Editing Annika Sörenstam (section)

===2000s===
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 LPGA Tour|2000]] [[Welch's/Fry's Championship|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">{{cite magazine |title=Sörenstam deserves Hall pass |magazine=Sports Illustrated |first=Tom |last=Hanson |date=13 March 2000 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/tom_hanson/news/2000/03/13/inside_lpga/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001009103426/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/tom_hanson/news/2000/03/13/inside_lpga/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 October 2000 |access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref><ref name="HOF2">{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam bio |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/golf/players/s/annika-sorenstam/bio.aspx |access-date=9 November 2014}}</ref> Sörenstam was the first international player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame through the LPGA criteria.<ref name="HOF3">{{cite news |title=Annika, Price Inducted into Hall |work=The Golf Channel |date=21 October 2003|url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=11239 |access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref><ref name="WSF">{{cite web|title=Women's Sports Foundation |publisher=Women's Sports Foundation |date=18 October 2004 |first=Alison |last=Sawyer |url=http://www.gogirlworld.org/cgi-bin/iowa/about/media/press.html?record=116 |access-date=18 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008134054/http://www.gogirlworld.org/cgi-bin/iowa/about/media/press.html?record=116 |archive-date=8 October 2008}}</ref><ref name="HOF4">{{cite web |title=World Golf Hall of Fame Profile: Annika Sörenstam |publisher=World Golf Hall of Fame |url=http://www.worldgolfhalloffame.org/annika-sorenstam/ |access-date=4 September 2013}}</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 {{convert|20|yd}} to her driving distance.<ref name="Passion">{{cite web |title=Passion to be Perfect |publisher=Golf for Women magazine |first=Ron |last=Sirak |url=http://www.herballifehealing.com/links/shaklee/03%20Nutrition/13%20Sports/07%20Annika%20Sorenstam.pdf |access-date=7 July 2007 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref name="Driving">{{cite magazine |title=Annika's Driving Ambition |magazine=Time |first=Jeff |last=Chu |date=26 May 2003 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004902,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930065411/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004902,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2007 |access-date=3 May 2007}}</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&nbsp;million mark in single-season earnings.<ref name="Money List"/><ref name="Score59">{{cite news |title=Sörenstam reaches golf's magic number |work=ESPN |date=21 March 2001 |url=https://www.espn.com/golfonline/tours/s/2001/0316/1156236.html |access-date=8 March 2007}}</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">{{cite web |title=Woods, Sorenstam prevail in 'Battle at Bighorn' playoff |publisher=The Free Library |date=31 July 2001|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Woods,+Sorenstam+prevail+in+%60Battle+at+Bighorn%27+playoff-a076887114 |access-date=21 September 2010}} {{Dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
[[Image:SorenstamBrit2004a.JPG|thumb|Sörenstam at the Women's British Open 2004]]

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">{{cite news |title= All hail Queen Annika |work=BBC Sport |date=6 December 2002 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/2549625.stm |access-date=5 December 2007| first=Matt |last=Slater}}</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">{{cite news |title=Golf; Statement Made by Sorenstam, And Fashion Is the Least of It |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1 April 2002 |first=Clifton |last=Brown |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/01/golf-statement-made-by-sorenstam-and-fashion-is-the-least-of-it.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131034513/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/01/golf-statement-made-by-sorenstam-and-fashion-is-the-least-of-it.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 January 2013 |access-date=30 March 2010}}</ref> and also won the [[ANZ Ladies Masters]] in Australia<ref name="ANZ2002">{{cite web |title=Tournament Summary Report for 2002 ANZ Ladies Masters |publisher=ALPG Tour |url=http://www.alpgtour.com/past_tournament_detail.asp?xmlref=T104.xml |access-date=8 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210014058/http://alpgtour.com/past_tournament_detail.asp?xmlref=T104.xml |archive-date=10 February 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Compaq Open]] in Sweden on the Ladies European Tour giving her 13 wins in 25 starts worldwide in 2002.<ref name="Compaq2002">{{cite web |title=Sörenstam by five |publisher=LET |date=18 August 2002 |first=Martin |last=Park |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4628&page=133 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201249/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4628&page=133 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref>

Sörenstam was invited to play in the PGA Tour's Bank of America Colonial golf tournament in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], [[Texas]], in May [[2003 PGA Tour|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>{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0905/this.day.sports.history.may22/content.5.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525181224/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0905/this.day.sports.history.may22/content.5.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 May 2009|title=Annika Sorenstam – 2003 – Back in Time: May 22 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |access-date=21 May 2011}}</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">{{cite news |title= Singh says Annika 'doesn't belong' on PGA Tour |newspaper=USA Today |date=12 May 2003 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2003-05-12-singh_x.htm |access-date=5 December 2007 |first1=Jerry |last1=Potter}}</ref><ref name="Vijay2">{{cite news |title= Singh backs off comments about Sorenstam |newspaper=USA Today |date=13 May 2003 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2003-05-13-singh-apology_x.htm |access-date=5 December 2007 |first1=Jerry |last1=Potter}}</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">{{cite magazine |title=An Interview with Annika Sörenstam |magazine=Golf Magazine |date=22 May 2003 |url=http://sports.yahoo.golfserv.com/gdc/news/article.asp?id=13298 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20030524222832/http://sports.yahoo.golfserv.com/gdc/news/article.asp?id=13298 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 May 2003|access-date=1 July 2008}}</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">{{cite news |title=Annika Sorenstam tees off in a PGA event |work=ESPN |date=22 May 2003 |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments/44 |access-date=31 May 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103002125/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments%2F44 |archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref>

Later in the 2003 season, she won the LPGA Championship and the Women's British Open,<ref name="Brit2003">{{cite web |title=Annika slam dunks the opposition |publisher=LET |date=3 August 2003 |first=Martin |last=Park |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4214&page=104 |access-date=10 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185249/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4214&page=104 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</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">{{cite web |title=Grand Slam |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=1&pid=307 |access-date=8 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222213311/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=1&amp;pid=307 |archive-date=22 February 2007 |url-status=live}}</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 (PGA Tour)|Skins Game]], finishing second with five skins worth $225,000; Sörenstam holed a {{convert|39|yd|adj=on}} bunker shot on the ninth hole—the eighth eagle in Skins Game history.<ref name="Skins">{{cite web|title=December 01, 2003: News and Notes |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=4&pid=231 |access-date=11 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115019/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=4&pid=231 |archive-date=29 September 2007}}</ref> In September, she was part of the winning European [[2003 Solheim Cup|Solheim Cup]] team in her native Sweden. She was awarded her second Jerringpriset award in Sweden<ref name="Jerring2003">{{cite web |title=Annika Sorenstam Biography |publisher=Athletes for Hope |url=http://www.athletesforhope.org/annika-sorenstam-allstar.html |access-date=28 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904152246/http://www.athletesforhope.org/annika-sorenstam-allstar.html |archive-date=4 September 2011}}</ref> plus the 2003 Golf Writers' Trophy by the Association of Golf Writers.<ref name="GWT">{{cite web |title=Annika wins Golfer of the Year |publisher=LET |date=18 December 2003 |first=Andy |last=Farrell |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4355 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025123552/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4355 |archive-date=25 October 2006}}</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&nbsp;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">{{cite web |title=All Time Records |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/Alltimerecords.pdf |access-date=2 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415045540/http://www.lpga.com/content/Alltimerecords.pdf |archive-date=15 April 2007 |url-status=dead}}</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 [[Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year|World Sportswoman of the Year]].<ref name="Laureus">{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam Laureus Win |publisher=Laureus World Sports Academy |url=http://www.laureus.com/content/annika-sorenstam?awardyear=2004&nomwin=w |access-date=28 December 2012 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417040800/http://www.laureus.com/content/annika-sorenstam?awardyear=2004&nomwin=w |url-status=dead }}</ref> She also released a combination autobiography and golf instructional book, ''Golf Annika's Way''.<ref name="Book">{{cite magazine |title=Annika's way: Instruction kept simple as swing |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=5 October 2004|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/golf/10/05/bc.glf.theproshop.ap/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522082230/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/golf/10/05/bc.glf.theproshop.ap/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 May 2008 |access-date=10 March 2007}}</ref>

Sörenstam's life both on and off the golf course changed in [[2005 LPGA Tour|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">{{cite web |title=After her divorce, Sörenstam is moving on |publisher=[[PGA of America]] |date=18 December 2005 |url=http://www.pga.com/news/tours/lpga/notebook121805.cfm |access-date=24 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051223152359/http://www.pga.com/news/tours/lpga/notebook121805.cfm |archive-date=23 December 2005}}</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">{{cite web |title=Annika wins the LPGA Championship |publisher=LET |date=13 June 2005 |first=Bethan |last=Cutler 
 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3816&page=50 |access-date=11 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184530/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3816&page=50 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</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">{{cite news |title=Sörenstam gets historic fifth win |work=BBC News |date=6 November 2005 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4411458.stm |access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref> 11 wins in 21 tournaments entered worldwide included victory in the Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika<ref name="TPC1">{{cite web |first=Bethan |last=Cutler |title=Annika wins the Scandinavian TPC Hosted by Annika |publisher=LET |date=7 August 2005 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3875&page=44 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201309/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3875&page=44 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</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">{{cite news |title=LPGA Yearly Scoring Leaders |newspaper=Liveabout |publisher=About.com |url=http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/a/lpgavaretrophy.htm |access-date=28 December 2012 |archive-date=17 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017210838/http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/a/lpgavaretrophy.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="POY">{{cite web|title=Rolex Player of the Year Winners |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=2500&mid=2 |access-date=7 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061027003059/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=2500&mid=2 |archive-date=27 October 2006}}</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">{{cite web|title=Sybase Match Play Championship celebrates players with most wins |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=24021 |access-date=15 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815050412/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=24021 |archive-date=15 August 2010}}</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">{{cite web |title=1990–2003 Solheim Cup Teams |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/Teams,%20Members,%20WinLoss%20Records.pdf |access-date=10 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><ref name="2005Sol">{{cite web |title=The 2005 European Solheim Cup team announced |publisher=LET |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/main_article.php?id=3898&pid=1001 |access-date=28 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024163130/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/main_article.php?id=3898&pid=1001 |archive-date=24 October 2012}}</ref> and the inaugural [[Lexus Cup]] was played with Sörenstam as the Captain of the victorious International Team.<ref name="Lexus1">{{cite web |title=Internationals secure win in Inaugural Lexus Cup |publisher=Lexus |url=http://www.lexuscup.com/2005/ |access-date=10 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124235233/http://www.lexuscup.com/2005/ |archive-date=24 January 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[Image:SorenstamBrit2004c.JPG|thumb|left|Sörenstam at the Women's British Open 2004]]
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">{{cite news |title=Woods, Sörenstam, Irwin Win GWAA Awards |work=The Golf Channel |date=18 December 2002 |url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=7915 |access-date=13 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205416/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=7915 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref><ref name="Gwaa2">{{cite news |title=Singh, Sörenstam, Stadler Win Writer Awards |work=The Golf Channel |date=14 December 2004 |url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=15098 |access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref><ref name="Gwaa3">{{cite news |title=Woods, Annika, Quigley Win Golf Writers Awards |work=The Golf Channel |date=12 December 2005 |url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=18246 |access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref> Associated Press voted her [[Associated Press Athlete of the Year|Female Athlete of the Year]] for the third consecutive year<ref name="AP1">{{cite news |title=Sörenstam wins award by wide margin |work=ESPN |date=29 December 2003 |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=1695866 |access-date=10 March 2007}}</ref><ref name="AP2">{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Litke |title=Sorenstam voted repeat AP Female Athlete of Year |newspaper=USA Today |date=28 December 2004 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2004-12-28-sorenstam-year_x.htm |access-date=5 August 2008}}</ref><ref name="AP3">{{cite news |title=Golfer Sörenstam chosen AP female athlete of the year |publisher=CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golfer-sorenstam-chosen-ap-female-athlete-of-the-year-1.568296 |access-date=10 March 2007 |date=28 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125203638/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/12/28/sorenstam_ap_award051228.html |archive-date=25 January 2007 |url-status=live}}</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">{{cite web |title=Annika honoured again with Top Award |publisher=LET |date=13 December 2005 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4016&page=32 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201542/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4016&page=32 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> Having previously won six [[Best Female Golfer ESPY Award]]s (1996, 1998–99, 2002–04), Sörenstam also received the 2005 [[ESPY Awards|ESPY Award]] as [[Best Female Athlete ESPY Award|Best Female Athlete]]<ref name="espy1">{{cite news |title=The 2005 ESPY Awards |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/espy2005/s/05nomineesindex.html |access-date=8 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226170424/http://espn.go.com/espy2005/s/05nomineesindex.html |archive-date=26 February 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="espy2">{{cite news |title=The ESPY Awards 2002 winners |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/espy2002/s/02nomineesindex.html |access-date=10 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209012218/http://espn.go.com/espy2002/s/02nomineesindex.html |archive-date=9 February 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="espy3">{{cite news |title=The ESPY Awards 2003 |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/espy2003/s/02nomineesindex.html |access-date=10 March 2007}}</ref><ref name="espy4">{{cite news |title=The 2004 ESPY Awards winners |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/espy2004/s/04nomineesindex.html |access-date=10 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304225406/http://espn.go.com/espy2004/s/04nomineesindex.html |archive-date=4 March 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref>

When the first-ever official [[Women's World Golf Rankings]] were unveiled in February [[2006 LPGA Tour|2006]], Sörenstam was confirmed as the number-one player in women's golf, a position she relinquished to [[Lorena Ochoa]] on 22 April [[2007 LPGA Tour|2007]].<ref name="CareerMoney">{{cite web |title=Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings Unveiled |publisher=LPGA |date=21 February 2006 |url=http://www.lpga.com/Content_1.aspx?pid=5784&mid=4 |access-date=9 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429223933/http://www.lpga.com/Content_1.aspx?pid=5784&amp;mid=4 |archive-date=29 April 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Rolex">{{cite web |title=Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings |publisher=Rolex |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com |access-date=10 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313231025/http://www.rolexrankings.com/ |archive-date=13 March 2007 |url-status=live}}</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">{{cite web |title=Sörenstam leads Sweden to World Cup victory |publisher=LET |first=Michael |last=Vlismas |date=23 January 2006 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4882&page=30 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235921/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4882&page=30 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref><ref name="Slump">{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam unsure about cause of lack of form |work=Golf Today |date=7 June 2006|url=http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news06/annika_sorenstam_6.html |access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref> Her winning drought ended at the [[2006 U.S. Women's Open|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">{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Doug |date=3 July 2006 |title=Sörenstam rolls past Hurst to win U.S. Women's Open playoff |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2006-07-03-us-womens-open-playoff_x.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518040444/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2006-07-03-us-womens-open-playoff_x.htm |archive-date=18 May 2008 |access-date=8 March 2007 |newspaper=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Annika the Tigress has text appeal |newspaper=The Independent |first=Andy |last=Farrell |date=30 July 2006 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/annika-the-tigress-has-text-appeal-409848.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/annika-the-tigress-has-text-appeal-409848.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=8 July 2008| location=London}}{{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">{{cite web |title=Annika – queen of the desert |publisher=LET |date=29 October 2006 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=8004&page=7 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235928/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=8004&page=7 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref><ref name="TPC2">{{cite web |title=Sörenstam completes brilliant Swedish title defence |publisher=LET |first=Bethan |last=Cutler |date=13 August 2006 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=6998&page=14 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235804/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=6998&page=14 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref> Her International team lost the second Lexus Cup competition to Team Asia.<ref name="Lexus2">{{cite news |title=Asia clinch victory in Lexus Cup |work=BBC Sport |date=17 December 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/6187501.stm |access-date=7 July 2007}}</ref>

Sörenstam started 2007 by losing a playoff while defending of her MasterCard Classic title.<ref name="2007Mex">{{cite news |date=13 March 2007 |title=Francella bests Sörenstam in MasterCard playoff |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2007-03-12-mastercard-classic_N.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518040449/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2007-03-12-mastercard-classic_N.htm |archive-date=18 May 2008 |access-date=16 April 2007 |newspaper=USA Today}}</ref> At the [[Kraft Nabisco Championship]] she shot her highest 72-hole score in a major in nine years,<ref name="Nab2007">{{cite news |title=With Sörenstam out, Ochoa takes aim at No. 1 ranking |newspaper=Daily Journal |date=13 April 2007 |first=Mark |last=Long |url=http://dailyjournalonline.com/articles/2007/04/14/sports/doc461f8764d847d777663225.txt |access-date=19 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929121558/http://dailyjournalonline.com/articles/2007/04/14/sports/doc461f8764d847d777663225.txt |archive-date=29 September 2007}}</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">{{cite web |title=Annika Sorenstam withdraws from Ginn Open |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=10405&mid=2 |access-date=5 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203200946/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=10405&mid=2 |archive-date=3 February 2008}}</ref><ref name="DiscESPN">{{cite news |title= Annika diagnosed with ruptured disk, bulging disk |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=2834723 |access-date=5 December 2007}}</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">{{cite web|title=Ginn Tribute hosted by ANNIKA Pre-tournament interviews |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=11124&mid=1#annika |access-date=4 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921015320/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=11124&mid=1 |archive-date=21 September 2007}}</ref> She was still not fully fit in her next two tournaments, the [[2007 LPGA Championship|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">{{cite news |title=Annika disappointed with effort |newspaper=The Fayetteville Observer |date=2 July 2007 |first=Sammy |last=Batten |url=http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=266429 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022064558/http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=266429 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 October 2007 |access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref>
[[Image:Annika18thTee.JPG|thumb|Sörenstam at the Women's British Open in [[2007 Women's British Open|2007]]]]
After an early round defeat at the World Matchplay Championship, Sörenstam finished sixth at the [[Evian Masters]], 16th at the [[2007 Women's British Open|Women's British Open]] and ninth in the Swedish tournament she hosts on the Ladies European Tour.<ref name="EU2">{{cite news |title=Matthew earns fifth win with Scandinavian TPC victory |work=ESPN |date=12 August 2007|url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=2971122 |access-date=19 August 2008}}</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">{{cite magazine |title=Sorenstam knocked out of ADT Championship |magazine=Golf Magazine |date=16 November 2007 |url=http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1685073,00.html |access-date=10 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503031649/http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0%2C28136%2C1685073%2C00.html |archive-date=3 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Dubai2">{{cite web |title=Sorenstam retains Dubai Ladies Masters title |publisher=LET |date=16 December 2007 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=11653 |access-date=17 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220110525/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=11653 |archive-date=20 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}</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">{{cite news |title= Sorenstam takes SBS Open for 70th LPGA title, first since 2006 |work=ESPN |date=16 February 2008 |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=3249606 |access-date=28 May 2008}}</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&nbsp;million in earnings by mid-May. It was her 72nd and final ever win on the LPGA Tour.<ref name=LPGAresults/><ref>{{cite news |title=Michelob Ultra Open results |newspaper=The New York Times |date=12 May 2000 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/sports/12iht-golflpga12.12796145.html |access-date=21 February 2024}}</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">{{cite magazine |title=Sorenstam, Creamer question Wie's decision |magazine=Golf Magazine |date=29 July 2008 |url=http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1827713,00.html |access-date=18 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820231332/http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0%2C28136%2C1827713%2C00.html |archive-date=20 August 2008}}</ref>