She qualified for the U.S. Women's Open at Oakmont in July, made the cut, and tied for 63rd.
A few weeks later at the U.S. Women's Amateur at Kemper Lakes near Chicago, she was the runner-up to Vicki Goetze, bogeying the last hole in the 36-hole final.
1970
Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer.
She is regarded as one of the best female golfers in history.
1980
The Sörenstam family began playing golf at Viksjö Golf Club in Jakobsberg, north of Stockholm and later switched to nearby Bro-Bålsta Golf Club, opened in 1980, initially with a 9-hole course.
At the age of 12, Annika shared 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.
1986
At the European Tour tournament Scandinavian Enterprise Open in Stockholm in July 1986, she tried to be a volunteer caddie and was asked to stand in a line with all other candidates.
When all male volunteer caddies finally had been chosen by the tournament professionals, three teen-age girls were left without a bag yet.
It was Annika, Charlotta and Fanny Sunesson.
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.
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 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 Championship.
1987
As a member of the Swedish National Team from 1987 to 1992, she played in the 1990 and 1992 Espirito Santo Trophy, winning the individual competition in 1992.
1990
While waiting to start college in Sweden, Sörenstam worked as a personal assistant at the Swedish PGA and played on the Swedish Golf Tour, winning three tournaments during 1990/1991.
After a coach spotted Sörenstam playing in a collegiate event in Tokyo, she moved to the U.S. to play college golf at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
1991
She won seven collegiate titles and in 1991, became the first non-American and first freshman to win the individual NCAA Division I Championship.
Sörenstam was 1991 NCAA Co-Player of the Year with Kelly Robbins, runner-up in the 1992 NCAA championship, 1992 Pac-10 champion and a 1991–92 NCAA All-American.
1992
Sörenstam turned professional in 1992, but missed her LPGA Tour card at the final qualifying tournament by one shot, and began her professional career on the Ladies European Tour (LET), formerly known as the WPGET.
1993
She was invited to play in three LPGA Tour events in 1993, 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.
1994
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.
By tying for 28th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament she earned non-exempt status for the 1994 season.
2003
In 2003, she achieved a career grand slam, winning, at least once in her career, each of the four tournaments recognized as major championships during the main part of her career.
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.
On 7 January 2021, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump.
She was born in Bro near Stockholm, Sweden.
Sörenstam's father Tom was an IBM executive and her mother Gunilla worked in a bank.
Her younger sister Charlotta, also became a professional golfer and LPGA Tour winner, and, after her playing career, coached at her sister's academy.
Annika and Charlotta Sörenstam became the first two sisters to both win $1 million on the LPGA Tour.
As a child, Sörenstam was a talented all-around athlete.
She was a nationally ranked junior tennis player, played association football (soccer) in her hometown team Bro IK, and 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.
2008
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 24 other tournaments internationally.
After turning 50, she came back from her retirement and added a win in the 2021 U.S. Senior Women's Open.
Despite retiring from regular tournament golf in 2008, as of the end of 2022, she still topped the LPGA's career money list with earnings of over $22 million—over $2 million ahead of her nearest rival while playing 187 fewer events.
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.
2017
Sörenstam also was captain of the 2017 European Solheim Cup team.
