Annika Sorenstam—The Swedish superstar is our number one female golfer of all-time. She came to the U.S. to play college golf at the University of Arizona and it was quite clear as to her immense talent. She won the NCAA Championship as a freshman a feat never accomplished before or since.
Annika turned professional after two years at Arizona and promptly went out and won the 1995 U.S. Open as her first tour win. She amassed 72 LPGA tour wins including 10 majors. She is the first woman to surpass 20 million in prize money and has been voted LPGA player of the year a record 8 times.. Sorenstam is also the only woman ever to break 60—firing a 59 in the 2001 Standard Register Ping event in Phoenix; forevermore she is called “Ms.59”.
In 2003 she accepted an invitation to play in the Bank of America Colonial Invitational in Ft. Worth,Texas. She missed the cut but was heralded for her efforts to play against the men in a PGA Tour event. She retired from competition in 2008 to start a family and direct her efforts into her golf academy, golf course design, to assorted business interests and many charitable causes. Annika Sorenstam is our number 1 female golfer of all-time.