Annika Sorenstam Biography

On 9 October 1970, Annika Sorenstam was born in Stockholm, Sweden.

Annika Sorenstam accepted an invitation in 2003 to the PGA Tour. Thus she became the first woman in 58 years to play against the men at the Bank of America Colonial Tournament, but Sorenstam narrowly missed out with rounds of 71 and 74.

Annika Sorenstam won the Kraft Nabisco Championship by a massive eight strokes in March 2005. It was her fifth consecutive LPGA victory, which matched the record winning run of Nancy Lopez in 1978.

Annika Sorenstam broke yet another golfing record as she became the first player in LPGA history to win the same tournament five years in a row, in the Mizuno Classic in November 2005.

In February 2006, the first official ladies golf world rankings were released and Annika Sorenstam came first by a huge margin.

With 21 tour wins and three majors over the last two years, Sorenstam amassed 757 points with an average of nearly 18.5, whereas Paula Creamer was in second place with just 338 points with an average less than 10. Michelle Wie was third.