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===1990s=== Sörenstam turned professional in 1992, but missed her LPGA Tour card at the final [[Qualifying school|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 LPGA Tour|1993]], where she finished T38th, 4th, and T9th, earning more than $47,000.<ref name="2010Bio">{{cite web |title=2010 LPGA Bio |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/2010PlayerBiosPDF/Sorenstam,Annika-10.pdf |access-date=15 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629135436/http://www.lpga.com/content/2010PlayerBiosPDF/Sorenstam%2CAnnika-10.pdf |archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref> She finished second four times on the Ladies European Tour and was [[1993 Ladies European Tour|1993]] [[Ladies European Tour#Yearly award winners|Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year]].<ref name="LETBio">{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam Player Profile |publisher=LET (Ladies European Tour) |date=23 January 2006 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/010792.htm |access-date=15 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312103618/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/010792.htm |archive-date=12 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> By tying for 28th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament she earned non-exempt status for the [[1994 LPGA Tour|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">{{cite web |title=1994 Holden Women's Australian Open Golf Championship |publisher=ALPG Tour |url=http://www.alpgtour.com/past_tournament_detail.asp?xmlref=T20.xml |access-date=7 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212141014/http://alpgtour.compast_tournament_detail.asp?xmlref=T20.xml |archive-date=12 February 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the United States, Sörenstam was [[LPGA#LPGA Tour awards|LPGA Rookie of the Year]], had three top-10 finishes including a tie for second at the [[Women's British Open]] and made her [[1994 Solheim Cup|Solheim Cup]] debut.<ref name="LETBio"/><ref name="SolTeams">{{cite web |title=1990–2003 Solheim Cup Teams |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/contentTeams,%20Members,%20WinLoss%20Records.pdf |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616121312/http://www.lpga.com/content/Teams%2C%20Members%2C%20WinLoss%20Records.pdf |archive-date=16 June 2007}}</ref> Her breakout year was [[1995 LPGA Tour|1995]], when she won her first LPGA Tour title at the [[1995 U.S. Women's Open|U.S. Women's Open]].<ref name="Golf Annika"/> She finished at the top of the [[LPGA Tour#Leading money winners by year|Money List]]<ref name="Money List">{{cite web |title=Annual Money Leaders |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/MoneyLeaders.pdf |access-date=16 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125181423/http://www.lpga.com/content/MoneyLeaders.pdf |archive-date=25 January 2007}}</ref> and was the first non-American winner of the [[LPGA Tour#LPGA Tour awards|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">{{cite web |title=Full Career Biography |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Sorenstam,A-07.pdf |access-date=7 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325012430/http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Sorenstam%2CA-07.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A win at the 1995 Australian Ladies Masters<ref name="1995alpgt">{{cite web |title=1995 Australian Ladies Masters |publisher=ALPG Tour |url=http://www.alpgtour.com/past_tournament_detail.asp?xmlref=T27.xml |access-date=8 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210095227/http://alpgtour.com/past_tournament_detail.asp?xmlref=T27.xml |archive-date=10 February 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> and two other wins on the Ladies European Tour put her top of the [[Ladies European Tour#Yearly award winners|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">{{cite news |title=Golf Tour For Women Tees Off With Hope |date=2 May 1996 |newspaper=International Herald Tribune |first=Ian |last=Thomsen |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/1996/05/02/ian.t.php |access-date=15 March 2007 }}</ref> Her success worldwide resulted in her winning the [[Radiosportens Jerringpris|Jerringpriset]] award in Sweden,<ref name="Jerring1995">{{cite web |title=Jerringpriset Award Winners |publisher=radiosporten |url=http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/radiosporten/nyheter/amnessida.asp?programID=179&Nyheter=&grupp=3602&artikel=1041550 |access-date=8 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070326091037/http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/radiosporten/nyheter/amnessida.asp?programID=179&Nyheter=&grupp=3602&artikel=1041550 |archive-date=26 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as being awarded the [[Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal]], the country's most prestigious award in sports.<ref name="SvenDag">{{cite news |title=Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal |work=Svenska Dagbladet}}</ref> 1996 saw Sörenstam win her home LET tournament, the [[Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open]] in Sweden and three LPGA tournaments including the [[1996 U.S. Women's Open|U.S. Women's Open]].<ref name="Trygg">{{cite web |title=Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open |publisher=Golf in Europe |url=http://www.ecs.net/golf/tour/women/1996/220896.html |access-date=8 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218073710/http://www.ecs.net/golf/tour/women/1996/220896.html |archive-date=18 February 2007 |url-status=dead}}</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 LPGA Tour|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 LPGA Tour|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">{{cite web |title=Sorenstam splits with longtime caddie |work=Golf Today |url=http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news99/sorenstam.html |access-date=20 February 2008}}</ref><ref name="TMac">{{cite magazine |title=All The Action Isn't at the Golf Course |first=Ron |last=Sirak |date=28 July 2007 |magazine=Golf Digest |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/blogs/localknowledge/2007/07/all-the-action-.html |access-date=20 February 2008}}</ref>
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