Name	Nabisco
Company logo
Caption	Nabisco's logo
Type	Subsidiary of Kraft Foods
Foundation	East Hanover, New Jersey U.S. (1898)
Location	Hanover, New Jersey, U.S.
Industry	Food processing
Products	Cookies, crackers
Parent	Kraft Foods
Homepage	www.nabisco.com

Nabisco (; originally known as National Biscuit Company) is an American brand of cookies and snacks. Headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey, the company is a subsidiary of Illinois-based Kraft Foods. Nabisco's plant in Chicago, a production facility at 7300 S. Kedzie Avenue, is the largest bakery in the world, employing more than 1,500 workers and turning out some 320 million pounds of snack foods annually.

Its products include Chips Ahoy!, Fig Newtons, Mallomars, Oreos, Cameo, Premium Crackers, Ritz Crackers, Teddy Grahams, Triscuits, Wheat Thins, Social Tea, Nutter Butter, Peek Freans, Lorna Doone, Famous Chocolate Wafers and Chicken in a Biskit, used for the United States, United Kingdom, Mexico and Venezuela as well as other parts of South America.

Nabisco products are branded as Kraft in some other countries. All Nabisco cookie or cracker products are branded Christie in Canada; however, prior to the Post Cereals merger, the cereal division kept the Nabisco name in Canada. The proof of purchase on their products is marketed as a "brand seal".

Nabisco opened corporate offices as the National Biscuit Company in the world's first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building in the Chicago Loop in 1898.

Logo

Nabisco's colophon, a diagonal ellipse with a series of antenna-like lines protruding from the top, forms the base of its logo and can be seen imprinted on Oreo wafers in addition to Nabisco product boxes and literature. It has been claimed in company promotional material to be an early European symbol for quality; it may be derived from a medieval Italian printer's mark that represented "the triumph of the moral and good over the evil and worldly." Oreo cookies in Canada do not have the Nabisco Orb, as they are branded as Christie in that country. Elsewhere, the packaging is branded with the Kraft logo.

History

Company time line

1792 - Pearson & Sons Bakery opens in Massachusetts. They make a biscuit called pilot bread consumed on long sea voyages.

1801 - Josiah Bent Bakery first coined the term 'crackers' for a crunchy biscuit they produce.

1889 - William Moore acquires Pearson & Sons Bakery, Josiah Bent Bakery, and six other bakeries to start the New York Biscuit Company.

1890 - Adolphus Green starts the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company after acquiring forty different bakeries.

1898 - William Moore and Adolphus Green merge to form the National Biscuit Company. Adolphus Green is president.

1901 - The name Nabisco is first used as part of a name for a sugar wafer.

1971 - Nabisco becomes the corporate name.

1973 - Frank Tasco is listed as the chairman of Nabisco.

1981 - Nabisco merges with Standard Brands.

1985 - Nabisco Brands merges with R.J. Reynolds

1993 - Kraft General Foods acquires NABISCO ready-to-eat cold cereals from RJR Nabisco.

1999 - Nabisco acquires Favorite Brands International

2000 - Philip Morris Companies, Inc. acquires Nabisco and merges it with Kraft Foods, Inc.

Origins

Nabisco dates its founding to 1898, a decade during which the bakery business underwent a major consolidation. Early in the decade, bakeries throughout the country were consolidated regionally, into companies such as Chicago's American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company (which was formed from 40 Midwestern bakeries in 1830), the New York Biscuit Company (consisting of seven eastern bakeries), and the United States Baking Company. In 1898, the National Biscuit Company was formed from the combination of those three; the merger resulted in a company with 114 bakeries across the United States and headquartered in New York City. The "biscuit" in the name of the company is a British English and early American English term for cracker products.

Key to the founding of Nabisco was Pittsburgh baking mogul Sylvester S Marvin. Marvin arrived in Pittsburgh in 1863 and established himself in the cracker business, founding S. S. Marvin Co. Its products embraced every description of crackers, cakes and breads. Marvin was called the Edison of manufacturing for his innovations in the bakery business—by 1888 the largest in the United States—and the centerpiece to the organization of the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco). Marvin was also a member of the elite South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club of Johnstown Flood fame.

Packaging breakthrough

After the consolidation, the president of National Biscuit Company—Adolphus Green of American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company—asked Frank Peters to create a package to distribute fresher products. This paved its way for In-Er Seal package, whose logo is a prototype for the "Nabisco Thing." The In-Er Seal package is a system of inter-folded wax paper and cardboard to "seal in the freshness" of the product. At the beginning of his presidency, Green decided the National Biscuit Company, often shortened to NBC, needed a new idea that grabbed the public’s attention. He got it when his employees created a new cracker that was flakier and lighter than any of their competitors’ versions.

The UNEEDA biscuit looked promising, but Green had to make sure it got to customers fresh and tasty, so it was the first to use the In-Er Seal package in 1898. Until then, crackers were sold unbranded and packed loosely in barrels. Mothers would give their sons a paper bag and ask them to run down to the store and get the bag filled with crackers. National Biscuit Company used this as part of Uneeda Biscuit advertising symbol, which depicts a boy carrying a pack of Uneeda Biscuit in the rain. In 2009 (after over 110 years), Nabisco discontinued the Uneeda biscuit out of concern that the product was not as profitable as others.

20th century

, Dubuque, Iowa.]] The first use of "Nabisco" was in a cracker brand first produced by National Biscuit Company in 1901. The firm later introduced—either through development or acquisition— Fig Newtons, Nabisco Wafers (early 1900s, now sold in one form as Biscos, a sugar wafer originally containing a variety of flavored fillings), Anola Wafers (early 1900s, now discontinued; a chocolate wafer with chocolate filling), Barnum's Animal Crackers (1902), Lorna Doones (1912; shortbread), Oreos (1912), became concerned with an ad campaign for Planters Deluxe Mixed Nuts. The initial commercial featured a man and monkey deserted on an island. They discover a crate of Planters peanuts and rejoice in the peanuts' positive health facts.

Nabisco made a detailed statement describing how their peanuts were healthier than most other snack products, going as far as comparing the nutritional facts of Planters peanuts to those of potato chips, Cheddar cheese chips, and popcorn. Technically, the commercials complied with United States Food and Drug Administration regulations, and they were allowed to continue. However, as requested by the NAD, Nabisco agreed to make fat content disclosure more conspicuous in future commercials.

The company's A1 Steak Sauce was the subject of a legal battle against a venue called Arnie's Deli in 1991. The delicatessen was selling and using a homemade sauce called "A2 Sauce." The verdict favored Nabisco.

NASCAR sponsorship

From 2002–2005, Nabisco and Kraft jointly sponsored both Dale Earnhardt, Inc. and Roush Racing. Earnhardt Jr. won four races in a row at Daytona International Speedway with Nabisco sponsorship. Kraft and Nabisco sponsored a part-time Sprint Cup effort in car #81 driven by Jason Keller and John Andretti and fielded by Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Nabisco also sponsored Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the 2010 Subway Jalapeño 250 at Daytona International Speedway in July, 2010 with their Oreo/Ritz brand's and Tony Stewart with the Ritz brand in the 2010 DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway in 2010.

See also

Beijing Nabisco Foods

Nabisco Biscuit Company

Nabisco Foods

Nabisco Group Holdings

Nabisco Foods Group

Nabisco Holdings Corporation

Saiwa S.R.L

References

External links

Nabisco Website

NabiscoWorld

Adolphus Green, first head of N.B.C. from Kraft Foods website

Story of Nabisco from the Kraft Canada website

FTC summary of competitive concerns about the 2000 acquisition of Nabisco

From Oreos and Mallomars to Today's Chelsea Market -- The New York Times

Category:Snack companies of the United States Category:Companies established in 1898 Category:Companies based in Morris County, New Jersey Category:Kraft Foods Category:Food production companies of the United States

Name	Stacy Lewis
Caption	Lewis at the 2010 Women's British Open
Birth date	February 16, 1985
Birth place	Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Death date
Height
Nationality
Residence	Fayetteville, Arkansas
College	University of Arkansas
Yearpro	2008
Retired
Tour	LPGA (joined 2009)
Extour
Prowins	1
Lpgawins
Letwins
Jlpgawins
Klpgawins
Lagtwins
Alpgwins
Futwins
Otherwins
Majorwins
Nabisco	T5: 2007
Lpga	T9: 2009
Wusopen	T3: 2008
Wbritopen	T31: 2010
Wghofid
Wghofyear
Award1	Golf Digest Amateur of the Year
Year1	2007
Award2	Dinah Shore Trophy
Year2	2007
Awardssection

Stacy Lewis (born February 16, 1985) is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

Amateur career

Lewis was a decorated amateur and a four-time All-American at the University of Arkansas. Suffering from scoliosis, which was diagnosed at age 11 and treated by a spinal fusion when she was in high school, Lewis missed her first collegiate golf season recovering from the surgery. Playing her first season in 2005, she won the Southeastern Conference Tournament and was named SEC Freshman Golfer of the Year.

In her 2007 season, though a back injury kept her out of the SEC Tournament, Lewis won the NCAA Division I Championship and was selected Golf Digest Amateur of the Year. She also received the National Golf Coaches Association Dinah Shore Trophy. Following the college season, she won the 92nd Women's Southern Amateur and finished second in individual play in leading the U.S. team to a victory at the Copa de las Americas. but was not successful. As a result she went to LPGA Qualifying School in December 2008, an event which garnered considerably more press coverage than normal due to the presence of Michelle Wie. Lewis finished as top scorer for the five-round event, three shots ahead of the field and six in front of Wie, who finished in a tie for 7th place.

Lewis's endorsement deals include Mizuno golf clubs and Fila Golf apparel.

Professional wins

2007 LPGA NW Arkansas Championship (as an amateur, unofficial LPGA Tour)

Results in LPGA majors

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" ! Tournament !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 |- |Kraft Nabisco Championship |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T5LA |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T64 |align="center"|T19 |- |LPGA Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T9 |align="center"|T14 |- |U.S. Women's Open |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3 |align="center"|T48 |align="center"|T14 |- |Women's British Open |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T31 |} LA = Low Amateur DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

LPGA Tour career summary

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" ! Year !! Tournaments played !! Cuts made !!Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top 10s !! Best finish !! Earnings ($) !! Money list rank !! Scoring average !! Scoringrank |- |- |align="center"|2006 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|MC |align="right"| n/a |align="center"|n/a |align="right"|74.50 |align="right"|n/a |- |align="center"|2007 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|T5 |align="right"| n/a |align="center"|n/a |align="right"| 72.00 |align="right"|n/a |- |align="center"|2008 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|T3 |align="right"| 247,464 |align="center"|n/a |align="right"| 71.96 |align="right"|n/a |- |align="center"|2009 |align="center"|23 |align="center"|16 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|T4 |align="right"| 298,422 |align="center"|47 |align="right"| 72.21 |align="right"|43 |- |align="center"|2010 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|2 |align="right"| 532,295 |align="center"|19 |align="right"| 71.12 |align="right"|13 |}

Official as of November 7, 2010

Team appearances

Amateur

Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2008 (winners)

References

External links

Official website

Profile on LPGA official website

University of Arkansas Lady Razorbacks profile

Category:American female golfers Category:LPGA Tour golfers Category:Living people Category:University of Arkansas alumni Category:People from Texas Category:1985 births

Name	Yani Tseng
Caption	Tseng with the 2010 Women's British Open trophy
Fullname	Yani Tseng
Birth date	January 23, 1989
Birth place	Taiwan
Death date
Height
Nationality
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Yearpro	2007
Retired
Tour	LPGA Tour (joined 2008)
Extour	Ladies Asian Golf Tour (joined 2007)
Prowins	10
Lpgawins	5
Letwins
Jlpgawins
Klpagswins
Lagtwins	1
Alpgwins	1
Futwins
Otherwins	3
Majorwins	3
Nabisco	Won: 2010
Lpga	Won: 2008
Wusopen	T10: 2010
Wbritopen	Won: 2010
Wghofid
Wghofyear
Award1	LPGA Rookie of the Year
Year1	2008
Award2	LPGA Player of the Year
Year2	2010
Awardssection

Yani Tseng () (born 23 January 1989) is a professional golfer from Taiwan currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player in LPGA history to win three career major championships.

Amateur career

Tseng was the top-ranked amateur in Taiwan from 2004 to 2006. The highlight of her amateur career was winning the 2004 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links, defeating Michelle Wie in the final, 1 up.

2002 Won - Callaway Junior World Golf Championships (Girls 13-14)

2004 2nd place - Callaway Junior World Golf Championships (Girls 15-17)

2004 Won - U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links

2005 Won - North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship

2005 Semi-finalist - U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links

2005 2nd place - North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship

Professional career

Tseng turned professional in January 2007. She competed on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour and won the DLF Women’s Indian Open. She also competed on the CN Canadian Women’s Tour, where she won the CN Canadian Women’s Tour at Vancouver Golf Club.

After finishing sixth in the final LPGA Qualifying Tournament in December 2007, Tseng earned full playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for 2008. In June 2008, she claimed her first LPGA tour victory — the LPGA Championship — to become the first player from Taiwan to win an LPGA major championship. At age 19, she was also the youngest player to win the LPGA Championship and the second-youngest player to win an LPGA major.

Tseng was named LPGA Rookie of the Year in 2008.

On 29 March 2009, Tseng became the fastest player in LPGA history to reach the $2 million mark in career earnings. She achieved this point in 32 events, spanning 1 year, 1 month, and 13 days. The previous record holder was Paula Creamer who reached the mark in 1 year, 4 months, and 15 days in 2006.

On 4 April 2010 Tseng won the first major championship of the LPGA season, the Kraft Nabisco Championship, by one stroke. She went on to win her second major of the year on 1 August 2010 by winning the Women's British Open by one stroke and is now the youngest woman in the modern era to win three major championships. LPGA founder Patty Berg was younger than Tseng when she won the 1939 Titleholders Championship. However, that was before the formation of the LPGA Tour in 1950 and the designation of official LPGA major tournaments.

In September 2010, Tseng was offered a five-year sponsorship deal from a Chinese company worth $T1 billion (US$25 million) with access to a luxury villa and private jets. Tseng rejected the offer because one of the requirements of the deal was that she switch her citizenship to Chinese.

Personal life

Tseng lives in Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, Florida in a house previously owned by LPGA great Annika Sörenstam. Tseng purchased the house from Sörenstam in April 2009.

Professional wins (10)

LPGA Tour (5)

LPGA majors are shown in bold.

Other (5)

Major championships

Wins (3)

{|class="wikitable" !Year!!Championship!!Winning Score!!Margin!!Runner(s)-up |-bgcolor="#D8BFD8" | 2008 ||McDonald's LPGA Championship ||-12 (73-70-65-68=276) || Playoff ¹ || Maria Hjorth |- |-bgcolor="#D0F0C0" |align="center"| 2010 ||Kraft Nabisco Championship ||-13 (69-71-67-68=275) || 1 stroke || Suzann Pettersen |-bgcolor="#ABCDEF" |2010 ||Women's British Open ||-11 (68-68-68-73=277) || 1 stroke || Katherine Hull |} ¹ Defeated Hjorth with birdie on fourth extra hole.

Results timeline

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" ! Tournament !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 |- |Kraft Nabisco Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T21 |align="center"|T17 |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |- |LPGA Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center"|T23 |align="center"|T19 |- |U.S. Women's Open |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T42 |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T10 |- |Women's British Open |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center"|T20 |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |}

DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

LPGA Tour career summary

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" ! Year !! Tournaments played !! Cuts made !!Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top 10s !! Best finish !! OfficialEarnings ($) !! Money list rank !! Scoring average !! Scoringrank |- |align="center"|2004 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|T33 |align="right"| n/a |align="center"|n/a |align="right"|71.50 |align="right"| n/a |- |align="center"|2005 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|MC |align="right"| n/a |align="center"|n/a |align="right"|77.00 |align="right"| n/a |- |align="center"|2006 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|MC |align="right"| n/a |align="center"|n/a |align="right"|76.00 |align="right"| n/a |- |align="center"|2007 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|T6 |align="right"| 64,909 |align="center"|n/a |align="right"| 69.00 |align="right"| n/a |- |align="center"|2008 |align="center"|27 |align="center"|26 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|1 |align="right"| 1,752,086 |align="center"|3 |align="right"| 70.77 |align="right"| 4 |- |align="center"|2009 |align="center"|27 |align="center"|26 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|14 |align="center"|1 |align="right"| 1,293,755 |align="center"|7 |align="right"| 70.44 |align="right"| 5 |- |align="center"|2010 |align="center"|19 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|1 |align="right"| 1,573,529 |align="center"|4 |align="right"| 70.366 |align="right"| 8 |}

See also

Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins

References

External links

Profile on LPGA official site

Category:Taiwanese golfers Category:Female golfers Category:LPGA Tour golfers Category:Winners of LPGA major golf championships Category:1989 births Category:Living people

Name	Lorena Ochoa
Birth date	November 15, 1981
Birth place	Guadalajara, Mexico
Death date
Height
Nationality
Residence	Guadalajara, Mexico
Spouse	Andrés Conesa Labastida(m. 2009)
College	University of Arizona(two years)
Yearpro	2002
Retired	2010
Tour	LPGA Tour (joined 2003)
Extour	Futures Tour (joined 2002)
Prowins	30
Lpgawins	27
Letwins
Jlpgawins
Klpgawins
Lagtwins
Alpgwins
Futwins	3
Otherwins
Majorwins	2
Nabisco	Won: 2008
Lpga	T3: 2008
Wusopen	T2: 2007
Wbritopen	Won: 2007
Wghofid
Wghofyear
Award1	Futures Tour Rookie of the Year
Year1	2002
Award2	Futures Tour Player of the Year
Year2	2002
Award3	LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year
Year3	2003
Award4	LPGA Tour Rolex Player of the Year
Year4	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Award5	LPGA Vare Trophy
Year5	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Award6	LPGA Tour Money Winner
Year6	2006, 2007, 2008
Awardssection	#Honors and awards

Lorena Ochoa (born 15 November 1981) is a Mexican professional golfer. She was an active player on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010, and was the number one ranked female golfer in the world for over three years, from April 2007 to May 2010. As the first Mexican golfer (of either gender) to be ranked number one in the world, she is considered the best Mexican golfer of all time.

Childhood and amateur career

Ochoa took up golf at the age of five, won her first state event at the age of six, and her first national event at seven.

An 11-year-old Ochoa approached the professional Rafael Alarcon, 1979 winner of the Canadian Amateur Championship, as he worked on his game at Guadalajara Country Club, where her family lived near the 10th tee. She asked him if he would help her with her game. Alarcon asked her what her goal was, "She said she wanted to be the best player in the world."

As a junior, she captured 22 state events in Guadalajara and 44 national events in Mexico. She won five consecutive titles at the Junior World Golf Championships and in 2000 she enrolled at the University of Arizona in the U.S. on a golf scholarship. While a student in Tucson, she received regular tutoring and greatly improved her English by watching movies and reading magazines between practice and tournaments.

She was very successful in women's collegiate golf in the next two years, winning the NCAA Player of the Year Awards for 2001 and 2002, finishing runner-up at both the 2001 and 2002 NCAA National Championship and being named to the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) 2001 All-America First team. She won the 2001 Pac-10 Women's Golf Championships, was named Pac-10 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year 2001 and was All Pac-10 First team in 2001 and 2002.

In her sophomore year she had eight tournament wins in ten events she entered setting the single-season NCAA scoring average record as a freshman at 71.33 and beating her own record the next year by just over a stroke per round with a 70.13 average.

Professional career

Ochoa left college after her sophomore year to turn professional, then won three of ten events played on the 2002 Futures Tour, and topped its money list to earn membership on the LPGA Tour for the 2003 season. She was also Duramed FUTURES Tour Player of the Year.

In her rookie season on the LPGA Tour in 2003, she had eight top-10 finishes, including runner-up finishes at the Wegmans Rochester and Michelob Light Open at Kingsmill, ending the season as the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year and ninth on the LPGA official money list. In 2004 she won her first two LPGA Tour titles: the Franklin American Mortgage Championship (where she became the first Mexican born player to win on the LPGA Tour) and the Wachovia LPGA Classic. That same year she placed in the top ten in three of the four major championships.

In 2005, Ochoa won the Wegman's Rochester LPGA. In 2006, her first round score of 62 in the Kraft Nabisco Championship tied the record for lowest score ever by a golfer, male or female, in any major tournament. Her playoff loss to Karrie Webb marked her best finish until 2007 in an LPGA major. By the end of the year she won six tournaments, topped the money list and claimed her first LPGA Tour Player of the Year award which goes to the player who gains the most number of points throughout the season based on a formula in which points are awarded for top-10 finishes and are doubled at the LPGA's four major championships and at the season-ending ADT Championship. She also won the LPGA Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.

Her achievements were recognized outside the sport of golf when Ochoa won the 2006 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year award and received the National Sports Prize for the second time.

In April 2007, Ochoa overtook Annika Sörenstam to become the world number one ranked golfer.

In August 2007, Ochoa won her first major championship at the historic home of golf, the Old Course at St. Andrews, with a wire-to-wire win by four shots at the Women's British Open. She won the next two LPGA events, the CN Canadian Women's Open and the Safeway Classic, the first to win three consecutive events since Sörenstam in 2005.

Also in 2007, Ochoa became the first woman ever to earn more than $4,000,000 in a single season, surpassing Sörenstam's previous record of $2,863,904.

In April 2008, Ochoa won her second major championship, this time at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, becoming the first golfer to win consecutive LPGA majors since Sörenstam in 2005. She celebrated this victory in the traditional fashion for the Kraft Nabisco by jumping into the pond on the 18th green. The following week, she won the Corona Championship in her home country by 11 strokes. This gave her the final tournament win she needed to qualify for the World Golf Hall of Fame, although she cannot be inducted until 2012, after she completes ten seasons on the LPGA Tour.

Ochoa is coached by Rafael Alarcon, a Mexican professional. Alarcon finished second in the 1976 Canadian Amateur Championship, won that title in 1979, then turned professional.

Retirement

On April 20, 2010, Ochoa released a statement indicating her intent to retire from professional golf. At a press conference held in Mexico City on April 23, 2010, Ochoa said her last tournament would be the 2010 Tres Marias Championship to be played from April 29 through May 2. She said that her career plan had always been to play for "around ten years" and to be the number 1 ranked player in the world. She also said:

"I just want to be honest with all of you. I went to Asia, and after two or three days of being in Thailand, it was really easy to me -- it was really clear to see that I didn't want to be out there, you know. I just was thinking of other things. I wanted to get home. I wanted to start working on the foundation. I wanted to be here close to my family."

Ochoa said she would still maintain her membership in the LPGA and would play in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational and "I'm going to leave the door open in case I want to come back in one or two years to play a U.S. Open or a Kraft Nabisco."

Tournament host

In November 2008, she became the host of a new annual LPGA event, the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, held at her original home course, Guadalajara Country Club. Proceeds from the tournament help support the Lorena Ochoa Foundation.

Outside the LPGA

Lorena Ochoa's successes fuels the family business, the Ochoa Group in Guadalajara, managed by her brother Alejandro Ochoa.

Lorena Ochoa is represented by the Ochoa Sports Management, along with Alarcon and Sophia Sheridan, a Mexican golfer who plays on the LPGA's developmental tour. The Ochoas are confident the list will expand as they attempt to grow the game in Mexico through Ochoa Golf Academies, created by Lorena, Alejandro and Alarcon.

Ochoa Sports Management also operates the LPGA Corona Championship, an annual tour stop in Morelia, Mexico; and the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.

The Lorena Ochoa Foundation operates La Barranca, a primary school in Guadalajara with 250 underprivileged students and an innovative curriculum. In 2008, the foundation opened a high school with 21 freshmen students. The plan, according to foundation director Carmen Bolio, is to add a new class each year and then construct a high school building that's separate from the primary school. and they married in December 2009.

Professional wins (30)

Futures Tour (3)

LPGA Tour (27)

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

Major championships

Wins (2)

{|class="wikitable" border="1" |- !Year!!Championship!!Winning Score!!Margin!!Runner(s)-up |- style="background:#abcdef;" | 2007 ||Ricoh Women's British Open ||-5 (67-73-73-74=287) ||4 strokes|| Maria Hjorth, Jee Young Lee |- style="background:#d0f0c0;" | 2008 ||Kraft Nabisco Championship ||-11 (68-71-71-67=277) ||5 strokes || Suzann Pettersen, Annika Sörenstam |}

Results timeline

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- style="background:#eee;" !align="left"|Tournament !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 |- |Kraft Nabisco Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T21 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|8 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|3 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T8 |align="center"|T35 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T10 |align="center" style="background:lime;"|1 |align="center"|T12 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|4 |- |LPGA Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T20 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T8 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T5 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T9 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3 |align="center"|T23 |align="center"|DNP |- |U.S. Women's Open |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|WD |align="center"|T13 |align="center"|T44 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6 |align="center"|T20 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T2 |align="center"|T31 |align="center"|T26 |align="center"|DNP |- |Women's British Open |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T24 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|4 |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T4 |align="center" style="background:lime;"|1 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7 |align="center"|T28 |align="center"|DNP |}

DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut WD = withdrew "T" = tied Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

LPGA Tour career summary

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- style="background:#eee;" ! Year!! Eventsplayed!! Cuts made!! Wins!! 2nd!! 3rd!! Top 10s !! Bestfinish !! Earnings ($)!! Rank ($)!! Scoring average !! Scoring rank |- |align="center"|2003 |align="center"|24 |align="center"|23 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|2 |align="right"|823,740 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|70.97 |align="right"| |- |align="center"|2004 |align="center"|27 |align="center"|27 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|1,450,824 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|70.02 |align="right"|3 |- |align="center"|2005 |align="center"|23 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|1,201,786 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|71.39 |align="right"|9 |- |align="center"|2006 |align="center"|25 |align="center"|25 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|2,592,872 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|69.24 |align="right"|1 |- |align="center"|2007 |align="center"|25 |align="center"|25 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|4,364,994 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|69.68 |align="right"|1 |- |align="center"|2008 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|2,763,193 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|69.70 |align="right"|1 |- |align="center"|2009 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|13 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|1,489,395 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|70.16 |align="right"|1 |- |align="center"|2010 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|4 |align="right"|176,527 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|71.60 |align="right"|19 |}

Official as of 7 June 2010

2009 season

Ochoa's 2009 schedule of LPGA tournaments.

Tournaments in bold are majors.
Number in parentheses following "Winner" is total number of official LPGA wins to date.

Honors and awards

2001

Mexico National Sports Award _(a)

2002

Futures Tour Rookie of the Year

Futures Tour Player of the Year

2003

LPGA Rookie of the Year

2006

Mexico National Sports Award ₍₂₎

AP Female Athlete of the Year

Mexico Athlete of the Year

LPGA Rolex Player of the Year

LPGA Tour Money Winner

LPGA Vare Trophy

Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year

2007

LPGA Rolex Player of the Year ₍₂₎

LPGA Tour Money Winner ₍₂₎

LPGA Vare Trophy ₍₂₎

Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year

Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year

Mexico National Sports Award ₍₃₎

Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year ₍₂₎

AP Female Athlete of the Year ₍₂₎

EFE Sportswoman of the Year

Heather Farr Player Award‎

2008

Best International Athlete ESPY Award

LPGA Rolex Player of the Year ₍₃₎

LPGA Tour Money Winner ₍₃₎

LPGA Vare Trophy ₍₃₎

Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year ₍₃₎

2009

LPGA Rolex Player of the Year ₍₄₎

LPGA Vare Trophy ₍₄₎

See also

Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins

Notes and references

External links

Official website - in English and Spanish

Profile on the LPGA Tour official site

Category:Mexican golfers Category:Female golfers Category:Arizona Wildcats women's golfers Category:LPGA Tour golfers Category:Winners of LPGA major golf championships Category:People from Guadalajara Category:1981 births Category:Living people

Name	Annika Sörenstam
Caption	Sörenstam at the 2008 LPGA Championship
Fullname	Annika Sörenstam
Birth date	October 09, 1970
Birth place	Bro, Sweden
Death date
Height
Nationality
Residence	Orlando, Florida, USA
Spouse	David Esch (1997–2005) Mike McGee (m. 2009)
Children	Ava McGee (b. 2009)
College	University of Arizona (two years)
Yearpro	1992
Retired	2008
Tour	LPGA Tour (joined 1994) Ladies European Tour
Prowins	93
Lpgawins	72 (3rd all time)
Letwins	17
Jlpgawins	2
Alpgwins	4
Otherwins	3
Majorwins	10
Nabisco	Won: 2001, 2002, 2005
Lpga	Won: 2003, 2004, 2005
Wusopen	Won: 1995, 1996, 2006
Dumaurier	2nd: 1998
Wbritopen	Won: 2003
Wghofid	1108
Wghofyear	2003
Award1	LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year
Year1	1994
Award2	LPGA Tour Player of the Year
Year2	1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Award3	LPGA Vare Trophy
Year3	1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005
Award4	LPGA Tour Money Winner
Year4	1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Award5	LET Rookie of the Year
Year5	1993
Award6	LET Order of Merit Winner
Year6	1995
Award7	LET Player of the Year
Year7	1995, 2002
Awardssection	#Awards

Annika Sörenstam () (born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer with the most wins to her name. She has won 72 official LPGA tournaments including ten majors and 18 other tournaments internationally, and she tops the LPGA's career money list with earnings of over $22 million—over $8 million ahead of her nearest rival. Since 2006, Sörenstam has held dual American and Swedish citizenship.

The winner of a record eight Player of the Year awards, and six Vare Trophies given to the LPGA player with the lowest seasonal scoring average, she is the only female golfer to have shot a 59 in competition. She holds various all-time scoring records including the lowest season scoring average: 68.6969 in 2004.

Representing Europe in the Solheim Cup on eight occasions between 1994–2007, Sörenstam is the event's all-time leading points earner.

Sörenstam made history at the Bank of America Colonial tournament in 2003 as the first woman to play in a men's PGA Tour event since 1945. Often known simply as "Annika," she achieved the fame of male golfers known in the same way: Arnie (Arnold Palmer), Jack (Nicklaus) and Tiger (Woods). Her growing off-course interests include the ANNIKA golf academy, golf course design, ANNIKA-branded products, and a charitable foundation.

Childhood and amateur career

Sörenstam was born in Bro near Stockholm, Sweden. Her father Tom is a retired IBM executive, her mother Gunilla worked in a bank and her younger sister Charlotta is a professional golfer who coaches at her sister's academy. Annika and Charlotta Sörenstam are the only two sisters to have both won $1 million on the LPGA.

As a child, Sörenstam was a talented all-round sportsgirl. She was a nationally ranked junior tennis player, played football (soccer) in her hometown team Bro IK and was such a good skier that the coach of the Swedish national ski team suggested the family move to Northern Sweden to improve her skiing year round. At the age of 12, she switched to golf, sharing 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. 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. As a member of the Swedish National Team from 1987 to 1992, she played in the 1990 and 1992 Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships, becoming World Amateur champion in 1992. Whilst waiting to start college in Sweden, Sörenstam worked as a personal assistant at the Swedish PGA and played on the Swedish Ladies Telia Tour, winning three tournaments during 1990/1991.

After a coach spotted Sörenstam playing in a collegiate event in Tokyo, she moved to the United States to attend college at the University of Arizona. She was 1991 NCAA Co-Player of the Year with Kelly Robbins, runner-up in the 1992 NCAA National Championship, 1992 Pac-10 champion and a 1991-92 NCAA All-American. At the 1992 United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship, she was the runner-up to Vicki Goetze and thus received an invitation to play in the 1992 U.S. Women's Open, where she finished tied for 63rd. Having turned professional in 1992 and missing her LPGA Tour card at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament by one shot, she began her professional career on the Ladies European Tour or LET, formerly known as the WPGET. She finished second four times on the Ladies European Tour and was 1993 Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year. By tying for 28th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament she earned non-exempt status for the 1994 season. In the United States, Sörenstam was LPGA Rookie of the Year, had three top-10 finishes including a tie for second at the Women's British Open and made her Solheim Cup debut. 1995 was her breakout year when she won her first LPGA Tour title at the U.S. Women's Open. and was the first non-American winner of the Vare Trophy. A win at the 1995 Australian Ladies Masters and two other wins on the Ladies European Tour put her top of the LET Order of Merit and made her the first player to top both the European and LPGA Tour money lists in the same season. Her success worldwide resulted in her winning the Jerringpriset award in Sweden, the country’s most prestigious award in sports as well as being awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.

1996 saw Sörenstam win her home LET tournament, the Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open in Sweden and three LPGA tournaments including the U.S. Women's Open. In defending her title, she became the first non-American to win back to back U.S. Women's Open titles,

2000s

At this point in her career, Sörenstam says she lost focus having reached her biggest goals. Sörenstam was the first international player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame through the LPGA criteria.

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 to her driving distance. 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 million mark in single-season earnings. 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.

At the end of that season Karrie Webb said she "would eat her hat" if Sörenstam repeated her eight wins in 2002. 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, and also won the ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia and Compaq Open in Sweden on the Ladies European Tour giving her 13 wins in 25 starts worldwide in 2002.

Amid notable controversy, Sörenstam was invited to play in the Bank of America Colonial golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas in May 2003, making her the first woman to play in a PGA Tour event since Babe Zaharias, who qualified for the 1945 Los Angeles Open. PGA Tour player Vijay Singh was particularly critical of her presence; he was quoted saying she had no business playing and he hoped she missed the cut, although he later apologized. Cheered through each hole, she shot five over par, tying for 96th out of the 111 who finished the first two rounds, missing the cut. 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. Through 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. Unfortunately, poor putting (last in the field, averaging over a two-putt) cost her a spot on the first page of the first round leaderboard and ultimately caused her to miss the cut.

Later in the 2003 season, she won the LPGA Championship and the Women's British Open, becoming only the sixth player to complete the LPGA Career Grand Slam. She had five other victories worldwide, 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, finishing second with five skins worth $225,000; Sörenstam holed a bunker shot on the ninth hole—the eighth eagle in The Skins Game history. In September, she was part of the winning European Solheim Cup team in her native Sweden. She was awarded her second Jerringpriset award in Sweden plus the 2003 Golf Writers’ Trophy by the Association of Golf Writers.

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 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. The Women’s Sports Foundation gave her the 2004 Sportswoman of the Year Award, She also released a combination autobiography and golf instructional book, Golf Annika's Way.

2005 was a landmark year in Sörenstam's life both on and off the golf course. The announcement in February that she had filed for divorce from David Esch, her husband of eight years, which was finalised in August did not adversely affect her golf. Her achievements included being the first player in LPGA history to win a major three consecutive years at the LPGA Championship and the first golfer in LPGA or PGA history to win the same event five consecutive years at the Mizuno Classic. 11 wins in 21 tournaments entered worldwide included victory in the Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika 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. She is the only LPGA player ever to win Money List, POY award and Vare trophy in the same year in 5 different years. 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, and the inaugural Lexus Cup was played with Sörenstam as the Captain of the victorious International Team. 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), Associated Press voted her Female Athlete of the Year for the third consecutive year 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. Having previously won six Best Female Golfer ESPY Awards (1996, 1998–99, 2002–04), Sörenstam also received the 2005 ESPY Award as Best Female Athlete

When the first-ever official Women's World Golf Rankings were unveiled in February 2006, Sörenstam was confirmed as the number-one player in women's golf, a position she relinquished to Lorena Ochoa on 22 April 2007. 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. Her winning drought ended at the U.S. Women's Open, where she won an 18-hole playoff over Pat Hurst for her 10th major championship title, tying her for third on the list of players with most major championship titles. 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. Her International team lost the second Lexus Cup competition to Team Asia.

Sörenstam started 2007 by losing a playoff while defending of her MasterCard Classic title. At the Kraft Nabisco Championship she shot her highest 72-hole score in a major in nine years, 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. 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. She was still not fully fit in her next two tournaments, the LPGA Championship where she finished tied for 15th place, and the US Women's Open, where, as defending champion, she finished tied for 32nd.

After an early round defeat at the World Matchplay Championship, Sörenstam finished sixth at the Evian Masters, 16th at the Women's British Open and ninth in the Swedish tournament she hosts on the Ladies European Tour. 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.

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. 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 million in earnings by mid-May. It was her 72nd and final ever win on the LPGA Tour.

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 mens 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.".

Retirement

On 13 May 2008, Sörenstam announced at a press conference at the Sybase Classic that she would "step away" from competitive golf at the conclusion of the 2008 season. That night, she threw out the first pitch of the Washington Nationals/New York Mets baseball game at Shea Stadium in New York and the following day read the Top Ten on the Late Show with David Letterman. Her last tournament victory came in a playoff at the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open, an event co sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and the Ladies Asian Golf tour. Her last scheduled tournament on the LPGA Tour was the season-ending ADT Championship in November, where she failed to make the weekend play in the event's unique playoff structure. Her final sanctioned LPGA appearance was as the winning captain of Team International at the 2008 Lexus Cup in Singapore. Her last professional tournament was the Dubai Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour in December 2008, where she finished tied for 7th.

Personal life

Sörenstam met her first husband David Esch in 1994 on the driving range at Moon Valley Country Club, Phoenix, Arizona, where she was an LPGA rookie practicing for a tournament and he worked for club manufacturer Ping. They were engaged at the 1995 Evian Masters, married in Lake Tahoe on 4 January 1997, and were divorced in 2005. She announced her engagement to Mike McGee, the managing director for the ANNIKA brand of businesses and son of former PGA Tour and Champions Tour player Jerry McGee, in August 2007 and they were married at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, Florida on 10 January 2009.

On 19 March 2009, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child, a girl, in the fall. Ava Madelyn McGee was born 1 September 2009. The couple announced they were expecting their second child via social media sites on 14 December 2010.

Sörenstam began the transition from professional golfer to entrepreneur during the later years of her career attempting to combine her major passions, golf, fitness and charitable works, into various businesses under the ANNIKA brand with the brand statement "Share my Passion". They are all promoted by her website on which there is a blog to which she and her staff regularly contribute.

Sörenstam has undertaken a number of golf course design projects. Her first, the Annika Course, was completed at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzen, China in 2003; the second was officially launched in January 2006 and opened in 2008 at Euphoria Golf Estate & Hydro in South Africa. She recently announced a new project at Mines Golf City, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 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. She and Jack Nicklaus are bidding to build the Olympic golf course in Rio.

The ANNIKA Academy at Ginn Reunion Resort began construction in 2006 and opened in April 2007 with Sörenstam's longtime coach Henri Reis serving as head instructor, her sister Charlotta an instructor and club fitter, her personal trainer Kai Fusser focusing on overall fitness training with the owner available for coaching on certain golfing packages. The opening ceremony included a Make-A-Wish Foundation golf clinic conducted by Sörenstam who is a United States ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and it also hosted clinics for junior golfers during The Annika Invitational, an American Junior Golf Association invitation-only event featuring the top 60 girls from around the world hosted by The ANNIKA Foundation.

Other branches of the ANNIKA business include a clothing line with Cutter & Buck, a limited label wine produced in partnership with Wente Vineyards, and a signature fragrance developed by SA Fragrances. Sörenstam also hosted the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika, an event on the LPGA Tour in 2007 and 2008, and the Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika on the Ladies European Tour during its last four years from 2005 through 2008. She won the latter tournament in 2005 and 2006. Both tournaments had their last event in 2008.

One of Sörenstam's hobbies is cooking. She has participated in cooking demonstrations during LPGA tournaments and has talked about enrolling in cooking school. Before the 2003 season Sörenstam took the opportunity to improve her culinary skills by working eight hour shifts in the kitchens of the Lake Nona Country Club. Sörenstam has had a serious interest in investments, real estate and the stock market since she earned her first LPGA check and in August 2006 was invited to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Professional wins (93)

LPGA Tour (72)

LPGA majors are shown in bold.

Ladies European Tour (17)

1995 (2) OVB Damen Open Austria, Hennessy Cup

1996 (1) Trygg-Hansa Ladies' Open

1997 (1) Compaq Open

1998 (1) Compaq Open

2000 (1) Evian Masters

2002 (3) ANZ Ladies Masters (co-sanctioned by ALPG Tour), Evian Masters, Compaq Open

2003 (1) Women's British Open

2004 (2) ANZ Ladies Masters (co-sanctioned by ALPG Tour), HP Open

2005 (1) Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika

2006 (2) Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika, Dubai Ladies Masters

2007 (1) Dubai Ladies Masters

2008 (1) Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open

Ladies European Tour Majors are shown in bold. The Evian Masters is classified as a major by the LET but not the LPGA Tour, and along with the Women's British Open is co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour, with wins counting for both tours.

ALPG Tour (4)

1994 (1) Holden Australian Open Championship

1995 (1) Australian Ladies Masters

2002 (1) ANZ Ladies Masters (co-sanctioned by LET)

2004 (1) ANZ Ladies Masters (co-sanctioned by LET)

LPGA of Japan Tour (2)

1997 (1) Hisako Higuchi Kibun Classic

2003 (1) Nichirei Cup

Other (3)

1997 (1) JCPenney/LPGA Skins Game

2001 (1) Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Dottie Pepper and Karrie Webb)

2006 (1) Women's World Cup of Golf (team event with Liselotte Neumann; endorsed by all the main women's tours, but not an official money event)

Major championships

Wins (10)

{|class="sortable wikitable" !Year!!Championship!!Winning Score!!Margin!!Runner(s)-up |-bgcolor="#FBCEB1" | 1995 ||U.S. Women's Open ||-2 (67-71-72-68=278) || 1 stroke || Meg Mallon |-bgcolor="#FBCEB1" | 1996 ||U.S. Women's Open ||-8 (70-67-69-66=272) || 6 strokes || Kris Tschetter |-bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 2001 || ||-7 (72-70-70-69=281) || 3 strokes || Akiko Fukushima, Rachel Hetherington, Janice Moodie, Dottie Pepper, Karrie Webb |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 2002 ||Kraft Nabisco Championship ||-8 (70-71-71-68=280) || 1 stroke || Liselotte Neumann |-bgcolor="#D8BFD8" | 2003 ||McDonald's LPGA Championship ||-6 (70-64-72-72=278) || Playoff ¹ || Grace Park |-bgcolor="#ABCDEF" | 2003 ||Weetabix Women's British Open ||-10 (68-72-68-70=278) ||1 stroke || Se Ri Pak |-bgcolor="#D8BFD8" | 2004 ||McDonald's LPGA Championship ||-17 (68-67-64-72=271) || 3 strokes || Shi Hyun Ahn |- bgcolor="#D0F0C0" | 2005 ||Kraft Nabisco Championship ||-15 (70-69-66-68=273)|| 8 strokes || Rosie Jones |-bgcolor="#D8BFD8" | 2005 ||McDonald's LPGA Championship || -11 (68-67-69-73=277) || 3 strokes || Michelle Wie |-bgcolor="#FBCEB1" | 2006 ||U.S. Women's Open ||E (69-71-73-71=284) || Playoff ² || Pat Hurst |}

¹ Defeated Grace Park with par on first extra hole ² Defeated Hurst in 18-hole playoff: Sörenstam (70), Hurst (74)

Results timeline

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !! 1992 !! 1993 !! 1994 !! 1995 !! 1996 !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000 |- |Kraft Nabisco Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T24 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T2 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T8 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7 |align="center"|T17 |- |LPGA Championship |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|10 |align="center"|T14 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|3 |align="center"|T30 |align="center"|T16 |align="center"|T12 |- |U.S. Women's Open |align="center"|T64 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T41 |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T9 |- |du Maurier Classic |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T22 |align="center"|T45 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6 |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center"|DNP |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|3 |} {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 |- |Kraft Nabisco Championship |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center"|T13 |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6 |align="center"|T31 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T2 |- |LPGA Championship |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|5 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|3 |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T9 |align="center"|T15 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3 |- |U.S. Women's Open |align="center"|T16 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|4 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2 |align="center"|T23 |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center"|T32 |align="center"|T24 |- |Women's British Open ^ |align="center"|T32 |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1 |align="center"|13 |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T5 |align="center" |T31 |align="center" |T16 |align="center"|T24 |}

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001. DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied for place Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

LPGA Tour record

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" ! Year !! Events played !! Cuts made !! Wins !! 2nds !! 3rds !! Toptens !! Bestfinish !! Earnings ($) !! Rank !! Scoring average !! Scoringrank |- |align="center"|1992 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|T64 |align="right"|n/a |align="center"|n/a |align="right"|77.00 |align="right"|n/a |- |align="center"|1993 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|4 |align="right"|47,319 |align="center"|n/a |align="right"|71.09 |align="right"|n/a |- |align="center"|1994 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|14 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|T2 |align="right"|127,451 |align="center"|39 |align="right"|71.90 |align="right"| |- |align="center"|1995 |align="center"|19 |align="center"|19 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|666,533 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|71.00 |align="right"|1 |- |align="center"|1996 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|14 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|808,311 |align="center"|3 |align="right"|70.47 |align="right"|1 |- |align="center"|1997 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|16 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|1,236,789 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|70.04 |align="right"|2 |- |align="center"|1998 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|1,092,748 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|69.99 |align="right"|1 |- |align="center"|1999 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|15 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|863,816 |align="center"|4 |align="right"|70.40 |align="right"|2 |- |align="center"|2000 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|15 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|1,404,948 |align="center"|2 |align="right"|70.47 |align="right"|2 |- |align="center"|2001 |align="center"|26 |align="center"|26 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|2,105,868 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|69.42 |align="right"|1 |- |align="center"|2002 |align="center"|23 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|11 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|2,863,904 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|68.70 |align="right"|1 |- |align="center"|2003 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|15 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|2,029,506 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|69.02 |align="right"|1 |- |align="center"|2004 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|16 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|2,544,707 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|68.70 |align="right"|1 |- |align="center"|2005 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|15 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|2,588,240 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|69.33 |align="right"|1 |- |align="center"|2006 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|19 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|16 |align="center"|1 |align="right"| 1,971,741 |align="center"|3 |align="right"|69.82 |align="right"|2 |- |align="center"|2007 |align="center"|13 |align="center"|13 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|2 |align="right"| 532,718 |align="center"|25 |align="right"|71.27 |align="right"|4 |- |align="center"|2008 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|1 |align="right"| 1,735,912 |align="center"|4 |align="right"|70.47 |align="right"|2 |}

Solheim Cup record

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" ! Year !! Total Matches !! Total W-L-H !! Singles W-L-H !! Foursomes W-L-H !! Fourballs W-L-H !! Points Won !! Points % |- |align="center"|Career |align="center"|37 |align="center"|22-11-4 |align="center"|4-3-1 |align="center"|11-3-1 |align="center"|7-5-2 |align="center"|24 |align="center"|64.86% |- |align="center"|1994 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|1-2-0 |align="center"|0-1-0 lost to T. Green |align="center"|1-0-0 won w/C.Nilsmark 1up |align="center"|0-1-0 lost w/C. Nilsmark 6&5 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|33.33% |- |align="center"|1996 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|3-0-2 |align="center"|1-0-0 def. P. Bradley 2&1 |align="center"|1-0-1 halved w/C. Nilsmark, won w/C. Nilsmark 1 up |align="center"|1-0-1 won w/K. Marshall 1up, halved w/T. Johnson |align="center"|4 |align="center"|80% |- |align="center"|1998 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|3-2-0 |align="center"|1-0-0 def. D. Andrews 2&1 |align="center"|1-1-0 won w/C. Matthew 3&2, lost w/C. Matthew 3&2 |align="center"|1-1-0 lost w/C. Nilsmark 2 up, won w/C. Nilsmark 5&3 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|60% |- |align="center"|2000 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|2-2-0 |align="center"|0-1-0 lost to J. Inkster,5&4 |align="center"|2-0-0 won w/ J. Moodie 1 up, won w/ J. Moodie 1 up |align="center"|0-1-0 lost w/ J. Moodie 2&1 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|50% |- |align="center"|2002 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|3-1-1 |align="center"|0-0-1 halved w/W. Ward |align="center"|2-0-0 won w/C Koch 3&2, won w/C. Koch, 4&3 |align="center"|1-1-0 lost w/M. Hjorth 2&1, won w/C. Koch 4&3 |align="center"|3.5 |align="center"|70% |- |align="center"|2003 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|4-1-0 |align="center"|1-0-0 def. A. Stanford 3&2 |align="center"|2-0-0 won w/S. Pettersen 4&3, won w/C. Koch 3&2 |align="center"|1-1-0 lost w/C. Koch 1 down, won w/S. Pettersen 1 up |align="center"|4 |align="center"|80% |- |align="center"|2005 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|4-1-0 |align="center"|1-0-0 def B. Daniel 4&3 |align="center"|1-1-0 won w/S. Pettersen 1up, lost w/C. Matthew 2 up |align="center"|2-0-0 won w/C. Matthew 2&1, won w/L. Davies 4&2 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|80% |- |align="center"|2007 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|2-2-1 |align="center"|0-1-0 lost to M. Pressel 2&1 |align="center"|1-1-0 lost w/C. Matthew 4&2, won w/C. Matthew 1 up |align="center"|1-0-1 halved w/M. Hjorth, w/S. Pettersen 3&2, |align="center"|2.5 |align="center"|50% |}

Awards

1993

LET Rookie of the Year

1994

LPGA Rookie of the Year

1995

Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year

LPGA Tour Player of the Year

LPGA Tour Money Winner

LPGA Vare Trophy

LET Order of Merit

LET Players' Player of the Year

Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal

Swedish Golfer of the Year

Jerringpriset Swedish Athlete of the Year

1996

LPGA Vare Trophy (2)

Swedish Golfer of the Year (2)

ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer

1997

Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (2)

LPGA Tour Player of the Year (2)

LPGA Tour Money Winner (2)

Swedish Golfer of the Year (3)

1998

LPGA Tour Player of the Year (3)

LPGA Tour Money Winner (3)

LPGA Vare Trophy (3)

Swedish Golfer of the Year (4)

ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer (2)

1999

ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer (3)

2001

Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (3)

LPGA Tour Player of the Year (4)

LPGA Tour Money Winner (4)

LPGA Vare Trophy (3)

LPGA Crowne Plaza Achievement Award

Swedish Golfer of the Year (5)

2002

Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (4)

LPGA Tour Player of the Year (5)

LPGA Tour Money Winner (5)

LPGA Vare Trophy (4)

LPGA Crowne Plaza Achievement Award (2)

Swedish Golfer of the Year (6)

ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer (4)

LET Players' Player of the Year (2)

2003

World Golf Hall of Fame

AP Female Athlete of the Year

Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (5)

LPGA Tour Player of the Year (6)

LPGA Tour Money Winner (6)

Patty Berg Award

Association of European Golf Writers Golf Writers' Trophy

Jerringpriset Swedish Athlete of the Year (2)

Swedish Golfer of the Year (7)

ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer (5)

2004

AP Female Athlete of the Year (2)

Laureus World Sports Awards Sportswoman of the Year

Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (6)

LPGA Tour Player of the Year (7)

LPGA Tour Money Winner (7)

Swedish Golfer of the Year (8)

ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer (6)

2005

AP Female Athlete of the Year (3)

Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (7)

LPGA Tour Player of the Year (8)

LPGA Tour Money Winner (8)

LPGA Vare Trophy (5)

Association of European Golf Writers Golf Writers' Trophy (2)

Swedish Golfer of the Year (9)

ESPY Awards Best Female Athlete

2006

ESPY Awards Best Female Athlete (2)

2008

H. M. The King's Medal 8:e with ribbon

See also

Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins

Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins

Grand Slam (golf)#Women's Career Grand Slam

List of European Solheim Cup golfers

List of Swedish sportspeople

LPGA

Monday Night Golf

Notes and references

External links

LPGA biography page

LET biography page

The ANNIKA Academy at Ginn Reunion Resort

Annika Sörenstam bio

Annika Sörenstam at Golf Stars Online Links to feature articles, interviews, her career statistics etc.

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