Why did annika sorenstam retire
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Honorees
Few players in professional golf, male or female, have been more competitive than Sweden's Annika Sorenstam, and, thus, few players compiled a more impressive resume, one that includes both records and barriers broken.
The first female golfer to break 60 in an official tournament and the first woman to compete in a PGA TOUR event in half a century, Sorenstam proved over a 16-year professional career to be among the greatest players in the history of women's golf. She collected 87 official victories, including 72 on the LPGA Tour - third most all-time - and 10 major championships.
Born Oct. 9, 1970 in Stockholm, Sorenstam preferred tennis as a youngster until taking up golf at age 12. She found success quickly, despite shyness so profound that she at times wasted shots intentionally to avoid being interviewed upon winning tournaments.
After attending the University of Arizona, where she was a two-time All-American and won the 1991 NCAA Championship, Sorenstam turned professional in 1993. She won her first pro tournament the following year at the Holden Women's Australi
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Remembering Annika Sorenstam’s history-making performance at Colonial Country Club
World Golf Hall of Fame member competed on the PGA TOUR 20 years ago
Colonial County Club has been a mainstay on the PGA TOUR for over 70 years playing home to many historic events in golf. From Hogan’s five victories to wins by Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus. In 2003, Annika Sorenstam joined that list of momentous occasions by being the first woman since 1945 to play in a PGA TOUR event.
The 72-time LPGA Tour champion and 10-time major champion was no stranger to setting records at the time, becoming the first in LPGA history to shoot 59, and accepted an invite to play in the event at Colonial.
Relive the historic moment through the eyes of Laura Neal, Executive Vice President Brand Communications for the PGA TOUR, who at that time worked as the LPGA's manager of communications. Neal witnessed it firsthand from Fort Worth, Texas, and recounts the week in her Golf Writers Association of America award-winning diary.
First problem: it's raining and
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This day in sports: Annika Sorenstam first woman to tee up in PGA event in 58 years
Annika Sorenstam was one of the boys, and played better than two dozen of them on this date in 2003 when she made golf history as the first woman to tee up a ball in a PGA Tour event in 58 years.
The Swedish star of the LPGA tour shot a 1-over par 71 in the first round of the Colonial in Fort Worth. In 1945, Babe Zaharias made the cuts in both the Phoenix and Tucson opens.
“I played what I think was one of my best rounds ever,” Sorenstam said.
She trailed leader Rory Sabbatini by seven shots and missed the cut the next day by four strokes.
This week, the Dodgers would have started a three-game inter-league series with the Cleveland Indians for Friday Fireworks Night at Dodger Stadium. The Angels were scheduled to travel to Oakland for a weekend series with the Athletics. Both games were postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Other memorable games and outstanding sports performances on this date:
1902 — Masterman, ridden by John Bullman and owned by August Belmont II, wins the Belmont
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