Editing Annika Sörenstam (section)

==Childhood and amateur career==
She was born in [[Bro, Stockholm|Bro]] near [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]].<ref name="Golf Annika">{{Cite book|last=Sorenstam|first=Annika|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56595141|title=Golf Annika's way|date=2004|publisher=Gotham Books|isbn=1-59240-076-0|location=New York, N.Y.|oclc=56595141}}</ref> Sörenstam's father Tom was an [[IBM]] executive and her mother Gunilla worked in a bank. Her younger sister [[Charlotta Sörenstam|Charlotta]] also became a professional golfer and LPGA Tour winner, and, after her playing career, coached at her sister's academy.<ref name="LottaLPGA">{{cite web |title=Charlotta Sörenstam Profile |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=553 |access-date=7 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311025341/http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=553 |archive-date=11 March 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> Annika and Charlotta Sörenstam became the first two sisters to both win $1&nbsp;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 [[Alpine skiing|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>{{Cite book|last=Lind|first=Claes|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/185973077|title=Våga bli bäst : Annika Sörenstam|date=2003|publisher=Sportförl|others=Annika Sörenstam, Bulls tr.)|isbn=91-88541-56-8|edition=2. uppl|location=Malmö|oclc=185973077}}</ref><ref name="Red">{{cite web |title=Hall-of-Fame Golfer and Ski Enthusiast Sorenstam's New Mountain Golf Course Gives New Meaning to the Term 'Slope Rating' |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=13517&mid=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212105118/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=13517&mid=2 |archive-date=12 February 2009 |access-date=31 January 2009 |publisher=LPGA}}</ref>

===Junior golf===
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>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/after-20-years-it-s-definitely-her-bag-1.1009795 |title=After 20 years, it's definitely her bag |newspaper=Irish Times |location=Dublin, Ireland |date=30 May 2006}}</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">{{cite web |date=17 April 2007 |title=Sörenstam opens new "Annika Academy" |url=http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news_07/annika_sorenstam_2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107102914/http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news_07/annika_sorenstam_2.html |archive-date=7 November 2011 |access-date=9 May 2007 |work=Golf Today}}</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===
Her successful amateur career included a win in the [[St Rule Trophy]] played at [[Old Course at St Andrews|St Andrews]] and a runner-up finish in the Swedish national mother/daughter Championship.<ref name="St Rule Trophy">{{cite web |title=St Rule Trophy |publisher=St Andrews Links |date=23 October 2006 |url=http://www.standrews.org.uk/events/annual_tournaments/st_rule_trophy.html |access-date=7 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219005208/http://www.standrews.org.uk/events/annual_tournaments/st_rule_trophy.html |archive-date=19 February 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Sis">{{cite magazine|title=Finally, sisters in arms- Charlotta Sörenstam and Annika Sörenstam |magazine=Golf Digest |first=Dave |last=Kindred |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_7_51/ai_63015273 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050330075204/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_7_51/ai_63015273 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 March 2005 |access-date=6 July 2007 |year=2000 }}</ref> As a member of the Swedish National Team from 1987 to 1992, she played in the [[1990 Espirito Santo Trophy|1990]] and [[1992 Espirito Santo Trophy|1992]] [[Espirito Santo Trophy]], winning the individual competition in 1992.<ref name="IGF">{{cite web |title=World Amateur Team Championship Record Books |url=http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/recordbook/wplayer2.asp?fname=Annika&mname=&lname=Sorenstam&country=Sweden |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020043742/http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/recordbook/wplayer2.asp?fname=Annika&mname=&lname=Sorenstam&country=Sweden |archive-date=20 October 2007 |access-date=7 March 2007 |publisher=International Golf Federation}}</ref><ref name="IGF2">{{cite web |title=Notable Past Players |publisher=International Golf Federation |url=http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/History/notables.html |access-date=24 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422042205/http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/History/notables.html |archive-date=22 April 2007 |url-status=live}}</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">{{cite web |title=Sörenstam needs balance to hold off competition |publisher=CBS Sportsline |url=http://www.sportsline.com/golf/story/10042794/2 |first=Steve |last=Elling |date=6 March 2007 |access-date=7 March 2007 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201145425/http://www.sportsline.com/golf/story/10042794/2 |archive-date=1 December 2008}}</ref><ref name="Tel1989">{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam 1989 |url=http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1989 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092952/http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1989 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |access-date=7 March 2007 |publisher=Golfdata Sweden}}</ref><ref name="Tel1990">{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam 1990 |url=http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1990 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024918/http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1990 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=7 March 2007 |publisher=Golfdata Sweden}}</ref><ref name="Tel1991">{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam 1991 |url=http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1991 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903144422/http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1991 |archive-date=3 September 2007 |access-date=7 March 2007 |publisher=Golfdata Sweden}}</ref>

===University of Arizona===
After a coach spotted Sörenstam playing in a collegiate event in [[Tokyo]], she moved to the U.S. to play college golf at the [[Arizona Wildcats|University of Arizona]] in [[Tucson, Arizona|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 Women's Golf Championships|NCAA Division I Championship]].<ref name="Sis"/><ref name="NCAA">{{cite news  |title=Women's Golf History |work=ESPN |date=26 May 2008 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?page=wgolfalmanac |access-date=17 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301211550/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?page=wgolfalmanac |archive-date=1 March 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Sörenstam was 1991 NCAA Co-Player of the Year with [[Kelly Robbins]], runner-up in the 1992 [[NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships|NCAA championship]], 1992 [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]] champion and a 1991–92 NCAA [[All-America]]n.<ref name="Golf Annika"/><ref name="PAC">{{cite web |title=PAC 10 Women's Golf
 |publisher=PAC10 |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pac10/sports/c-golf/auto_pdf/Pac-10WomensGolfRecords.pdf |access-date=7 March 2007 |archive-date=16 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616121314/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pac10/sports/c-golf/auto_pdf/Pac-10WomensGolfRecords.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="NCAAAll">{{cite web |title=IMG Speakers Annika Sörenstam |publisher=IMG Speakers |url=http://www.imgspeakers.com/speakers/annika_sorenstam.aspx |access-date=16 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017014722/http://www.imgspeakers.com/speakers/annika_sorenstam.aspx |archive-date = 17 October 2006}}</ref> She qualified for the [[1992 U.S. Women's Open|U.S. Women's Open]] at [[Oakmont Country Club|Oakmont]] in July, made the cut, and tied for 63rd. A few weeks later at the [[U.S. Women's Amateur]] at [[Kemper Lakes Golf Club|Kemper Lakes]] near [[Chicago]], she was the runner-up to [[Vicki Goetze]], bogeying the last hole in the 36-hole final.<ref name="USAm">{{cite news |date=4 August 2001 |title=U.S. Women's Amateur champions |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/amateur/2001-08-04-women-amateur-champions.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009032437/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/amateur/2001-08-04-women-amateur-champions.htm |archive-date=9 October 2008 |access-date=3 June 2008 |newspaper=USA Today}}</ref><ref name=gtzewrga>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3NlMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1359%2C4014605 |newspaper=Rome News-Tribune |location=Georgia |agency=Associated Press |title=Goetze wins U.S. Amateur|date=16 August 1992 |page=5B }}</ref><ref name=erguswam92>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NUVWAAAAIBAJ&pg=3747%2C3791110 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |title=Golf: U.S. Women's Amateur |date=16 August 1992 |page=8G}}</ref>