Editing Annika Sörenstam (section)

===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" />