club, opened in 1980, initially with a 9-hole course. At the age of 12, Annika shared her first set of golf clubs with her sister. Annika got the odd numbered clubs and Charlotta the even - and earned her first handicap of 54.<ref name="Golf Annika" />
At the European Tour tournament Scandinavian Enterprise Open in Stockholm in July 1986, she tried to be a volunteer caddie and was asked to stand in a line with all other candidates. When all male volunteer caddies finally had been chosen by the tournament professionals, three teen-age girls were left without a bag yet. It was Annika, Charlotta and Fanny Sunesson.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
She was so shy as a junior, she used to deliberately three-putt at the end of a tournament to avoid giving the victory speech.<ref name="ACAD3">Template:Cite web</ref> The coaches noticed and at the next tournament both the winner and the runner-up had to give a speech. Sörenstam decided that if she were going to have to face the crowd anyway she might as well win and the deliberate misses stopped.<ref name="Golf Annika" />
Swedish national team
[edit]Her successful amateur career included a win in the St Rule Trophy played at St Andrews and a runner-up finish in the Swedish national mother/daughter Championship.<ref name="St Rule Trophy">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Sis">Template:Cite magazine</ref> As a member of the Swedish National Team from 1987 to 1992, she played in the 1990 and 1992 Espirito Santo Trophy, winning the individual competition in 1992.<ref name="IGF">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="IGF2">Template:Cite web</ref> While waiting to start college in Sweden, Sörenstam worked as a personal assistant at the Swedish PGA and played on the Swedish Golf Tour, winning three tournaments during 1990/1991.<ref name="PGA">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Tel1989">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Tel1990">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Tel1991">Template:Cite web</ref>
University of Arizona
[edit]After a coach spotted Sörenstam playing in a collegiate event in Tokyo, she moved to the U.S. to play college golf at the University of Arizona in Tucson.<ref name="Golf Annika"/> She won seven collegiate titles and in 1991, became the first non-American and first freshman to win the individual NCAA Division I Championship.<ref name="Sis"/><ref name="NCAA">Template:Cite news</ref> Sörenstam was 1991 NCAA Co-Player of the Year with Kelly Robbins, runner-up in the 1992 NCAA championship, 1992 Pac-10 champion and a 1991–92 NCAA All-American.<ref name="Golf Annika"/><ref name="PAC">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NCAAAll">Template:Cite web</ref> She qualified for the U.S. Women's Open at Oakmont in July, made the cut, and tied for 63rd. A few weeks later at the U.S. Women's Amateur at Kemper Lakes near Chicago, she was the runner-up to Vicki Goetze, bogeying the last hole in the 36-hole final.<ref name="USAm">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=gtzewrga>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=erguswam92>Template:Cite news</ref>
Professional career
[edit]1990s
[edit]Sörenstam turned professional in 1992, but missed her LPGA Tour card at the final qualifying tournament by one shot, and began her professional career on the Ladies European Tour (LET), formerly known as the WPGET.<ref name="Golf Annika"/> She was invited to play in three LPGA Tour events in 1993, where she finished T38th, 4th, and T9th, earning more than $47,000.<ref name="2010Bio">Template:Cite web</ref> She finished second four times on the Ladies European Tour and was 1993 Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year.<ref name="LETBio">Template:Cite web</ref> By tying for 28th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament she earned non-exempt status for the 1994 season.<ref name="Golf Annika"/> Sörenstam's first professional win came at the 1994 Holden Women's Australian Open on the ALPG Tour.<ref name="alpg1994">Template:Cite web</ref>
In the United States, Sörenstam was LPGA Rookie of the Year, had three top-10 finishes including a tie for second at the Women's British Open and made her Solheim Cup debut.<ref name="LETBio"/><ref name="SolTeams">Template:Cite web</ref> Her breakout year was 1995, when she won her first LPGA Tour title at the U.S. Women's Open.<ref name="Golf Annika"/> She finished at the top of the Money List<ref name="Money List">Template:Cite web</ref> and was the first non-American winner of the Vare Trophy.<ref name="Vare Trophy"/> She became the second player ever to be Player of the Year and Vare Trophy winner the year after being Rookie of the Year.<ref name="LPGABio">Template:Cite web</ref> A win at the 1995 Australian Ladies Masters<ref name="1995alpgt">Template:Cite web</ref> and two other wins on the Ladies European Tour put her top of the LET Order of Merit and made her the first player to top both the European and LPGA Tour money lists in the same season.<ref name="LETBio"/><ref name="5Tours">Template:Cite news</ref> Her success worldwide resulted in her winning the Jerringpriset award in Sweden,<ref name="Jerring1995">Template:Cite web</ref> as well as being awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, the country's most prestigious award in sports.<ref name="SvenDag">Template:Cite news</ref>
1996 saw Sörenstam win her home LET tournament, the Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open in Sweden and three LPGA tournaments including the U.S. Women's Open.<ref name="Trygg">Template:Cite web</ref> In defending her title, she became the first non-American to win back to back U.S. Women's Open titles,<ref name="Golf Annika"/> passed the $1 million mark in LPGA career earnings, and won her second consecutive Vare Trophy.<ref name="2010Bio" />
She won six tour events in 1997, regaining the money list and player of the year titles. Internationally, she won on the JLPGA and defended her home LET title at the renamed Compaq Open. She became the first player in LPGA history to finish a season with a sub-70 scoring average of 69.99 en route to retaining the 1998 Player of the Year and Money List titles as well as winning the LET Swedish tour stop for the third time running.<ref name="Vare Trophy"/> September 1999 saw Sörenstam change her on-course team replacing her caddie of six years, Colin Cann, with Terry McNamara.<ref name="Cann">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="TMac">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2000s
[edit]At this point in her career, Sörenstam says she lost focus having reached her biggest goals.<ref name="Golf Annika"/> Karrie Webb became the best LPGA Tour player but Sörenstam still managed to win more LPGA tournaments than any other LPGA Tour player during the 1990s.<ref name="LPGABio"/> She qualified for the World Golf Hall of Fame when she won the 2000 Welch's/Circle K Championship, but was not eligible for induction until finishing her tenth year on the LPGA tour in October 2003.<ref name="HOF1">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="HOF2">Template:Cite web</ref> Sörenstam was the first international player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame through the LPGA criteria.<ref name="HOF3">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="WSF">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="HOF4">Template:Cite web</ref>
Having lost her preeminent position, Sörenstam embarked on a new five-day-a-week exercise program including weight-lifting and balance work which by 2003 added over Template:Convert to her driving distance.<ref name="Passion">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref><ref name="Driving">Template:Cite magazine</ref> During the 2001 season, she had eight LPGA wins, became the only female golfer to shoot a 59 in competition and the first LPGA player to cross the $2 million mark in single-season earnings.<ref name="Money List"/><ref name="Score59">Template:Cite news</ref> She set or tied a total of 30 LPGA records en route to regaining the Vare Trophy and winning her fourth Player of the Year and Money List titles in 2001. In a made-for-TV alternate shot competition between the two best male and female players in the world, Sörenstam and Tiger Woods beat Karrie Webb and David Duval.<ref name="Bighorn">Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref>
At the end of that season Karrie Webb said she "would eat her hat" if Sörenstam repeated her eight wins in 2002.<ref name="WebbHat">Template:Cite news</ref> Sörenstam accomplished that feat, joining Mickey Wright as the only players to win 11 LPGA tournaments in one season, earning her fifth Player of the Year title and fifth Vare Trophy. She successfully defended the Kraft Nabisco Championship, her fourth major victory,<ref name="KNC2002">Template:Cite news</ref> and also won the ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia<ref name="ANZ2002">Template:Cite web</ref> and Compaq Open in Sweden on the Ladies European Tour giving her 13 wins in 25 starts worldwide in 2002.<ref name="Compaq2002">Template:Cite web</ref>
Sörenstam was invited to play in the PGA Tour's Bank of America Colonial golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, in May 2003, making her the first woman to play in a PGA Tour event since Babe Zaharias, who qualified for the 1945 Los Angeles Open.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Vijay Singh, fourth in the world rankings at the time, criticised her invitation, saying that she should have to qualify like the men and that he did not want to be beaten by a woman.<ref name="Vijay">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Vijay2">Template:Cite news</ref> Cheered through each hole, she shot five over par, tying for 96th out of the 111 who finished the first two rounds. After shooting 1-over-par 71 in the first round, finishing in 73rd and on pace to challenge for a weekend spot, Sörenstam said she was nervous all day but pleased by her performance.<ref name="colonialpost">Template:Cite magazine</ref> In the first round she led the field in driving accuracy, was in the top 20 in greens in regulation, and was 84th out of 111 in driving distance. Poor putting (last in the field, averaging over a two-putt) caused her to miss the cut.<ref name="ESPN">Template:Cite news</ref>
Later in the 2003 season, she won the LPGA Championship and the Women's British Open,<ref name="Brit2003">Template:Cite web</ref> becoming only the sixth player to complete the LPGA Career Grand Slam, winning, at least once in her career, each of the four tournaments recognized as major championships during the main part of her career.<ref name="Career Slam">Template:Cite web</ref> Five years earlier, in 1998, she finished second in the fifth major at the time, du Maurier Classic, which she won in 2001, the first year when it was not recognized as a major tournament anymore. She had won the Evian Masters twice, in 2000 and 2002, before it became recognized as the fifth major from 2013, which was after Sörenstam's retirement in 2008.<ref name=LPGAresults/>
She had five other victories worldwide in 2003, set or tied a total of 22 LPGA records and earned her sixth Player of the Year award. She competed against Fred Couples, Phil Mickelson and Mark O'Meara in the 2003 Skins Game, finishing second with five skins worth $225,000; Sörenstam holed a Template:Convert bunker shot on the ninth hole—the eighth eagle in Skins Game history.<ref name="Skins">Template:Cite web</ref> In September, she was part of the winning European Solheim Cup team in her native Sweden. She was awarded her second Jerringpriset award in Sweden<ref name="Jerring2003">Template:Cite web</ref> plus the 2003 Golf Writers' Trophy by the Association of Golf Writers.<ref name="GWT">Template:Cite web</ref>
Sörenstam's dominance continued in 2004 with her seventh LPGA Player of the Year award tying Kathy Whitworth for the most in LPGA history. She posted 16 top-10 finishes in 18 LPGA starts, including eight wins, had two additional international wins, became the first player to reach $15 million in LPGA career earnings and took her own LPGA single-season scoring average record to 68.69696, but played too few rounds to win the Vare Trophy.<ref name="LPGA Records">Template:Cite web</ref> The Women's Sports Foundation gave her the 2004 Sportswoman of the Year Award,<ref name="WSF"/> and the Laureus World Sports Academy named her World Sportswoman of the Year.<ref name="Laureus">Template:Cite web</ref> She also released a combination autobiography and golf instructional book, Golf Annika's Way.<ref name="Book">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Sörenstam's life both on and off the golf course changed in 2005. In February, she announced that she had filed for divorce from David Esch, her husband of eight years, and this was finalised in August but it did not adversely affect her golf.<ref name="Divorce"/><ref name="DivFinal">Template:Cite web</ref> Her achievements included being the first player in LPGA history to win a major three consecutive years at the LPGA Championship<ref name="McD2">Template:Cite web</ref> and the first golfer in LPGA or PGA history to win the same event five consecutive years at the Mizuno Classic.<ref name="Mizuno">Template:Cite news</ref> 11 wins in 21 tournaments entered worldwide included victory in the Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika<ref name="TPC1">Template:Cite web</ref> where she presented herself the trophy, giving her an eighth Money List title, tying the LPGA record, an eighth Rolex Player of the Year (POY) award (a record) and a sixth Vare Trophy.<ref name="Vare Trophy">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="POY">Template:Cite web</ref> She is the only LPGA player ever to win Money List, POY award and Vare trophy in the same year in five different years.<ref name="Syba">Template:Cite web</ref> Team competition saw her make her seventh consecutive Solheim Cup appearance, her 4 points making her total 21, the event's all-time leading points earner,<ref name="Solheim">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="2005Sol">Template:Cite web</ref> and the inaugural Lexus Cup was played with Sörenstam as the Captain of the victorious International Team.<ref name="Lexus1">Template:Cite web</ref>
These events resulted in her receiving numerous awards. The Golf Writers Association of America named Sörenstam Female Player of the Year for the eighth time (1995,1997, 2000–2005),<ref name="Gwaa1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Gwaa2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Gwaa3">Template:Cite news</ref> Associated Press voted her Female Athlete of the Year for the third consecutive year<ref name="AP1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="AP2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="AP3">Template:Cite news</ref> and she became the first woman to win the Golf Writers' Trophy twice in the 55-year history of European golf's most prestigious award.<ref name="GWT2">Template:Cite web</ref> Having previously won six Best Female Golfer ESPY Awards (1996, 1998–99, 2002–04), Sörenstam also received the 2005 ESPY Award as Best Female Athlete<ref name="espy1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="espy2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="espy3">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="espy4">Template:Cite news</ref>
When the first-ever official Women's World Golf Rankings were unveiled in February 2006, Sörenstam was confirmed as the number-one player in women's golf, a position she relinquished to Lorena Ochoa on 22 April 2007.<ref name="CareerMoney">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Rolex">Template:Cite web</ref> In partnership with Liselotte Neumann in team Sweden, she won the Women's World Cup of Golf, opened her LPGA season with a defence of her title in the MasterCard Classic. She then went winless in eight starts, causing some to talk of a slump.<ref name="WWCG">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Slump">Template:Cite web</ref> Her winning drought ended at the U.S. Women's Open, where she won an 18-hole playoff over Pat Hurst for her tenth major championship title, tying her for third on the list of players with most major championship titles.<ref name="LPGA Wins" /><ref name="US">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> She totalled 3 wins on the LPGA and two on the Ladies European Tour, the inaugural Dubai Ladies Masters and the Swedish tournament she hosts, which she defended in her home town at the course where she learned to play.<ref name="Dubai">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="TPC2">Template:Cite web</ref> Her International team lost the second Lexus Cup competition to Team Asia.<ref name="Lexus2">Template:Cite news</ref>
Sörenstam started 2007 by losing a playoff while defending of her MasterCard Classic title.<ref name="2007Mex">Template:Cite news</ref> At the Kraft Nabisco Championship she shot her highest 72-hole score in a major in nine years,<ref name="Nab2007">Template:Cite news</ref> a result explained by her subsequent diagnosis with ruptured and bulging discs in her neck, the first major injury in Sörenstam's 13-year LPGA career.<ref name="Disclpga">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="DiscESPN">Template:Cite news</ref> After a two-month injury rehabilitation break, Sörenstam returned as the Ginn Tribute tournament hostess where she admitted to being at only 85% fitness and finished tied for 36th place.<ref name="GinnTrib">Template:Cite web</ref> She was still not fully fit in her next two tournaments, the LPGA Championship where she finished tied for 15th place, and the 2007 U.S. Women's Open, where, as defending champion, she finished tied for 32nd.<ref name="USOpen07">Template:Cite news</ref>
After an early round defeat at the World Matchplay Championship, Sörenstam finished sixth at the Evian Masters, 16th at the Women's British Open and ninth in the Swedish tournament she hosts on the Ladies European Tour.<ref name="EU2">Template:Cite news</ref> On her return to the US, Sörenstam had three top ten finishes but missed the weekend at the season closing ADT Playoffs for the second year running. However, Sörenstam did win a worldwide title at the Dubai Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour in November 2007.<ref name="ADT08">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="Dubai2">Template:Cite web</ref>
Declaring herself recovered from injury and ready to return to a complete season of competitive golf in 2008, Sörenstam opened the year at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay where she captured her 70th LPGA Tour victory and first since September 2006.<ref name="sbs08">Template:Cite news</ref> She won next at the Stanford International Pro-Am in April then following a week off, won again at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill in a tournament record score, giving her three wins and over $1 million in earnings by mid-May. It was her 72nd and final ever win on the LPGA Tour.<ref name=LPGAresults/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2008, Sörenstam was highly critical of other female golfers who tried to play in the PGA Tour – her comments to Michelle Wie for playing on the men's tour: "I really don't know why Michelle continues to do this. We have a major this week and, if you can't qualify for a major, I don't see any reason why you should play with the men."<ref name="Awie">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Retirement
[edit]On 13 May 2008, Sörenstam announced at a press conference at the Sybase Classic that she would "step away" from competitive golf at the conclusion of the 2008 season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> That night, she threw out the first pitch of the Washington Nationals/New York Mets baseball game at Shea Stadium in New York and the following day read the Top Ten on the Late Show with David Letterman.<ref name="retirement lpga">Template:Cite web</ref> Her last tournament victory came in a playoff at the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open, an event co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and the Ladies Asian Golf tour.<ref name="China">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref> Her last scheduled tournament on the LPGA Tour was the season-ending ADT Championship in November, where she failed to make the weekend play in the event's unique playoff structure. Her final sanctioned LPGA appearance was as the winning captain of Team International at the 2008 Lexus Cup in Singapore.<ref name="Lex2008">Template:Cite web</ref> Her last professional tournament was the Dubai Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour in December 2008,<ref name="retirement gc">Template:Cite news</ref> where she finished tied for 7th.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Solheim Cup captaincy
[edit]At the 2013 Solheim Cup at the Colorado Golf Club in Parker, Colorado, United States, Sörenstam participated as a non-playing assistant captain, selected by European Team captain Liselotte Neumann. During the match, the Americans accused Sörenstam of telling a European caddie that European player Jodi Ewart Shadoff should concede a putt for par to Paula Creamer, so it could not show teammate Lexi Thompson the line for a coming putt. By the rules, only the captain was allowed to give advice to players during the competition. In the end, the 2013 match became an 18–10 triumph for the European team, winning on American soil for the first time and defending the cup for the first time.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
For the 2015 Solheim Cup at Golf Club St. Leon-Rot, Germany, Sörenstam again was appointed an assistant captain by a Swedish European Team captain, this time Carin Koch. Two controversies with Sörenstam involved, given a lot of public attention, occurred during the match. The second day afternoon four-ball match between Suzann Pettersen and Charley Hull for Europe against Alison Lee and Brittany Lincicome, United States, was all square, when Lee missed a putt to win the 17th hole. Taking for granted that the next 18-inch putt was conceded, Lee picked up her ball. However, Pettersen pointed out that it was not conceded, and the Europeans won the hole. Koch and Sörenstam tried to convince Pettersen to change her mind and concede the putt, but as it was a fact that Lee had picked up her ball without the putt being given to her, it was not a possibility within the rules of golf, for the players to agree on the outcome of the hole and change the sequence of events afterwards. Pettersen/Hull eventually won the match.<ref name="Coffin">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
Later during the 2015 Solheim Cup, after Koch and Sörenstam was seen in a discussion with U.S. captain Juli Inkster, Sörenstam explained that she was accused of giving advice, which she strongly denied.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The 2015 match ended in a U.S. win 14Template:Frac–13Template:Frac, after a strong American come-back the last day, said to have been inspired by the incident with the not conceded putt.<ref name="Coffin"/>
Sörenstam was appointed captain of the 2017 European Solhem Cup team.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The match, played at Des Moines Golf and Country Club, Iowa, United States, was won by the U.S. team 16Template:Frac–11Template:Frac.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Comeback as a senior
[edit]After turning 50 in October 2020, Sörenstam became eligible for the 2021 U.S. Senior Women's Open. It was played at Brooklawn Country Club, Fairfield, Connecticut and Sörenstam won by 8 shots, ahead of fellow countrywoman Liselotte Neumann after leading the tournament wire to wire, with her husband Mike McGee as her caddie.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Ahead of the Senior Open, she played her first LPGA Tour event since 2008, finishing 74th at the 2021 Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Her win at the Senior Open qualified her to play in the 2022 U.S. Women's Open, at which she missed the cut by shooting 13-over.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Affiliations, honors
[edit]In 1998, Sörenstam was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
In four years, 2005-2008, Sörenstam was host for a Ladies European Tour tournament in Sweden, Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> She won the tournament twice herself during those years and another four times before that.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
In 2012, Sörenstam founded the ANNIKA Invitational Europe, an annual amateur golf tournament in Sweden for European girls under 18.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The tournament is a qualifying event for the European team in the Junior Solheim Cup since 2015<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and has been rated up to level "A" in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
In 2014, the LPGA established the yearly Rolex Annika Major Award, named after Sörenstam, to recognize the overall best performance in the LPGA majors. Points are award for top-10 finishes in each major. The major winner with the most points at the end of the season wins the award.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In February 2015, Sörenstam became one of seven women, invited as the first female honorary members of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. The other six women were HRH Princess Anne, Dame Laura Davies, Renee Powell, Belle Robertson, Lally Segard and Louise Suggs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On 2 December 2020, Sörenstam was appointed president of the International Golf Federation from 1 January 2021.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In June 2021, Sörenstam hosted, together with fellow countryman Henrik Stenson, the Scandinavian Mixed hosted by Henrik and Annika, co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Ladies European Tour, taking place in Sweden, for the first time bringing 78 men and 78 women together to compete in the same tournament for the same prize money, but playing from different tees.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Sörenstam played in the first edition of the tournament at Vallda Golf & Country Club as well as in the second edition in 2022 at Halmstad Golf Club and the third edition in 2023 at Ullna Golf & Country Club.<ref name=":0" />
In 2021, it was announced that Sörenstam will host an LPGA tournament in 2023; the ANNIKA Driven by Gainbridge at Pelican.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2022 Sörenstam accepted an invitation to become the first woman vice-president of the Association of Golf Writers, following in the footsteps of Sir Michael Bonallack, Tony Jacklin, Bernhard Langer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In October 2023, Sörenstam became, as the first LPGA player and one of few women, a member of Augusta National Golf Club.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Business career
[edit]Sörenstam began the transition from professional golfer to entrepreneur during the later years of her career, attempting to combine golf, fitness and charitable works into various businesses under the ANNIKA brand with the brand statement "Share my Passion". They are all promoted by her website on which there is a blog to which she and her staff regularly contribute.<ref name="Passion2">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref name="Website">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Blog">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Beau">Template:Cite web</ref>
Golf course design
[edit]Since 2003, Sörenstam has also worked as a golf course architect, undertaken a number of course design projects. Her first, the Annika Course, was completed at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China, in 2003; the second was officially launched in January 2006 and opened in 2008 at Euphoria Golf Estate & Hydro in South Africa.<ref name="Mission1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="SACourse1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="SACourse2">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2008 she also announced a new project at Mines Golf City, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Projects closer to home include a redesign of the Patriots Point Links Course near Charleston, South Carolina and a course at Red Mountain Resort, British Columbia.<ref name="Red"/><ref name="Patriot">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
She and Jack Nicklaus lost out on a bid to build the Olympic golf course in Rio to Gil Hanse and his consultant Amy Alcott.<ref name="RioGolf">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2010, a golf course she designed was opened in South Korea at Golden Bay Resort. This was the first project for her after-retirement golf course design.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In an interview with CNN in October 2017, Sörenstam spoke about the difficulties of being a woman in the golf course design industry, saying that a common stereotype is that courses she designs will be "short and easy".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
The ANNIKA Academy
[edit]The ANNIKA Academy at Ginn Reunion Resort in Reunion, Florida began construction in 2006 and opened in April 2007 with Sörenstam's longtime coach Henri Reis serving as head instructor, her sister Charlotta an instructor and club fitter, her personal trainer Kai Fusser focusing on overall fitness training, and with Sörenstam available for coaching on certain golfing packages.<ref name="ACAD3"/><ref name="Academy">Template:Cite web</ref> The opening ceremony included a Make-A-Wish Foundation golf clinic conducted by Sörenstam who is a United States ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and it also hosted clinics for junior golfers during The Annika Invitational, an American Junior Golf Association invitation-only event featuring the top 60 girls from around the world hosted by The ANNIKA Foundation.<ref name="Wish">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Ajga1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Ajga2">Template:Cite web</ref>
The Annika Academy closed in May 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Other business ventures
[edit]Other branches of the ANNIKA business include a clothing line with Cutter & Buck,<ref name="cutter-renew">Template:Cite news</ref> a limited label wine produced in partnership with Wente Vineyards,<ref name="wine-announce">Template:Cite web</ref> and a signature fragrance developed by SA Fragrances.<ref name="fragrance-announce">Template:Cite web</ref> Sörenstam also hosted the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika, an event on the LPGA Tour in 2007<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and 2008,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika on the Ladies European Tour during its last four years from 2005 through 2008.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She won the latter tournament in 2005 and 2006.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
One of Sörenstam's hobbies is cooking. She has participated in cooking demonstrations during LPGA tournaments and has talked about enrolling in cooking school.<ref name="WegCook">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ChefMing">Template:Cite web</ref> Before the 2003 season Sörenstam took the opportunity to improve her culinary skills by working eight-hour shifts in the kitchens of the Lake Nona Country Club.<ref name="Chef">Template:Cite news</ref> Sörenstam has had a serious interest in investments, real estate and the stock market since she earned her first LPGA check and in August 2006 was invited to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.<ref name="Int">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="NYSE1">Template:Cite web</ref>
Personal life
[edit]
Sörenstam met her first husband David Esch in 1994 on the driving range at Moon Valley Country Club, Phoenix, Arizona, where she was an LPGA rookie practicing for a tournament and he worked for club manufacturer Ping.<ref name="Esch1">Template:Cite magazine</ref> They were engaged at the 1995 Evian Masters, married in Lake Tahoe on 4 January 1997. They divorced in 2005.<ref name="Divorce">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Conv">Template:Cite web</ref>
In August 2007, Sörenstam became engaged to Mike McGee, the managing director for the ANNIKA brand of businesses and son of former PGA Tour and Champions Tour player Jerry McGee. They married at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, Florida, on 10 January 2009.<ref name="retirement gc" /><ref name="Eng">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Mar">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="Mar2">Template:Cite web</ref>
Their daughter Ava Madelyn McGee was born 1 September 2009.<ref name="pregnant">Template:Cite news</ref> On 21 March 2011, Sörenstam gave birth to a son, William Nicholas McGee, thirteen weeks premature.<ref name="Babyno2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Golf Digest 3-2011">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Since 2006, Sörenstam has held dual American and Swedish citizenship.<ref name="citizenship">Template:Cite web</ref>
Amateur wins
[edit]- 1991 NCAA Division I Championship Individual title<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1992 Espirito Santo Trophy Individual title<ref name="results">Template:Cite web</ref>
Professional wins (97)
[edit]LPGA Tour wins (72)
[edit]| Legend |
|---|
| Major championships (10) |
| Other LPGA Tour (62) |
LPGA Tour playoff record (16–6)
Sources:<ref name=LPGAresults/><ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
LPGA majors are shown in bold.
Note: Sörenstam won the Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's Open (formerly named the du Maurier Classic) in 2001, the year after it stopped being recognized as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.
Ladies European Tour wins (17)
[edit]Ladies European Tour playoff record (3–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2000 | Evian Masters1 | Template:Flagicon Karrie Webb | Won with eagle on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2002 | ANZ Ladies Masters3 | Template:Flagicon Karrie Webb | Won with par on fourth extra hole |
| 3 | 2008 | Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open | Template:Flagicon Ye Li-ying | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
Sources:<ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Note: Sörenstam won The Evian Championship (formerly named the Evian Masters) twice before it was recognized as a major championship on the LPGA Tour in 2013.
ALPG Tour wins (4)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 Dec 1994 | Holden Women's Australian Open<ref name="ausop94">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | −2 (68-72-72-74=286) | 5 strokes | Template:Flagicon Rachel Hetherington |
| 2 | 19 Nov 1995 | Alpine Australian Ladies Masters<ref name=":19">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | −22 (66-68-67-69=270) | 5 strokes | Template:Flagicon Jane Geddes |
| 3 | 24 Feb 2002 | ANZ Ladies Masters3 (2)<ref name=":18" /><ref name=":19" /> | −10 (74-64-71-69=278) | Playoff | Template:Flagicon Karrie Webb |
| 4 | 19 Feb 2004 | ANZ Ladies Masters3 (3)<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":19" /> | −19 (69-70-65-65=269) | 4 strokes | Template:Flagicon Karen Stupples |
ALPG Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1995 | Holden Women's Australian Open | Template:Flagicon Jane Geddes Template:Flagicon Liselotte Neumann |
Neumann won with birdie on third extra hole Geddes eliminated by birdie on second extra hole |
| 2 | 2002 | ANZ Ladies Masters3 | Template:Flagicon Karrie Webb | Won with par on fourth extra hole |
LPGA of Japan Tour wins (7)
[edit]Source:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Swedish Golf Tour wins (4)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 May 1990 | Kanthal-Höganäs Open (as an amateur)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | +11 (77-73-71=221) | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon Marie Wennersten-From |
| 2 | 1 Jul 1990 | Stora Lundby Ladies Open4 (as an amateur)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | +12 (76-77-39=192) | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon Anna-Carin Jonasson Template:Flagicon Pia Nilsson |
| 3 | 16 Jun 1991 | Ängsö Ladies Open (as an amateur)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | +3 (73-72-74=219) | 2 strokes | Template:Flagicon Marie Wennersten-From |
| 4 | 16 May 1993 | Höganäs Ladies Open<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | −2 (70-70-71=211) | 5 strokes | Template:Flagicon Maria Bertilsköld |
Source:<ref name=":0" />
Other wins (2)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 May 1997 | JCPenney/LPGA Skins Game5<ref name="Tävling" /> | 4-4=8 | 3 skins | Template:Flagicon Laura Davies |
| 2 | 22 Jan 2006 | Women's World Cup of Golf6 (with Template:Flagicon Liselotte Neumann)<ref name=":20">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | −7 (65-69-77-70=281) | 3 strokes | Template:Flagicon Scotland − Catriona Matthew / Janice Moodie |
Notes
- 1 Co-sanctioned by LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
- 2 Co-sanctioned by LPGA Tour and LPGA of Japan Tour
- 3 Co-sanctioned by ALPG Tour and Ladies European Tour
- 4 54-hole tournament shortened to 45 holes
- 5 Unofficial-money tournament on the LPGA Tour
- 6 Team event and unofficial-money tournament on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
Legends Tour wins (1)
[edit]| Legend |
|---|
| Legends Tour major championships (1) |
| Other Legends Tour (0) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Aug 2021 | U.S. Senior Women's Open | -12 (67-69-72-68=276) | 8 strokes | Template:Flagicon Liselotte Neumann |
Sources:<ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Major championships
[edit]Wins (10)
[edit]1 Defeated Grace Park with par on first extra hole
2 Defeated Hurst in 18-hole playoff: Sörenstam (70), Hurst (74)
Results timeline
[edit]| Tournament | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | T24 | T2 | T8 | T7 | T7 | T17 | |||
| LPGA Championship | 10 | T14 | 3 | T30 | T16 | T12 | |||
| U.S. Women's Open | T63 | 1 | 1 | CUT | T41 | CUT | T9 | ||
| du Maurier Classic | T22 | T45 | T6 | CUT | 2 | 3 |
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | 1 | 1 | 2 | T13 | 1 | T6 | T31 | T2 |
| LPGA Championship | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | T9 | T15 | T3 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | T23 | 1 | T32 | T24 |
| Women's British Open ^ | T32 | CUT | 1 | 13 | T5 | T31 | T16 | T24 |
| ! Tournament | 2009–21 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chevron Championship | |||
| Women's PGA Championship | |||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | |
| The Evian Championship^^ | |||
| Women's British Open |
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
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CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Summary
[edit]| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| LPGA Championship | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 13 |
| du Maurier Classic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Women's British Open | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| Totals | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 31 | 45 | 59 | 53 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 24 (2003 Kraft Nabisco − 2008 British Open)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (4 times)
LPGA Tour record
[edit]| Year | Tournaments played |
Cuts made* |
Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish |
Earnings (US$) |
Money list rank |
Scoring average |
Scoring rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 † | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T64 | n/a | n/a | 77.00 | n/a |
| 1993 † | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | n/a | n/a | 71.09 | n/a (5) |
| 1994 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | T2 | 127,451 | 39 | 71.90 | 17 |
| 1995 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 666,533 | 1 | 71.00 | 1 |
| 1996 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 808,311 | 3 | 70.47 | 1 |
| 1997 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1,236,789 | 1 | 70.04 | 2 |
| 1998 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1,092,748 | 1 | 69.99 | 1 |
| 1999 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 863,816 | 4 | 70.40 | 2 |
| 2000 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1,404,948 | 2 | 70.47 | 2 |
| 2001 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2,105,868 | 1 | 69.42 | 1 |
| 2002 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 2,863,904 | 1 | 68.70 | 1 |
| 2003 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2,029,506 | 1 | 69.02 | 1 |
| 2004 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2,544,707 | 1 | 68.70 | 1 |
| 2005 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2,588,240 | 1 | 69.33 | 1 |
| 2006 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1,971,741 | 3 | 69.82 | 2 |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 532,718 | 25 | 71.27 | 4 |
| 2008 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1,735,912 | 4 | 70.47 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 3,833 | 180 | 75.25 | n/a |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T28 | 6,668 | 169 | 77.50 | n/a |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MC | 0 | n/a | 79.50 | n/a |
| Totals^ | 307 (1994) | 296 (1994) | 72 | 46 | 24 | 207 (1994) | 1 | 22,583,693 | 1 |
^ As of 2023 season<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=LPGAresults>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
† Not official in LPGA records, 307 tournaments played, 296 cuts made, 207 top-10s
World ranking
[edit]Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
| Year | Ranking |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 1<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2007 | 4<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2008 | 3<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
On 5 January 2009, Sörenstam, who was ranked third the previous week<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> despite having announced her retirement effective at the end of the 2008 season, was removed from the rankings.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> No official explanation was given for her removal. Sörenstam later posted in her personal blog that she asked to be removed.<ref name="rolex-removal"> Template:Cite web </ref>
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1990 (winners)
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 1990, 1992 (individual winner)
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1991
Professional
- Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 (winners), 2002, 2003 (winners), 2005, 2007, 2017 (non-playing captain)
- Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2005 (winners), 2006, 2007, 2008 (winners)
- World Cup (representing Sweden): 2006 (winners)
Sources:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="EUR1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Lexus12">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":20" />
Solheim Cup record
[edit]| Year | Total matches |
Total W–L–H |
Singles W–L–H |
Foursomes W–L–H |
Fourballs W–L–H |
Points won |
Points % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 37 | 22–11–4 | 4–3–1 | 11–3–1 | 7–5–2 | 24 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 3 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 lost to T. Green |
1–0–0 won w/ C.Nilsmark 1 up |
0–1–0 lost w/ C. Nilsmark 6&5 |
1 | 33.3 |
| 1996 | 5 | 3–0–2 | 1–0–0 def. P. Bradley 2&1 |
1–0–1 halved w/ C. Nilsmark, won w/ C. Nilsmark 1 up |
1–0–1 won w/ K. Marshall 1 up, halved w/ T. Johnson |
4 | 80.0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 3–2–0 | 1–0–0 def. D. Andrews 2&1 |
1–1–0 won w/ C. Matthew 3&2, lost w/ C. Matthew 3&2 |
1–1–0 lost w/ C. Nilsmark 2 up, won w/ C. Nilsmark 5&3 |
3 | 60.0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2–2–0 | 0–1–0 lost to J. Inkster 5&4 |
2–0–0 won w/ J. Moodie 1 up, won w/ J. Moodie 1 up |
0–1–0 lost w/ J. Moodie 2&1 |
2 | 50.0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3–1–1 | 0–0–1 halved w/ W. Ward |
2–0–0 won w/ C Koch 3&2, won w/ C. Koch 4&3 |
1–1–0 lost w/ M. Hjorth 2&1, won w/ C. Koch 4&3 |
3.5 | 70.0 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4–1–0 | 1–0–0 def. A. Stanford 3&2 |
2–0–0 won w/ S. Pettersen 4&3, won w/ C. Koch 3&2 |
1–1–0 lost w/ C. Koch 1 dn, won w/ S. Pettersen 1 up |
4 | 80.0 |
| 2005 | 5 | 4–1–0 | 1–0–0 def B. Daniel 4&3 |
1–1–0 won w/ S. Pettersen 1 up, lost w/ C. Matthew 2 up |
2–0–0 won w/ C. Matthew 2&1, won w/ L. Davies 4&2 |
4 | 80.0 |
| 2007 | 5 | 2–2–1 | 0–1–0 lost to M. Pressel 2&1 |
1–1–0 lost w/ C. Matthew 4&2, won w/ C. Matthew 1 up |
1–0–1 halved w/ M. Hjorth, won w/ S. Pettersen 3&2 |
2.5 | 50.0 |
Awards
[edit]Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2 1993
1994
1995
- Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year
- LPGA Tour Player of the Year
- LPGA Tour Money Winner
- LPGA Vare Trophy
- LET Order of Merit
- LET Players' Player of the Year
- Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
- Swedish Golfer of the Year
- Jerringpriset Swedish Athlete of the Year
- Swedish Sportswomen of the Year by newspaper Aftonbladet and the Swedish Sports Confederation
1996
- LPGA Vare Trophy (2)
- Swedish Golfer of the Year (2)
- ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer
1997
- Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (2)
- LPGA Tour Player of the Year (2)
- LPGA Tour Money Winner (2)
- Swedish Golfer of the Year (3)
1998
- LPGA Tour Player of the Year (3)
- LPGA Tour Money Winner (3)
- LPGA Vare Trophy (3)
- Swedish Golfer of the Year (4)
- ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer (2)
1999
2001
- Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (3)
- LPGA Tour Player of the Year (4)
- LPGA Tour Money Winner (4)
- LPGA Vare Trophy (3)
- LPGA Crowne Plaza Achievement Award
- Swedish Golfer of the Year (5)
2002
- Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (4)
- LPGA Tour Player of the Year (5)
- LPGA Tour Money Winner (5)
- LPGA Vare Trophy (4)
- LPGA Crowne Plaza Achievement Award (2)
- Swedish Golfer of the Year (6)
- ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer (4)
- LET Players' Player of the Year (2)
Template:Col-2 2003
- World Golf Hall of Fame
- AP Female Athlete of the Year
- Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (5)
- LPGA Tour Player of the Year (6)
- LPGA Tour Money Winner (6)
- Patty Berg Award
- Association of European Golf Writers Golf Writers' Trophy
- Jerringpriset Swedish Athlete of the Year (2)
- Swedish Golfer of the Year (7)
- ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer (5)
2004
- AP Female Athlete of the Year (2)
- Laureus World Sports Awards Sportswoman of the Year
- Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (6)
- LPGA Tour Player of the Year (7)
- LPGA Tour Money Winner (7)
- Swedish Golfer of the Year (8)
- ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer (6)
2005
- AP Female Athlete of the Year (3)
- Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (7)
- LPGA Tour Player of the Year (8)
- LPGA Tour Money Winner (8)
- LPGA Vare Trophy (5)
- Association of European Golf Writers Golf Writers' Trophy (2)
- Swedish Golfer of the Year (9)
- ESPY Awards Best Female Athlete
2006
2009
2010
2012
2014
2020
- Presidential Medal of Freedom Originally scheduled for 23 March 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ceremony was rescheduled and held 7 January 2021.
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See also
[edit]- List of golfers with most Ladies European Tour wins
- List of golfers with most LPGA major championship wins
- List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
- Monday Night Golf
- Women's Career Grand Slam
- Lowest rounds of golf
Female golfers who have competed in men's PGA tournaments:
Notes and references
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