Editing Annika Sörenstam (section)

===Golf course design===
Since 2003, Sörenstam has also worked as a golf course [[Golf course architect|architect]], undertaken a number of [[golf course design|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">{{cite web |title=Annika Course |publisher=Mission Hills Golf Club China |url=http://www.missionhillsgroup.com/en/golf/courses/annika/default.html |access-date=31 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011410/http://www.missionhillsgroup.com/en/golf/courses/annika/default.html |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref><ref name="SACourse1">{{cite web|title=Sörenstam launches golf course in South Africa |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=5531&mid=4 |access-date=16 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120720/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=5531&mid=4 |archive-date=29 September 2007}}</ref><ref name="SACourse2">{{cite web |title=Annika Sorenstam officially opens Euphoria Golf Estate & Hydro |publisher=Euphoria Golf Estate & Hydro |url=http://www.euphoriaestate.co.za/contenthtml/files/Media/AnnikaOpening.pdf |access-date=31 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325221956/http://www.euphoriaestate.co.za/contenthtml/files/Media/AnnikaOpening.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2008 she also announced a new project at Mines Golf City, near [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mines Golf City gets Korean touch |url=https://theedgemalaysia.com/article/mines-golf-city-gets-korean-touch |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=The Edge Malaysia}}</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">{{cite magazine |first=Tom |last=Cunneff |title=Charting a New Course |magazine=[[Links Magazine]] |url=http://www.linksmagazine.com/best_of_golf/personalities/annika_sorenstam_women_golf_course_designers_print.html |access-date=22 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006092941/http://linksmagazine.com/best_of_golf/personalities/annika_sorenstam_women_golf_course_designers_print.html |archive-date=6 October 2008 |url-status=dead}}</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">{{cite news |title=Yet-to-Be Details of Olympic Golf |newspaper=The New York Times |date=18 August 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/sports/olympics/dave-anderson-looking-ahead-to-olympic-golf-in-2016.html?_r=0 |access-date=18 August 2012 |last1=Anderson |first1=Dave}}</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>{{cite web |url=https://fore-ladies.com/blog/ladies-of-the-links-featured-player-annika-sorenstam/ |title=Ladies of the Links: Featured Player – Annika Sorenstam |website=Fore-Ladies |date=15 February 2021}}</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>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.bunkered.co.uk/golf-news/annika-sorenstam-battling-gender-stereotypes-in-golf-course-design |title=Annika Sorenstam battling gender stereotypes in golf course design |date=10 October 2017 |magazine=bunkered |first=Martin |last=Inglis}}</ref>