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The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force behind its creation.

The inaugural Cup was held in 1990, and the event was staged in even number years until 2002, alternating years with the Ryder Cup (the equivalent men's event between the USA and Europe). As part of the general reshuffling of team golf events consequent to the one-year postponement of the 2001 Ryder Cup due to 9/11, the Solheim Cup switched to odd numbered years from 2003.

The US team is selected by a points system, with American players on the LPGA Tour receiving points for each top-twenty finish on tour.^[1] For the European team, up to 2005, only seven players were selected on a points system based on results on the Ladies European Tour (LET). This allows top European players who compete mainly on the LPGA Tour to be selected to ensure that the European team is competitive. From 2007, only the top five players from the LET will qualify and another four will be selected on the basis of the Women's World Golf Rankings. This reflects the increasing dominance of the LPGA Tour, where almost all top European players spend most of their time.^[2] In addition, each team has a number of "captain's picks", players chosen at the discretion of the team captains, regardless of their point standings, though in practice the captain's picks are often the next ranking players.

Team captains are typically recently-retired professional golfers with Solheim Cup playing experience, chosen for their experience playing on previous Cup teams and for their ability to lead a team.

The cup is played over three days. Since 2002, there have been 28 matches—eight foursomes, eight four-balls and 12 singles on the final day. This is the same format as the Ryder Cup. Before 1996, and also in 2000, the Solheim Cup used a similar, but abbreviated format.

Results[link]

Year	Venue	Winning Team	Score		Losing Team	Captains
2013	Colorado Golf Club (Parker, Colorado)					Meg Mallon  Liselotte Neumann
2011 Details	Killeen Castle Golf Resort (County Meath, Ireland)	Europe	15	13	United States	Rosie Jones  Alison Nicholas
2009 Details	Rich Harvest Farms (Sugar Grove, Illinois)	United States	16	12	Europe	Beth Daniel  Alison Nicholas
2007 Details	Halmstad GK (Halmstad, Sweden)	United States	16	12	Europe	Betsy King  Helen Alfredsson
2005 Details	Crooked Stick Golf Club (Carmel, Indiana)	United States	15½	12½	Europe	Nancy Lopez  Catrin Nilsmark
2003 Details	Barsebäck Golf & Country Club (Löddeköpinge, SkÃ¥ne, Sweden)	Europe	17½	10½	United States	Patty Sheehan  Catrin Nilsmark
2002 Details	Interlachen Country Club (Edina, Minnesota)	United States	15½	12½	Europe	Patty Sheehan  Dale Reid
2000 Details	Loch Lomond Golf Club (Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland)	Europe	14½	11½	United States	Pat Bradley  Dale Reid
1998 Details	Muirfield Village (Dublin, Ohio)	United States	16	12	Europe	Judy Rankin  Pia Nilsson
1996 Details	St Pierre Golf & Country Club (Chepstow, Wales)	United States	17	11	Europe	Judy Rankin  Mickey Walker
1994 Details	The Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia)	United States	13	7	Europe	JoAnne Carner  Mickey Walker
1992 Details	Dalmahoy Country Club (Edinburgh, Scotland)	Europe	11½	6½	United States	Kathy Whitworth  Mickey Walker
1990 Details	Lake Nona Golf & Country Club (Orlando, Florida)	United States	11½	4½	Europe	Kathy Whitworth  Mickey Walker

Junior Solheim Cup[link]

A version of the Solheim Cup for girls, called the PING Junior Solheim Cup, was inaugurated 2002. It follows a similar format to The Solheim Cup and features the top 12 U.S. amateur girls—defined as girls participating in American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events—versus their European counterparts. The event is held over two days, with six fourball and six foursomes matches the first day, and twelve singles matches the second day. Each event to date has been held in the general vicinity of that year's Solheim Cup.

The home team won the first five events, with Team USA winning in 2002, 2005, and 2009, and Team Europe winning in 2003 and 2007. The sixth event ended in a tie.

Results[link]

Year	Venue	Winning Team	Score		Losing Team	Captains
2011	Knightsbrook Golf Resort (Trim, County Meath, Ireland)	United States1	12	12	Europe	Meg Mallon  Liselotte Neumann
2009	Aurora Country Club (Aurora, Illinois)	United States	15½	8½	Europe	Nancy Lopez  Carin Koch
2007	Bastad Golf Club (BÃ¥stad, Sweden)	Europe	14	10	United States	Donna Andrews  Catrin Nilsmark
2005	The Bridgewater Club (Carmel, Indiana)	United States	16	8	Europe	Colleen Walker  Charlotta Sörenstam
2003	Bokskogens Golf Club (Bara, SkÃ¥ne, Sweden)	Europe	12½	11½	United States	Val Skinner  Helen Alfredsson
2002	Oak Ridge Country Club (Hopkins, Minnesota)	United States	17	7	Europe	Sherri Steinhauer  Marta Figueras-Dotti

¹The matches ended in a 12-12 tie. Solheim Cup rules state that the in a tie the defending championship team retains the cup.

See also[link]

• List of American Solheim Cup golfers
• List of European Solheim Cup golfers
• List of sports competitions between team representing continents

Notes and references[link]

1. ^ "Points distribution for 2009 U.S. Solheim Cup Team qualifying" (PDF). LPGA Tour. http://www.lpga.com/content/2009SolheimPointsDistribution.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-25. 
2. ^ "Solheim selection process changes". BBC Sport. 2006-04-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4918154.stm. Retrieved 2007-04-24. 

External links[link]

• Solheim Cup official site
• Online Solheim Cup exhibit
• PING Junior Solheim Cup official site

Annika Sörenstam
Sörenstam at the 2008 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Full name	Annika Sörenstam
Born	(1970-10-09) 9 October 1970 (age 41) Bro, Sweden
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Spouse	David Esch (1997–2005) Mike McGee (m. 2009)
Children	Ava McGee (b. 2009) William McGee (b. 2011)
Career
College	University of Arizona (two years)
Turned professional	1992
Retired	2008
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 1994) Ladies European Tour
Professional wins	93
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	72 (3rd all time)
Ladies European Tour	17
LPGA of Japan Tour	2
ALPG Tour	4
Other	3
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 10)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	Won: 2001, 2002, 2005
LPGA Championship	Won: 2003, 2004, 2005
U.S. Women's Open	Won: 1995, 1996, 2006
du Maurier Classic	2nd: 1998
Women's British Open	Won: 2003
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2003 (member page)
LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year	1994
LPGA Tour Player of the Year	1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
LPGA Vare Trophy	1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005
LPGA Tour Money Winner	1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year	1993
Ladies European Tour Order of Merit	1995
Ladies European Tour Player of the Year	1995, 2002
(For a full list of awards, see here)

Annika Sörenstam ( listen (help·info)) (born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish-American professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful female golfers in history.^[1] 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.^[2]

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 was the event's all-time leading points earner until her record was surpassed by England's Laura Davies during the 2011 Solheim Cup.

Sörenstam made history at the Bank of America Colonial tournament in 2003 as the first woman to play in a PGA Tour event since 1945. Her growing off-course interests include the ANNIKA golf academy, golf course design, ANNIKA-branded products, and a charitable foundation.

Childhood and amateur career[link]

Sörenstam was born in Bro near Stockholm, Sweden.^[3] 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.^[4] Annika and Charlotta Sörenstam are the only two sisters to have both won $1 million on the LPGA.^[5]

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.^[3][6][7] 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.^[3] She was so shy as a junior she used to deliberately three putt at the end of a tournament to avoid giving the victory speech.^[8] 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.^[3]

Her successful amateur career included a win in the St. Rule Trophy played at St. Andrews and a runner-up finish in the Swedish national mother/daughter golf tournament.^[9][10] 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.^[11][12] While 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.^{[13][14][15][16]}

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.^[3] She won seven collegiate titles and in 1991, became the first non-American and first freshman to win the individual NCAA National Championship.^[10][17] 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.^[3][18][19] 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.^[20] 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.^[3]

Professional career[link]

1990s[link]

Sörenstam was invited to play in three 1993 LPGA tournaments where she finished T38th, 4th, and T9th earning more than $47,000.^[21] She finished second four times on the Ladies European Tour and was 1993 Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year.^[22] By tying for 28th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament she earned non-exempt status for the 1994 season.^[3] Sörenstam's first professional win came at the 1994 Holden Women's Australian Open on the ALPG Tour.^[23] 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.^[22][24]

Sörenstam at the Women's British Open 2007

1995 was her breakout year when she won her first LPGA Tour title at the U.S. Women's Open.^[3] She finished at the top of the Money List^[25] and was the first non-American winner of the Vare Trophy.^[26] She became the second player ever to be Player of the Year and Vare Trophy winner the year after being Rookie of the Year.^[27] A win at the 1995 Australian Ladies Masters^[28] 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.^[22][29] Her success worldwide resulted in her winning the Jerringpriset award in Sweden,^[30] the country’s most prestigious award in sports as well as being awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.^[31]

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.^[32] In defending her title, she became the first non-American to win back to back U.S. Women's Open titles,^[3] passed the $1 million mark in LPGA career earnings, and won her second consecutive Vare Trophy.^[21]

She won six 1997 LPGA titles regaining the Money List and Player of the Year titles. Internationally, she won on the JLPGA and defended her home LET title at the renamed Compaq Open. She became the first player in LPGA history to finish a season with a sub-70 scoring average of 69.99 en route to retaining the 1998 Player of the Year and Money List titles as well as winning the LET Swedish tour stop for the third time running.^[26] September 1999 saw Sörenstam change her on-course team replacing her caddie of six years, Colin Cann, with Terry McNamara.^[33][34]

2000s[link]

At this point in her career, Sörenstam says she lost focus having reached her biggest goals.^[3] Karrie Webb became the best LPGA Tour player but Sörenstam still managed to win more LPGA tournaments than any other Tour player during the 1990s.^[27] She qualified for the World Golf Hall of Fame when she won the 2000 Welch's/Circle K Championship, but was not eligible for induction until finishing her tenth year on the LPGA tour in October 2003.^[35][36] Sörenstam was the first international player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame through the LPGA criteria.^[36][37][38]

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 20 yards (18 m) to her driving distance.^[39][40] 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.^[25][41] 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.^[42]

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.^[43] 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,^[44] and also won the ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia^[45] and Compaq Open in Sweden on the Ladies European Tour giving her 13 wins in 25 starts worldwide in 2002.^[46]

Amid notable controversy, Sörenstam was invited to play in the Bank of America Colonial golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, beginning 22 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.^[47] 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 this statement was later proven to be misquoted and he later apologized.^[48][49] 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.^[50] 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.^[51]

Later in the 2003 season, she won the LPGA Championship and the Women's British Open,^[52] becoming only the sixth player to complete the LPGA Career Grand Slam.^[53] 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 39-yard (36 m) bunker shot on the ninth hole—the eighth eagle in The Skins Game history.^[54] 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^[55] plus the 2003 Golf Writers’ Trophy by the Association of Golf Writers.^[56]

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.^[57] The Women’s Sports Foundation gave her the 2004 Sportswoman of the Year Award,^[37] and the Laureus World Sports Academy named her World Sportswoman of the Year.^[58] She also released a combination autobiography and golf instructional book, Golf Annika's Way.^[59]

2005 was a landmark year in Sörenstam's life both on and off the golf course. In February that year 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.^[60][61] Her achievements included being the first player in LPGA history to win a major three consecutive years at the LPGA Championship^[62] and the first golfer in LPGA or PGA history to win the same event five consecutive years at the Mizuno Classic.^[63] 11 wins in 21 tournaments entered worldwide included victory in the Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika^[64] 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.^[26][65] She is the only LPGA player ever to win Money List, POY award and Vare trophy in the same year in 5 different years.^[66] 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,^[67][68] and the inaugural Lexus Cup was played with Sörenstam as the Captain of the victorious International Team.^[69]

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),^[70][71][72] Associated Press voted her Female Athlete of the Year for the third consecutive year^[73][74][75] 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.^[76] 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^{[77][78][79][80]}

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.^[81][82] 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.^[83][84] 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.^[85] 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.^[86][87] Her International team lost the second Lexus Cup competition to Team Asia.^[88]

Sörenstam started 2007 by losing a playoff while defending of her MasterCard Classic title.^[89] At the Kraft Nabisco Championship she shot her highest 72-hole score in a major in nine years,^[90] 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.^[91][92] 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.^[93] 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.^[94]

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.^[95] 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.^[96][97]

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.^[98] 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 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."^[99]

Retirement[link]

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.^[100] 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.^[101] 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.^[102] Her last professional tournament was the Dubai Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour in December 2008,^[103] where she finished tied for 7th.

Personal life[link]

Sörenstam at the Women's British Open 2005

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.^[104] They were engaged at the 1995 Evian Masters, married in Lake Tahoe on 4 January 1997, and were divorced in 2005.^[60][105] 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.^{[103][106][107][108]}

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.^[109] The couple announced they were expecting their second child via social media sites on 14 December 2010.^[110] On 21 March 2011, Sörenstam gave birth to a son, William Nicholas McGee, unexpectedly at 27 weeks gestation when she suffered a placental abruption.^[111]

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.^{[39][112][113][114]}

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.^{[115][116][117]} 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.^[7][118] She and Jack Nicklaus are bidding to build the Olympic golf course in Rio.^[119]

The ANNIKA Academy at Ginn Reunion Resort in Osceola County, Florida 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.^[8][120] 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.^{[121][122][122]}

Other branches of the ANNIKA business include a clothing line with Cutter & Buck,^[123] a limited label wine produced in partnership with Wente Vineyards,^[124] and a signature fragrance developed by SA Fragrances.^[125] 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.^[126][127] 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.^[128] 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.^[129][130]

Professional wins (93)[link]

LPGA Tour (72)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	16 Jul 1995	U.S. Women's Open	-2 (67-71-72-68=278)	1 stroke	Meg Mallon
2	24 Sep 1995	GHP Heartland Classic	-10 (69-67-70-72=278)	10 strokes	Jan Stephenson
3	15 Oct 1995	Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf	-6 (72-69-71-70=282)	Playoff	Laura Davies
4	2 Jun 1996	U.S. Women's Open	-8 (70-67-69-66=272)	6 strokes	Kris Tschetter
5	13 Oct 1996	CoreStates Betsy King Classic	-18 (66-69-67-68=270)	8 strokes	Laura Davies
6	20 Oct 1996	Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf	-14 (66-69-69-70=274)	1 stroke	Helen Alfredsson
7	12 Jan 1997	Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions	-16 (72-66-68-66=272)	4 strokes	Karrie Webb
8	22 Feb 1997	Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open	-10 (67-66-73=206)	1 stroke	Meg Mallon
9	6 Apr 1997	Longs Drugs Challenge	-3 (73-68-71-73=285)	Playoff	Pam Kometani
10	1 Jun 1997	Michelob Light Classic	-11 (70-69-66-72=277)	3 strokes	Hiromi Kobayashi
11	5 Oct 1997	CoreStates Betsy King Classic	-14 (70-67-68-69=274)	2 strokes	Kelly Robbins
12	23 Nov 1997	ITT LPGA Tour Championship	-11 (72-68-67-70=277)	Playoff	Lorie Kane Pat Hurst
13	7 Jun 1998	Michelob Light Classic	-8 (67-73-68=208)	Playoff	Donna Andrews
14	28 Jun 1998	ShopRite LPGA Classic	-17 (66-65-65=196)	4 strokes	Juli Inkster
15	19 Jul 1998	JAL Big Apple Classic	-19 (67-66-65-67=265)	8 strokes	Joan Pitcock
16	13 Sep 1998	Safeco Classic	-15 (68-70-67-68=273)	5 strokes	Laura Davies Patty Sheehan
17	11 Jul 1999	Michelob Light Classic	-10 (68-72-68-70=278)	Playoff	Tina Barrett
18	3 Oct 1999	New Albany Golf Classic	-19 (68-66-69-66=269)	3 strokes	Mardi Lunn
19	13 Mar 2000	Welch's/Circle K Championship	-19 (67-68-67-67=269)	Playoff	Pat Hurst
20	21 May 2000	Firstar LPGA Classic	-19 (66-65-66=197)	1 stroke	Cristie Kerr Karrie Webb
21	17 Jun 2000	Evian Masters	-12 (70-68-70-68=276)	Playoff	Karrie Webb
22	9 Jul 2000	Jamie Farr Kroger Classic	-10 (70-67-66-71=274)	Playoff	Rachel Hetherington
23	16 Jul 2000	Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic	-7 (69-65-72=206)	1 stroke	Rosie Jones
24	11 Mar 2001	Welch's/Circle K Championship	-23 (65-68-67-65=265)	6 strokes	Se Ri Pak Michelle McGann Laura Diaz Dottie Pepper
25	18 Mar 2001	Standard Register PING	-27 (65-59-69-68=261)	2 strokes	Se Ri Pak
26	25 Mar 2001	Nabisco Championship	-7 (72-70-70-69=281)	3 strokes	Karrie Webb Janice Moodie Dottie Pepper Akiko Fukushima Rachel Teske
27	14 Apr 2001	The Office Depot	-6 (71-73-66=210)	Playoff	Mi Hyun Kim
28	6 May 2001	Chick-fil-A Charity Championship	-13 (70-66-67=203)	Playoff	Sophie Gustafson
29	19 Aug 2001	Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's Open	-16 (71-68-64-69=272)	2 strokes	Kelly Robbins
30	28 Oct 2001	Cisco World Ladies Match Play Championship	1 up		Se Ri Pak
31	4 Nov 2001	Mizuno Classic	-13 (66-67-70=203)	3 strokes	Laura Davies
32	2 Mar 2002	LPGA Takefuji Classic	-14 (64-66-66=196)	Playoff	Lorie Kane
33	31 Mar 2002	Kraft Nabisco Championship	-8 (70-71-71-68=280)	1 stroke	Liselotte Neumann
34	12 May 2002	Aerus Electrolux USA Championship	-17 (65-72-70-64=271)	1 stroke	Pat Hurst
35	2 Jun 2002	Kellogg-Keebler Classic	-21 (63-67-65=195)	11 strokes	Michele Redman Mhairi McKay Danielle Ammaccapane
36	15 Jun 2002	Evian Masters	-19 (68-67-65-69=269)	4 strokes	Maria Hjorth Mi Hyun Kim
37	30 Jun 2002	ShopRite LPGA Classic	-12 (68-67-66=201)	3 strokes	Carin Koch Kate Golden
38	8 Sep 2002	Williams Championship	-11 (68-66-65=199)	4 strokes	Lorie Kane
39	15 Sep 2002	Safeway Classic	-17 (69-62-68=199)	1 stroke	Kate Golden
40	6 Oct 2002	Samsung World Championship	-22 (66-67-68-65=266)	6 strokes	Cristie Kerr
41	10 Nov 2002	Mizuno Classic	-15 (69-65-67=201)	2 strokes	Grace Park
42	24 Nov 2002	ADT Championship	-13 (67-70-70-68=275)	3 strokes	Rachel Teske
43	6 Apr 2003	The Office Depot Championship	-5 (68-72-71=211)	4 strokes	Se Ri Pak Pat Hurst Heather Bowie
44	1 Jun 2003	Kellogg-Keebler Classic	-17 (62-66-71=199)	3 strokes	Mhairi McKay
45	8 Jun 2003	McDonald's LPGA Championship	-6 (70-64-72-72=278)	Playoff	Grace Park
46	3 Aug 2003	Weetabix Women's British Open	-10 (68-72-68-70=278)	1 stroke	Se Ri Pak
47	28 Sep 2003	Safeway Classic	-15 (67-68-66=201)	1 stroke	Beth Daniel
48	9 Oct 2003	Mizuno Classic	-24 (63-63-66=192)	9 strokes	Grace Park Se Ri Pak Sophie Gustafson
49	21 Mar 2004	Safeway International	-18 (67-65-68-70=270)	4 strokes	Cristie Kerr
50	4 Apr 2004	Office Depot Championship	-9 (68-70-69=207)	3 strokes	Ashli Bunch Meg Mallon
51	30 May 2004	LPGA Corning Classic	-18 (65-67-70-68=270)	2 strokes	Vicki Goetze-Ackerman Michelle Estill
52	13 Jun 2004	McDonald's LPGA Championship	-13 (68-67-64-72=271)	3 strokes	Shi Hyun Ahn
53	12 Sep 2004	John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic	-9 (66-68-70=204)	4 strokes	Shi Hyun Ahn
54	17 Oct 2004	Samsung World Championship	-18 (66-68-69-67=270)	3 strokes	Grace Park
55	7 Nov 2004	Mizuno Classic	-22 (62-66-65=194)	9 strokes	Michie Ohba Grace Park Ai Miyazato
56	21 Nov 2004	ADT Championship	-13 (66-68-72-69=275)	Playoff	Cristie Kerr
57	6 Mar 2005	MasterCard Classic	-7 (70-71-68=209)	3 strokes	Karrie Webb
58	20 Mar 2005	Safeway International	-11 (66-69-72-70=277)	Playoff	Lorena Ochoa
59	27 Mar 2005	Kraft Nabisco Championship	-15 (70-69-66-68=273)	8 strokes	Rosie Jones
60	15 May 2005	Chick-fil-A Charity Championship	-23 (67-64-67-67=265)	10 strokes	Candie Kung
61	5 Jun 2005	ShopRite LPGA Classic	-17 (67-65-64=196)	4 strokes	Juli Inkster
62	12 Jun 2005	McDonald's LPGA Championship	-11 (68-67-69-73=277)	3 strokes	Michelle Wie (amateur)
63	18 Sep 2005	John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic	-5 (68-67-73=208)	1 stroke	Paula Creamer
64	16 Oct 2005	Samsung World Championship	-18 (64-71-66-69=270)	8 strokes	Paula Creamer
65	6 Nov 2005	Mizuno Classic	-21 (64-67-64=195)	3 strokes	Jennifer Rosales
66	20 Nov 2005	ADT Championship	-6 (69-70-74-69=282)	2 strokes	Soo-Yun Kang Michele Redman Liselotte Neumann
67	12 Mar 2006	MasterCard Classic	-8 (67-71-70=208)	1 stroke	Helen Alfredsson Seon Hwa Lee
68	2 Jul 2006	U.S. Women's Open	E (69-71-73-71=284)	Playoff	Pat Hurst
69	3 Sep 2006	State Farm Classic	-19 (70-68-69-62=269)	2 strokes	Cristie Kerr
70	16 Feb 2008	SBS Open at Turtle Bay	-10 (70-67-69=206)	2 strokes	Russy Gulyanamitta Laura Diaz Jane Park
71	27 Apr 2008	Stanford International Pro-Am	-8 (68-67-70-70=275)	Playoff	Paula Creamer
72	11 May 2008	Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill	-19 (64-66-69-66=265)	7 strokes	Allison Fouch Karen Stupples Jeong Jang Christina Kim

LPGA Tour playoff record (16-6)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1995	Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf	Laura Davies	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1997	Longs Drugs Challenge	Pam Kometani	Won with par on second extra hole
3	1997	ITT LPGA Tour Championship	Pat Hurst Lorie Kane	Won with par on third extra hole Hurst eliminated with par on first hole
4	1998	Michelob Light Classic	Donna Andrews	Won with birdie on second extra hole
5	1998	First Union Betsy King Classic	Rachel Hetherington	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
6	1999	Valley of the Stars Championship	Catrin Nilsmark	Lost to par on second extra hole
7	1999	Michelob Light Classic	Tina Barrett	Won with birdie on third extra hole
8	2000	LPGA Takefuji Classic	Karrie Webb	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
9	2000	Welch's/Circle K Championship	Pat Hurst	Won with birdie on second extra hole
10	2000	Evian Masters	Karrie Webb	Won with eagle on first extra hole
11	2000	Jamie Farr Kroger Classic	Rachel Hetherington	Won with birdie on second extra hole
12	2001	The Office Depot	Mi-Hyun Kim	Won with par on first extra hole
13	2001	Chick-fil-A Charity Championship	Sophie Gustafson	Won with par on second extra hole
14	2002	LPGA Takefuji Classic	Lori Kane	Won with birdie on first extra hole
15	2002	PING Banner Health	Rachel Teske	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
16	2003	McDonald's LPGA Championship	Grace Park	Won with par on first extra hole
17	2003	Giant Eagle LPGA Classic	Lorie Kane, Jennifer Rosales, Rachel Teske	Teske won with birdie on third extra hole
18	2004	ADT Championship	Cristie Kerr	Won with bogey on first extra hole
19	2005	Safeway International	Lorena Ochoa	Won with par on first extra hole
20	2006	U.S. Women's Open	Pat Hurst	Won 18-hole playoff (Sörenstam:70, Hurst:74)
21	2007	MasterCard Classic	Meaghan Francella	Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole
22	2008	Stanford International Pro-Am	Paula Creamer	Won with par on first extra hole

LPGA majors are shown in bold.

Ladies European Tour (17)[link]

• 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)[link]

• 1994 (1) Holden Women's Australian Open
• 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)[link]

• 1997 (1) Hisako Higuchi Kibun Classic
• 2003 (1) Nichirei Cup

Other (3)[link]

• 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[link]

Wins (10)[link]

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
1995	U.S. Women's Open	-2 (67-71-72-68=278)	1 stroke	Meg Mallon
1996	U.S. Women's Open	-8 (70-67-69-66=272)	6 strokes	Kris Tschetter
2001	Championship, NabiscoNabisco Championship	-7 (72-70-70-69=281)	3 strokes	Akiko Fukushima, Rachel Hetherington, Janice Moodie, Dottie Pepper, Karrie Webb
2002	Kraft Nabisco Championship	-8 (70-71-71-68=280)	1 stroke	Liselotte Neumann
2003	McDonald's LPGA Championship	-6 (70-64-72-72=278)	Playoff 1	Grace Park
2003	Weetabix Women's British Open	-10 (68-72-68-70=278)	1 stroke	Se Ri Pak
2004	McDonald's LPGA Championship	-17 (68-67-64-72=271)	3 strokes	Shi Hyun Ahn
2005	Kraft Nabisco Championship	-15 (70-69-66-68=273)	8 strokes	Rosie Jones
2005	McDonald's LPGA Championship	-11 (68-67-69-73=277)	3 strokes	Michelle Wie
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[link]

^ 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.

Summary[link]

• Starts – 57
• Wins – 10
• 2nd place finishes – 6
• Top 3 finishes – 20
• Top 5 finishes – 23
• Top 10 finishes – 31
• Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (4 times)
• Longest streak of consecutive cuts made – 24

LPGA Tour record[link]

Solheim Cup record[link]

Awards[link]

See also[link]

• List of golfers with most LPGA major championship wins
• List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
• Monday Night Golf
• Women's Career Grand Slam

Notes and references[link]