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Description

Annika Sörenstam
(
pronounced
[ˈǎnːɪka ˈsœ̂ːrɛnˌstam]
(
listen
)
; born 9 October 1970) is a retired Swedish
professional golfer
. She is regarded as one of the best golfers in history.
[1]
Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer with the most wins to her name. 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  million—over  million ahead of
her nearest rival
while playing 149 fewer events.
[2]
Since 2006, Sörenstam has held dual American and Swedish citizenship.
[3]
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 shoot a 59 in competition. She holds various all-time scoring records including the lowest season scoring average: 68.6969 in 2004.
Representing Europe in the
Solheim Cup
on eight occasions between 1994 and 2007, Sörenstam was the event's
all-time leading points earner
until her record was surpassed by England's
Laura Davies
during the
2011 Solheim Cup
. Sörenstam also was captain of the
2017
European Solheim Cup team.
In 2003, Sörenstam played in the
Bank of America Colonial
tournament to become the first woman to play in a
PGA Tour
event since 1945.