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Annika Sorenstam

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Annika Sorenstam Fast Facts:

At age 12 was a nationally ranked junior tennis player.
As a young golfer would intentionally miss putts at the end of tournaments so she wouldn’t win and have to speak afterward.
Sister Charlotta is also on the LPGA Tour.
Met her husband, David, on a driving range in Phoenix.
Became only the second woman in history to cross over to a men’s event when she played in the Colonial Open in May 2003.
Selected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.
Only the second woman to ever earn more than $2 million in a season on the LPGA Tour, and the first player in LPGA history to cross the $20 million mark in career earnings.
Opened the ANNIKA Academy outside Orlando, Florida.