Annika Sörenstam

Annika Sörenstam (Audio|sv-Annika Sörenstam.ogg|listen) (born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history.cite web
title = Official Career Wins | publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content/OfficialWins.pdf | accessdate = 2007-03-07] cite web
title = Career Money List | publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
date = 2007-02-28 | url = http://www.lpga.com/player_stats.aspx?y=2005&o=2
accessdate = 2007-03-07] 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. Her 90 international tournament wins as a professional make her the female golf player with the most wins to her name.

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.

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 and a charitable foundation.

Childhood and amateur career

Annika Sörenstam was born in Bro near Stockholm, Sweden.Annika Sörenstam with the editors of Golf Magazine: Golf Annika's Way, Gotham Books, 2004, ISBN 1-59240-076-0] 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. cite web
title = Charlotta Sörenstam Profile | publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=553 | accessdate = 2007-03-07] Annika and Charlotta Sörenstam are the only two sisters to have both won $1 million on the LPGA. cite web
title = Charlotta Sörenstam Biography
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Sorenstam,C-07.pdf
accessdate = 2007-03-10]

As a child, Sörenstam was a nationally ranked junior tennis player. cite web
title = Golf Annika's Way | publisher = Penguin Group USA
author = Annika Sörenstam with the editors of Golf Magazine | url = http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781592400768,00.html?sym=EXC | accessdate = 2007-12-05] She 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. cite web
title = Sorenstam designs new mountain golf course | publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) | url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=13517&mid=2
accessdate = 2007-12-05] She also played football (soccer) in her hometown team Bro IK. [Claes Lind with Annika Sörenstam, Våga bli bäst or Dare to be the Best, Sportförlaget i Europa AB, 2003, ISBN 9-18854-156-8] ]

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. 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. cite web
title = Sörenstam opens new "Annika Academy"
publisher = Golf Today
date = 2007-04-17
url = http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news_07/annika_sorenstam_2.html
accessdate = 2007-05-09] 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.

Her very 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. cite web | title = St Rule Trophy | publisher = St. Andrews Links | date = 2006-10-23
url = http://www.standrews.org.uk/events/annual_tournaments/st_rule_trophy.html
accessdate = 2007-03-07] cite web | title = Finally, sisters in arms- Charlotta Sörenstam and Annika Sörenstam | publisher = Golf Digest | author = Dave Kindred | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_7_51/ai_63015273 | accessdate = 2007-07-06] 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. cite web | title = World Amateur Team Championship Record Books | publisher = International Golf Federation
url = http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/recordbook/wplayer2.asp?fname=Annika&mname=&lname=Sorenstam&country=Sweden
accessdate = 2007-03-07] cite web
title = Notable Past Players | publisher = International Golf Federation
url = http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/History/notables.html
accessdate = 2007-03-24] 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. cite web | title = Sörenstam needs balance to hold off competition | publisher = CBS Sportsline
url = http://www.sportsline.com/golf/story/10042794/2 | author = Steve Elling
date = 2007-03-06 | accessdate = 2007-03-07] cite web | title = Annika Sörenstam 1989 | publisher = Golfdata Sweden
url = http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1989
accessdate = 2007-03-07] cite web | title = Annika Sörenstam 1990 | publisher = Golfdata Sweden
url = http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1990
accessdate = 2007-03-07] cite web | title = Annika Sörenstam 1991
publisher = Golfdata Sweden
url = http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1991
accessdate = 2007-03-07]

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 won seven collegiate titles and in 1991 became the first non-American and first freshman to win the individual NCAA National Championship. cite web
title = Division I Women's Golf History | publisher = NCAA
url = http://www.ncaa.com/history/default.aspx?id=87976
accessdate = 2008-05-30] 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. cite web
title = PAC 10 Women's Golf | publisher = PAC10
url = http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pac10/sports/c-golf/auto_pdf/Pac-10WomensGolfRecords.pdf
accessdate = 2007-03-07] cite web
title = IMG Speakers Annika Sörenstam | publisher = IMG Speakers
url = http://web.archive.org/web/20061017014722/http://www.imgspeakers.com/speakers/annika_sorenstam.aspx | accessdate = 2008-09-16] At the 1992 United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship she was the runner-up to Vicki Goetze. cite web
title = U.S. Women's Amateur champions | publisher = USA Today
date = 2001-08-04
url = http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/amateur/2001-08-04-women-amateur-champions.htm
accessdate = 2008-06-03] As runner up she 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.

Professional career

1990s

Sörenstam was invited to play in three 1993 LPGA tournaments where she finished T38th, 4th, and T9th earning more than $47,000. She finished second four times on the Ladies European Tour and was 1993 Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year. cite web
title = Annika Sörenstam Player Profile
publisher = LET (Ladies European Tour)
date = 2006-01-23
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/010792.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-15 ] By tying for 28th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament she earned non-exempt status for the 1994 season.

Sörenstam's first professional win came at the 1994 Holden Australian Open Championship on the ALPG Tour. cite web
title = 1994 Holden Women's Australian Open Golf Championship
publisher = ALPG Tour (Australian Ladies Professional Golf)
url = http://www.alpgtour.com/past_tournament_detail.asp?xmlref=T20.xml
accessdate = 2007-03-07 ] 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. cite web
title = 1990-2003 Solheim Cup Teams
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content/Teams,%20Members,%20WinLoss%20Records.pdf
accessdate = 2007-03-08 ]

1995 was her breakout year when she won her first LPGA Tour title at the U.S. Women's Open. She finished at the top of the Money List cite web
title = Annual Money Leaders
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content/MoneyLeaders.pdf
accessdate = 2007-03-16 ] and was the first non-American winner of the Vare Trophy. She became the second player ever to be Player of the Year and Vare Trophy winner the year after being Rookie of the Year. cite web
title = Full Career Biography
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Sorenstam,A-07.pdf
accessdate = 2007-03-07 ] A win at the 1995 Australian Ladies Masters cite web
title = 1995 Australian Ladies Masters
publisher = ALPG Tour (Australian Ladies Professional Golf)
url = http://www.alpgtour.com/past_tournament_detail.asp?xmlref=T27.xml
accessdate = 2007-03-08 ] 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. cite web
title = Golf Tour For Women Tees Off With Hope
date = 1996-05-02
publisher = International Herald Tribune
author = Ian Thomsen
url = http://www.iht.com/articles/1996/05/02/ian.t.php
accessdate = 2007-03-15 ] Her success worldwide resulted in her winning the Jerringpriset award in Sweden, cite web
title = Jerringpriset Award Winners
publisher = radiosporten
url = http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/radiosporten/nyheter/amnessida.asp?programID=179&Nyheter=&grupp=3602&artikel=1041550
accessdate = 2007-03-08 ] the country’s most prestigious award in sports as well as being awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. cite web
title = Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
publisher = Svenska Dagbladet
url = http://susning.nu/Bragdmedaljen
accessdate = 2007-03-08 ]

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. cite web
title = Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open
publisher = Golf in Europe | url = http://www.ecs.net/golf/tour/women/1996/220896.html
accessdate = 2007-03-08] In defending her title she became the first non-American to win back to back U.S. Women's Open titles, passed the $1 million mark in LPGA career earnings, and won her second consecutive Vare Trophy.

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. September 1999 saw Sörenstam change her on-course team replacing her caddie of six years, Colin Cann, with Terry McNamara who remains her caddie today. cite web | title = Sorenstam splits with longtime caddie
publisher = Golf Today | url = http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news99/sorenstam.html
accessdate = 2008-02-20] cite web
title = All The Action Isn't At The Golf Course
author = Ron Sirak | date = 2007-07-28
publisher = Golf Digest | url = http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/blogs/localknowledge/2007/07/all-the-action-.html
accessdate = 2008-02-20]

2000s

At this point in her career, Sörenstam says she lost focus having reached her biggest goals. Karrie Webb became the best LPGA Tour player but Sörenstam still managed to win more LPGA tournaments than any other Tour player during the 1990’s. 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. cite web
title = Sörenstam deserves Hall pass
publisher = Sports Illustrated
author = Tom Hanson
date = 2000-03-13
url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/tom_hanson/news/2000/03/13/inside_lpga/
accessdate = 2007-03-08] cite web
title = Stats and News - Sörenstam qualifies for LPGA Tour, World Golf Halls Of Fame
publisher = LPGA Tour
date = 2003-10-13
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=4&pid=223
accessdate = 2007-07-07] Sörenstam was the first international player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame through the LPGA criteria. cite web
title = Women's Sports Foundation
publisher = Women's Sports Foundation
date = 2004-10-18
author = Alison Sawyer
url = http://www.gogirlworld.org/cgi-bin/iowa/about/media/press.html?record=116
accessdate = 2008-05-18] cite web
title = Annika, Price Inducted into Hall
publisher = The Golf Channel
date = 2003-10-21
url = http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=11239
accessdate = 2007-03-08 ] cite web
title = World Golf Hall of Fame Profile: Annika Sörenstam
publisher = World Golf Hall of Fame
url = http://www.wgv.com/hof/member.php?member=1108
accessdate = 2007-03-08 ]

Having lost her preeminent position, Sörenstam embarked on a new five-day-a-week exercise program including weight-lifting and balance work which by 2003 added over convert|20|yd to her driving distance. cite web
title = Passion to be Perfect | publisher = Golf for Women magazine | author = Ron Sirak
url = http://www.herballifehealing.com/links/shaklee/03%20Nutrition/13%20Sports/07%20Annika%20Sorenstam.pdf
accessdate = 2007-07-07] cite web
title = Annika's Driving Ambition | publisher = Time magazine | author = Jeff Chu
date = 2003-05-26 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004902,00.html | accessdate = 2007-05-03] 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. cite web
title = Sörenstam reaches golf's magic number | publisher = Golfonline
date = 2001-03-21 | url = http://espn.go.com/golfonline/tours/s/2001/0316/1156236.html
accessdate = 2007-03-08] 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. cite web
title = Women pioneers prepare return to familiar battle
publisher = The Independent Newspaper
date = 2001-08-02
url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010802/ai_n14417042
accessdate = 2007-07-07]

At the end of that season Karrie Webb said she "would eat her hat" if Sörenstam repeated her eight wins in 2002. cite web
title = All hail Queen Annika
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2002-12-06
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/2549625.stm
accessdate = 2007-12-05] 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, cite web
title = History of the Kraft Nabisco Championship
publisher = Kraft Nabisco Championship
url = http://www.kncgolf.com/30year.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-08] and also won the ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia cite web
title = Tournament Summary Report for 2002 ANZ Ladies Masters
publisher = ALPG Tour (Australian Ladies Professional Golf)
url = http://www.alpgtour.com/past_tournament_detail.asp?xmlref=T104.xml
accessdate = 2007-03-08] and Compaq Open in Sweden on the Ladies European Tour giving her 13 wins in 25 starts worldwide in 2002. cite web
title = Sörenstam by five
publisher = LET (Ladies European Tour)
date = 2002-08-18
author = Martin Park
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4628&page=133
accessdate = 2007-03-08 ]

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. cite web
title = Singh says Annika 'doesn't belong' on PGA Tour
publisher = USA Today
date = 2003-05-12
url = http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2003-05-12-singh_x.htm
accessdate = 2007-12-05] cite web
title = Singh backs off comments about Sorenstam
publisher = USA Today
date = 2003-05-13
url = http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2003-05-13-singh-apology_x.htm
accessdate = 2007-12-05] 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, Sörenstam said she was nervous all day but pleased at her performance. cite web
title = An Interview with Annika Sörenstam
publisher = Golf.com
date = 2003-05-22
url = http://web.archive.org/web/20030524222832/http://sports.yahoo.golfserv.com/gdc/news/article.asp?id=13298
accessdate = 2008-07-01 ]

Later in the 2003 season she won the LPGA Championship and the Women's British Open cite web
title = Annika slam dunks the opposition
publisher = LET (Ladies European Tour)
date = 2003-08-03
author = Martin Park
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4214&page=104
accessdate = 2007-03-10 ] becoming only the sixth player to complete the LPGA Career Grand Slam. cite web
title = Grand Slam
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=1&pid=307
accessdate = 2007-03-08 ] 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 convert|39|yd|sing=on bunker shot on the ninth hole—the eighth eagle in The Skins Game history. cite web
title = Dec 01 2003: News and Notes | publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=4&pid=231 | accessdate = 2007-05-11] She was awarded her second Jerringpriset award in Sweden cite web
title = 2003 Jerringpriset Award
publisher = Radiosporten
url = http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/Radiosporten/programsidor/artikel.asp?programid=2096&Artikel=507480
accessdate = 2007-03-08] plus the 2003 Golf Writers’ Trophy by the Association of Golf Writers. cite web
title = Annika wins Golfer of the Year
publisher = LET (Ladies European Tour)
date = 2003-12-18
author = Andy Farrell
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4355
accessdate = 2007-03-08 ]

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. cite web
title = All Time Records | publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content/Alltimerecords.pdf | accessdate = 2007-04-02] The Women’s Sports Foundation gave her the 2004 Sportswoman of the Year Award, and the Laureus World Sports Academy named her World Sportswoman of the Year. cite web
title = Annika Sörenstam Laureus Win and Nominations
publisher = Laureus World Sports Academy
url = http://www.laureus.com/winners_and_nominations?q=node/428
accessdate = 2007-03-08] She also released a combination autobiography and golf instructional book, "Golf Annika's Way". cite web
title = Annika's way: Instruction kept simple as swing
publisher = Sports Illustrated
date = 2004-10-05
url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/golf/10/05/bc.glf.theproshop.ap/
accessdate = 2007-03-10 ]

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. cite web
title = After her divorce, Sörenstam is moving on | publisher = Professional Golfers' Association of America | date = 2005-12-18
url = http://web.archive.org/web/20051223152359/http://www.pga.com/news/tours/lpga/notebook121805.cfm | accessdate = 2008-06-24] Her achievements included being the first player in LPGA history to win a major three consecutive years at the LPGA Championship cite web
title = Annika wins the LPGA Championship
publisher = LET (Ladies European Tour)
date = 2005-06-13
author = Bethan Cutler
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3816&page=50
accessdate = 2007-03-11 ] and the first golfer in LPGA or PGA history to win the same event five consecutive years at the Mizuno Classic. cite web
title = Sörenstam gets historic fifth win
publisher = BBC News
date = 2005-11-06
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4411458.stm
accessdate = 2007-03-08 ] 11 wins in 21 tournaments entered worldwide included victory in the Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika cite web
author = Bethan Cutler
title = Annika wins the Scandinavian TPC Hosted by Annika
publisher = LET (Ladies European Tour)
date = 2005-08-07
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3875&page=44
accessdate = 2007-03-08] 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. cite web
title = Rolex Player of the Year Winners
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=2500&mid=2
accessdate = 2007-03-07] cite web
title = Vare Trophy Winners | publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=2499 | accessdate = 2007-03-07] 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, cite web
title = 1990-2003 Solheim Cup Teams
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content/Teams,%20Members,%20WinLoss%20Records.pdf
accessdate = 2007-03-10] cite web
title = 2005 European Solheim Cup Team
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=4575&mid=1
accessdate = 2007-03-07] and the inaugural Lexus Cup was played with Sörenstam as the Captain of the victorious International Team. cite web
title = Internationals secure win in Inaugural Lexus Cup
publisher = Lexus | url = http://www.lexuscup.com/2005/
accessdate = 2007-03-10 ] 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), cite web
title = Woods, Sörenstam, Irwin Win GWAA Awards
publisher = The Golf Channel
date = 2002-12-18
url = http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=7915
accessdate = 2007-03-08 ] cite web
title = Singh, Sörenstam, Stadler Win Writer Awards
publisher = The Golf Channel
date = 2004-12-14
url = http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=15098
accessdate = 2007-03-08 ] cite web
title = Woods, Annika, Quigley Win Golf Writers Awards
publisher = The Golf Channel
date = 2005-12-12
url = http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=18246
accessdate = 2007-03-08] Associated Press voted her Female Athlete of the Year for the third consecutive year cite web
title = Sörenstam wins award by wide margin
publisher = ESPN/Golf Digest
date = 2003-12-29
url = http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=1695866
accessdate = 2007-03-10] cite web
author = Jim Litke
title = Sorenstam voted repeat AP Female Athlete of Year
publisher = USA Today
date = 2004-12-28
url = http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2004-12-28-sorenstam-year_x.htm
accessdate = 2008-08-05 ] cite web
title = Golfer Sörenstam chosen AP female athlete of the year
publisher = CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
url = http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/12/28/sorenstam_ap_award051228.html
accessdate = 2007-03-10 ] 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. cite web
title = Annika honoured again with Top Award | publisher = LET (Ladies European Tour)
date = 2005-12-13 | url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4016&page=32
accessdate = 2007-03-08] 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 cite web
title = The 2005 ESPY Awards
publisher = ESPN
url = http://espn.go.com/espy2005/s/05nomineesindex.html
accessdate = 2007-03-08] cite web
title = The ESPY Awards 2002 winners
publisher = ESPN
url = http://espn.go.com/espy2002/s/02nomineesindex.html
accessdate = 2007-03-10] cite web
title = The ESPY Awards 2003
publisher = ESPN
url = http://espn.go.com/espy2003/s/02nomineesindex.html
accessdate = 2007-03-10] cite web
title = The 2004 ESPY Awards winners
publisher = ESPN
url = http://espn.go.com/espy2004/s/04nomineesindex.html
accessdate = 2007-03-10]

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. cite web | title = Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings Unveiled | publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
date = 2006-02-21 | url = http://www.lpga.com/Content_1.aspx?pid=5784&mid=4 | accessdate = 2007-05-09] cite web | title = Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings | publisher = Rolex | url = http://www.rolexrankings.com | accessdate = 2007-03-10] 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. cite web
title = Sörenstam leads Sweden to World Cup victory
publisher = LET (Ladies European Tour)
author = Michael Vlismas
date = 2006-01-23
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4882&page=30
accessdate = 2007-03-08] cite web
title = Annika Sörenstam unsure about cause of lack of form
publisher = Golf Today
date = 2006-06-07
url = http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news06/annika_sorenstam_6.html
accessdate = 2007-03-08] 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. cite web
title = Sörenstam rolls past Hurst to win U.S. Women's Open playoff
publisher = USA Today
author = Doug Ferguson
date = 2006-07-03
url = http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2006-07-03-us-womens-open-playoff_x.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-08] The win came just weeks after Sörenstam was sworn in as a United States citizen, becoming a dual national. cite web
title = Annika the Tigress has text appeal
publisher = The Independent Newspaper
author = Andy Farrell
date = 2006-07-30
url = http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/annika-the-tigress-has-text-appeal-409848.html
accessdate = 2008-07-08] 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. cite web
title = Annika - queen of the desert
publisher = LET (Ladies European Tour)
date = 2006-10-29
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=8004&page=7
accessdate = 2007-03-08 ] cite web
title = Sörenstam completes brilliant Swedish title defence
publisher = LET (Ladies European Tour)
author = Bethan Cutler
date = 2006-08-13
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=6998&page=14
accessdate = 2007-03-08] Her International team lost the second Lexus Cup competition to Team Asia. cite web
title = Asia clinch victory in Lexus Cup
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2006-12-17
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/6187501.stm
accessdate = 2007-07-07]

Sörenstam started 2007 by losing a playoff while defending of her MasterCard Classic title. cite web
title = Francella bests Sörenstam in MasterCard playoff
publisher = USA Today
url = http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2007-03-12-mastercard-classic_N.htm
accessdate = 2007-04-16] At the Kraft Nabisco Championship she shot her highest 72-hole score in a major in nine years, cite web
title = With Sörenstam out, Ochoa takes aim at No. 1 ranking
publisher = Daily Journal Online
date = 2007-04-13
author = Mark Long
url = http://dailyjournalonline.com/articles/2007/04/14/sports/doc461f8764d847d777663225.txt
accessdate = 2008-02-19] 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. cite web
title = Annika Sorenstam withdraws from Ginn Open
publisher = LPGA
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=10405&mid=2
accessdate = 2007-12-05] cite web
title = Annika diagnosed with ruptured disk, bulging disk
publisher = ESPN Golf with GolfWorld
url = http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=2834723
accessdate = 2007-12-05] 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. cite web
title = Ginn Tribute hosted by ANNIKA Pre-tournament interviews
publisher = Ladies Professional Golf Association
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=11124&mid=1#annika
accessdate = 2007-07-04] 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. cite web
title = Annika disappointed with effort
publisher = The Fayetteville Observer
date = 2007-07-02
author = Sammy Batten
url = http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=266429
accessdate = 2007-07-04]

After an early round defeat at the World Matchplay Championship, Sörenstam had a more successful time in Europe where she 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. cite web
title = Matthew earns fifth win with Scandinavian TPC victory
publisher = ESPN
date = 2007-08-12
url = http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=2971122
accessdate = 2008-08-19] 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. This left her winless on the LPGA Tour for the first time since her rookie season. However Sörenstam did win a worldwide title at the Dubai Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour in November 2007 beating a competitive field.cite web
title = Sorenstam knocked out of ADT Championship
publisher = Golf.com
date = 2007-11-16
url = http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1685073,00.html
accessdate = 2008-06-10] cite web
title = Sorenstam retains Dubai Ladies Masters title
publisher = LET (Ladies European Tour)
date = 2007-12-16
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=11653
accessdate = 2007-12-17]

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.cite web
title = Sorenstam takes SBS Open for 70th LPGA title, first since 2006
publisher = ESPN
date = 2008-02-16
url = http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3249606
accessdate = 2008-05-28] 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, giving her three wins and over $1 million in earnings by mid-May.

Retirement

On 13 May 2008, Sörenstam announced that she would retire from competitive golf at the conclusion of the 2008 season. Her last scheduled tournament on the LPGA Tour will be the season-ending ADT Championship in November and her last scheduled tournament will be the Dubai Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour in December. cite web
title = Sorenstam: "I'm Stepping Away" - 05/13/2008
publisher = The Golf Channel
date = 2008-05-13
author = The Golf Channel Newsroom
url = http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&select=25882
accessdate = 2008-05-13 ] cite web
title = Annika Announces Decision to 'Step Away' from Competitive Golf at End of Season
publisher = LPGA
date = 2008-05-13
author =
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=15338&mid=2
accessdate = 2008-05-13 ] 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 Letterman TV Show.

Off-course activities

Sörenstam has begun the transition from professional golfer to entrepreneur, hoping to combine her three major passions—golf, fitness and cooking—into various businesses under the ANNIKA brand with the brand statement "Share my Passion. cite web
title = Annika's beau to help build her brand
publisher = Rhode Island Golf Association
author = Ron Sirak
date = 2006-11-13
url = http://www.rigalinks.org/club/scripts/view/view_pubnews.asp?GRP=&pg=home&NS=&PID=5858&APP=57
accessdate = 2007-12-05] cite web
title = Annika Sörenstam Becomes National Ambassador for Make a wish foundation
publisher = Make-A-Wish Foundation
date = 2007-04-11
url = http://www.wish.org/news/news_releases/annika_ambassador
accessdate = 2007-05-11] She has launched her own website and regularly contributes to her web blog. cite web
title = Sorenstam launches official website
publisher = Ladies Professional Golf Association
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=11818&mid=2
accessdate = 2007-12-05] cite web
title = Annika Sorenstam launches Blog
publisher = Ladies Professional Golf Association
date = 2007-11-14
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=13365&mid=2
accessdate = 2007-12-05]

Her first golf course design project, the Annika Course, was completed at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzen, China in 2003 cite web
title = Annika Course
publisher = Mission Hills Golf Club China
url = http://www.missionhillsgroup.com/en/golf/courses/annika/default.html
accessdate = 2008-02-19] whilst the second design project was officially launched in January 2006 and is expected to open in 2008 at the Euphoria Golf Estate & Hydro in South Africa. cite web
title = Sörenstam launches golf course in South Africa
publisher = LPGA ((Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=5531&mid=4
accessdate = 2007-04-16] cite web
author = Dex McLuskey
title = Sorenstam, 'Greatest Female Golfer,' Seeks Last-Season Flourish
publisher = Bloomberg L.P.
date = 2008-05-14
url = http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a5erzTqkaMUI
accessdate = 2008-09-30] As part of her business partnership with Ginn Resorts, she will be redesigning Patriots Point Links Course near Charleston, South Carolina, her first course design in the United States. cite web
author = Tom Cunneff
title = Charting a New Course
publisher = Links Magazine
url = http://www.linksmagazine.com/best_of_golf/personalities/annika_sorenstam_women_golf_course_designers_print.html
accessdate = 2008-07-22 ] This is the sister course to RiverTowne Country Club in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina with the LPGA Tour Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA event in 2007. cite web
title = Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika Sörenstam to debut in 2007 | publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
date = 2004-10-05 | url = http://www.lpga.com/Content_1.aspx?pid=7387&mid=4
accessdate = 2007-03-10] Annika's fourth course design project at Red Mountain Resort, British Columbia will be her first from scratch in North America.

Sörenstam, who first thought of opening an academy in 2002, began construction on the ANNIKA Academy at Ginn Reunion Resort in 2006. cite web
title = Annika Sörenstam announces golf academy to open at Reunion Resort & Club
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
date = 2006-10-31
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=7840
accessdate = 2007-03-10] The Academy opened in April 2007, with Sörenstam's longtime coach Henri Reis serving as head instructor, her sister Charlotta an instructor and club fitter and her personal trainer Kai Fusser focusing on overall fitness training geared toward improving students' golf skills. The academy will offer a number of "Soren-Slam Packages" that includes playing golf with the academy owner. The opening included a Make-A-Wish Foundation golf clinic conducted by Sörenstam who is a United States ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

One of Sörenstam's hobbies is cooking. She has participated in cooking demonstrations during LPGA tournaments and has talked about enrolling in cooking school. cite web
title = Annika Cooking at Wegmans
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=2822&mid=2
accessdate = 2007-04-04] cite web
title = Cooking on the course with Chef Ming Tsa
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association)
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=6435&mid=2
accessdate = 2007-03-28] 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. cite web
title = Annika is Cookin' Up a Storm | publisher = The Golf Channel | date = 2003-01-15
url = http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=8039 | accessdate = 2007-03-10] 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. cite web
title = The Golf Magazine Interview: Annika Sörenstam
publisher = Golf Magazine | author = Dave Allen
url = http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline/features/features/article/0,17742,1091814-3,00.html
accessdate = 2008-02-19] cite web
title = Annika Sörenstam rang the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange
publisher = LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) | date = 2006-08-17
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=7726&mid=2
accessdate = 2008-02-19]

Personal life

Sörenstam met her first husband David Esch in 1994 in Phoenix, Arizona, where he worked for Ping. They were engaged at the 1995 Evian Masters, married in Lake Tahoe on 4 January 1997, and were divorced in 2005. cite web
title = Annika Sörenstam files for divorce
publisher = Golf Today
url = http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news05/sorenstam.html
accessdate = 2007-05-03] cite web
title = In conversation with Annika
publisher = Ladies European Tour
author = Laura Neal
date = 2002-06-19
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_interview.php?Id=4579
accessdate = 2007-05-03] 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, with a wedding planned for January 2009. cite web
title = Sorenstam engagement 'a lovely surprise'
publisher = PGA Tour | date = 2007-08-25
url = http://www.pgatour.com/2007/r/08/25/ANNIKA.ENGAGED/
accessdate = 2007-12-08] cite web
title = Newsmakers 2007: Annika Sorenstam
publisher = Golf World | date = 2007-11-23
author = Ron Sirak
url = http://www.golfdigest.com/golfworld/2007/11/gw20071123sorenstam
accessdate = 2007-12-08]

Professional wins (90)

LPGA Tour (72)

*1995 (3) U.S. Women's Open, GHP Classic, Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
*1996 (3) U.S. Women's Open, CoreStates Betsy King Classic, Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
*1997 (6) Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions, Cup Noodles Hawaiian Open, Longs Drugs Challenge, Michelob Light Classic, CoreStates Betsy King Classic, ITT LPGA Tour Championship,
*1998 (4) Michelob Light Classic, ShopRite Classic, JAL Big Apple Classic, Safeco Classic
*1999 (2) Michelob Light Classic, New Albany Golf Classic
*2000 (5) Welch's/Circle K Championship, Firstar Classic, Evian Masters, Jamie Farr Kroger Classic, Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic
*2001 (8) Welch's/Circle K Championship, Standard Register PING, Kraft Nabisco Championship, The Office Depot, Chick-fil-A Championship, BMO Canadian Women's Open, Cisco World Match Play Championship, Mizuno Classic
*2002 (11) LPGA Takefuji Classic, Kraft Nabisco Championship, Electrolux Championship, Kellogg's Classic, Evian Masters, ShopRite Classic, Williams Championship, Safeway Classic, Samsung World Championship, Mizuno Classic, ADT Championship
*2003 (6) The Office Depot, Kellogg Classic, LPGA Championship, Women's British Open, Safeway Classic, Mizuno Classic
*2004 (8) Safeway International, The Office Depot, LPGA Corning Classic, LPGA Championship, John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, Samsung World Championship, Mizuno Classic, ADT Championship
*2005 (10) MasterCard Classic, Safeway International, Kraft Nabisco Championship, Chick-fil-A Championship, ShopRite Classic, LPGA Championship, John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, Samsung World Championship, Mizuno Classic, ADT Championship
*2006 (3) MasterCard Classic, U.S. Women's Open, State Farm Classic
*2008 (3) SBS Open at Turtle Bay, Stanford International Pro-Am, Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

Ladies European Tour (13)

*1995 (2) OVB Damen Open, Hennessy Cup
*1996 (1) Trygg-Hansa Ladies' Open
*1997 (1) Compaq Open
*1998 (1) Compaq Open
*2002 (2) ANZ Ladies Masters (co-sanctioned by ALPG Tour), Compaq 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

Other (4)

*1994 (1) Holden Australian Open Championship (ALPG Tour)
*1995 (1) Australian Ladies Masters (ALPG Tour)
*1997 (1) Hisako Higuchi Kibun Classic (LPGA of Japan Tour)
*2003 (1) Nichirei Cup (LPGA of Japan Tour)

Unofficial (1)

*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)

In addition to the 13 Ladies European Tour events listed, Sörenstam's wins in the 2000 and 2002 Evian Masters and the 2003 Women's British Open count as European Tour wins as the events are co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour, giving her a total of 16 Ladies European Tour wins.

Results in LPGA majors

*current as of Sept 22, 2008.

olheim Cup record

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
*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)

2000

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

2001

*Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (4)
*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 (5)
*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

2003

*World Golf Hall of Fame
*AP Female Athlete of the Year
*Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (6)
*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 (7)
*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 (8)
*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)

ee also

*Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
*Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins
*List of Swedish sportspeople
*LPGA

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.annikasorenstam.com Annika Sörenstam official webpage]
* [http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=29 LPGA biography page]
* [http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/010792.htm LET biography page]
* [http://www.reunionresort.com/orlando-florida-golf-academy.aspx The ANNIKA Academy at Ginn Reunion Resort]
* [http://www.golfforwomen.com/instruction/annika/search Annika's instructional articles for Golf for Women magazine]
* [http://www.golfstarsonline.com/S/Annika_Sorenstam/ Annika Sörenstam at Golf Stars Online] Links to feature articles, interviews, her career statistics etc.
* [http://golf.about.com/cs/annikasorenstam/p/annikasorenstam.htm Annika Sörenstam bio]
* [http://golfculture.blogspot.com/2007/08/annika.html "Golf Culture" Tribute]

Persondata
NAME=Sörenstam, Annika
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Professional Golfer
DATE OF BIRTH= 9 October 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH= Stockholm, Sweden