Annika Sorenstam
Born: 10/9/1970 Height: 5’6” Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden College: University of Arizona Years as a Professional: 15
Career Highlights
Total Career Wins: 89 LPGA Career Wins: 72 Major Wins: 10 **Total career earnings - $22 million. The first player in LPGA history to cross the $20 million mark.**
. Rolex Player of the Year Awards: 8 (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) . Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003. . Vare Trophy wins (for LPGA player with the lowest scoring average for the year): 6 (1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005) . WPGET Rookie of the Year: 1993 . Rolex Rookie of the Year: 1994 . Patty Berg Award (for contributions to women’s golf): 2003 . Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year awards: 8 (1995, 1997, 2000-2005) . European Player of the Year awards: 2 (2004, 2005) . Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year awards: 3 (2003-2005) . An 8-time ESPY award winner (best female athlete and best female golfer) . Lowest score by any female in a single round: 59 (Second round of the 2001 Standard Register PING tournament.) . Lowest scoring average for one season: 68.69 (2004) . Named United States Golf Ambassador (2008)
www.annikasorenstam.com LPGA Major Victories
. McDonald’s LPGA Championship: 2003, 2004, 2005 . U.S. Women Open: 1995, 1996, 2006 . Weetabix Women’s British Open: 2003 . Kraft Nabisco Championship: 2001, 2002, 2005
LPGA Career Victories *Bold tournament denotes a Major*
2008: SBS Open, Stanford International Pro-Am, Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill
2006: MasterCard Classic, U.S. Women's Open, State Farm Classic
2005: MasterCard Classic, Safeway International, Kraft Nabisco Championship, Chick-fil-A Championship, ShopRite Classic, McDonald’s LPGA Championship, John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, Samsung World Championship, Mizuno Classic, ADT Championship
2004: Safeway International, Office Depot Championship, LPGA Corning Classic, McDonald’s LPGA Championship, John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, Samsung World Championship of Golf, Mizuno Classic, ADT Championship
2003: Office Depot Championship Presented by HP, Kellogg Classic, McDonald’s LPGA Championship, Weetabix Women's British Open, Safeway Classic, Mizuno Classic
2002: Takefuji Classic, Kraft Nabisco Championship, Electrolux Championship, Kellogg's Classic, Evian Masters, ShopRite Classic, Williams Championship, Safeway Classic, Samsung World Championship of Golf, Mizuno Classic, ADT Championship
2001: Welch's/Circle K Championship, Standard Register Classic, Kraft Nabisco Championship, Office Depot Championship, Chick-fil-A Championship, BMO Canadian Women's Open, Cisco World Match Play Championship, Mizuno Classic
2000: Welch's/Circle K Championship, Firstar Classic, Evian Masters, Jamie Farr Kroger Classic, JAL Big Apple Classic
1999: Michelob Light Classic, New Albany Golf Classic
1998: Michelob Light Classic, ShopRite Classic, JAL Big Apple Classic, Safeco Classic
1997: Chrysler Tournament of Champions, Cup Noodles Hawaiian Open, Longs Drugs Challenge, Michelob Light Classic, CoreStates Betsy King Classic, ITT LPGA Tour Championship, Hisako Higuchi Kibun Classic
1996: U.S. Women's Open, CoreStates Betsy King Classic, Samsung World Championship of Golf
1995: U.S. Women’s Open, GHP Classic, Samsung World Championship of Golf
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