Annika Sörenstam

She was born in Bro near Stockholm, Sweden.{{Cite book|last=Sorenstam|first=Annika|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56595141|title=Golf Annika's way|date=2004|publisher=Gotham Books|isbn=1-59240-076-0|location=New York, N.Y.|oclc=56595141}} 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.{{cite web |title=Charlotta Sörenstam Profile |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=553 |access-date=7 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311025341/http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=553 |archive-date=11 March 2007 |url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite book|last=Lind|first=Claes|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/185973077|title=Våga bli bäst : Annika Sörenstam|date=2003|publisher=Sportförl|others=Annika Sörenstam, Bulls tr.)|isbn=91-88541-56-8|edition=2. uppl|location=Malmö|oclc=185973077}}{{cite web |title=Hall-of-Fame Golfer and Ski Enthusiast Sorenstam's New Mountain Golf Course Gives New Meaning to the Term 'Slope Rating' |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=13517&mid=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212105118/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=13517&mid=2 |archive-date=12 February 2009 |access-date=31 January 2009 |publisher=LPGA}}

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.

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/after-20-years-it-s-definitely-her-bag-1.1009795 |title=After 20 years, it's definitely her bag |newspaper=Irish Times |location=Dublin, Ireland |date=30 May 2006}}

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.{{cite web |date=17 April 2007 |title=Sörenstam opens new "Annika Academy" |url=http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news_07/annika_sorenstam_2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107102914/http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news_07/annika_sorenstam_2.html |archive-date=7 November 2011 |access-date=9 May 2007 |work=Golf Today}} 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.{{cite web |title=St Rule Trophy |publisher=St Andrews Links |date=23 October 2006 |url=http://www.standrews.org.uk/events/annual_tournaments/st_rule_trophy.html |access-date=7 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219005208/http://www.standrews.org.uk/events/annual_tournaments/st_rule_trophy.html |archive-date=19 February 2007 |url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|title=Finally, sisters in arms- Charlotta Sörenstam and Annika Sörenstam |magazine=Golf Digest |first=Dave |last=Kindred |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_7_51/ai_63015273 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050330075204/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_7_51/ai_63015273 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 March 2005 |access-date=6 July 2007 |year=2000 }} 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.{{cite web |title=World Amateur Team Championship Record Books |url=http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/recordbook/wplayer2.asp?fname=Annika&mname=&lname=Sorenstam&country=Sweden |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020043742/http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/recordbook/wplayer2.asp?fname=Annika&mname=&lname=Sorenstam&country=Sweden |archive-date=20 October 2007 |access-date=7 March 2007 |publisher=International Golf Federation}}{{cite web |title=Notable Past Players |publisher=International Golf Federation |url=http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/History/notables.html |access-date=24 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422042205/http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/History/notables.html |archive-date=22 April 2007 |url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |title=Sörenstam needs balance to hold off competition |publisher=CBS Sportsline |url=http://www.sportsline.com/golf/story/10042794/2 |first=Steve |last=Elling |date=6 March 2007 |access-date=7 March 2007 |url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201145425/http://www.sportsline.com/golf/story/10042794/2 |archive-date=1 December 2008}}{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam 1989 |url=http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1989 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092952/http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1989 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |access-date=7 March 2007 |publisher=Golfdata Sweden}}{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam 1990 |url=http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1990 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024918/http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1990 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=7 March 2007 |publisher=Golfdata Sweden}}{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam 1991 |url=http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1991 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903144422/http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3003&year=1991 |archive-date=3 September 2007 |access-date=7 March 2007 |publisher=Golfdata Sweden}}

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. She won seven collegiate titles and in 1991, became the first non-American and first freshman to win the individual NCAA Division I Championship.{{cite news |title=Women's Golf History |work=ESPN |date=26 May 2008 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?page=wgolfalmanac |access-date=17 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301211550/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?page=wgolfalmanac |archive-date=1 March 2009 |url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |title=PAC 10 Women's Golf

|publisher=PAC10 |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pac10/sports/c-golf/auto_pdf/Pac-10WomensGolfRecords.pdf |access-date=7 March 2007 |archive-date=16 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616121314/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pac10/sports/c-golf/auto_pdf/Pac-10WomensGolfRecords.pdf |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=IMG Speakers Annika Sörenstam |publisher=IMG Speakers |url=http://www.imgspeakers.com/speakers/annika_sorenstam.aspx |access-date=16 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017014722/http://www.imgspeakers.com/speakers/annika_sorenstam.aspx |archive-date = 17 October 2006}} 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.{{cite news |date=4 August 2001 |title=U.S. Women's Amateur champions |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/amateur/2001-08-04-women-amateur-champions.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009032437/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/amateur/2001-08-04-women-amateur-champions.htm |archive-date=9 October 2008 |access-date=3 June 2008 |newspaper=USA Today}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3NlMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1359%2C4014605 |newspaper=Rome News-Tribune |location=Georgia |agency=Associated Press |title=Goetze wins U.S. Amateur|date=16 August 1992 |page=5B }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NUVWAAAAIBAJ&pg=3747%2C3791110 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |title=Golf: U.S. Women's Amateur |date=16 August 1992 |page=8G}}

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. She was invited to play in three LPGA Tour events in 1993, where she finished T38th, 4th, and T9th, earning more than $47,000.{{cite web |title=2010 LPGA Bio |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/2010PlayerBiosPDF/Sorenstam,Annika-10.pdf |access-date=15 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629135436/http://www.lpga.com/content/2010PlayerBiosPDF/Sorenstam%2CAnnika-10.pdf |archive-date=29 June 2011}} She finished second four times on the Ladies European Tour and was 1993 Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year.{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam Player Profile |publisher=LET (Ladies European Tour) |date=23 January 2006 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/010792.htm

|access-date=15 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312103618/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/010792.htm |archive-date=12 March 2007 |url-status=dead}} By tying for 28th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament she earned non-exempt status for the 1994 season. Sörenstam's first professional win came at the 1994 Holden Women's Australian Open on the ALPG Tour.{{cite web |title=1994 Holden Women's Australian Open Golf Championship |publisher=ALPG Tour

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In the United States, Sörenstam was LPGA Rookie of the Year, had three top-10 finishes including a tie for second at the Women's British Open and made her Solheim Cup debut.{{cite web |title=1990–2003 Solheim Cup Teams |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/contentTeams,%20Members,%20WinLoss%20Records.pdf |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616121312/http://www.lpga.com/content/Teams%2C%20Members%2C%20WinLoss%20Records.pdf |archive-date=16 June 2007}} Her breakout year was 1995, when she won her first LPGA Tour title at the U.S. Women's Open. She finished at the top of the Money List{{cite web |title=Annual Money Leaders |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/MoneyLeaders.pdf |access-date=16 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125181423/http://www.lpga.com/content/MoneyLeaders.pdf |archive-date=25 January 2007}} and was the first non-American winner of the Vare Trophy. She became the second player ever to be Player of the Year and Vare Trophy winner the year after being Rookie of the Year.{{cite web |title=Full Career Biography |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Sorenstam,A-07.pdf |access-date=7 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325012430/http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Sorenstam%2CA-07.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2007 |url-status=dead}} A win at the 1995 Australian Ladies Masters{{cite web |title=1995 Australian Ladies Masters |publisher=ALPG Tour |url=http://www.alpgtour.com/past_tournament_detail.asp?xmlref=T27.xml |access-date=8 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210095227/http://alpgtour.com/past_tournament_detail.asp?xmlref=T27.xml |archive-date=10 February 2007 |url-status=live}} and two other wins on the Ladies European Tour put her top of the LET Order of Merit and made her the first player to top both the European and LPGA Tour money lists in the same season.{{cite news |title=Golf Tour For Women Tees Off With Hope |date=2 May 1996 |newspaper=International Herald Tribune |first=Ian |last=Thomsen |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/1996/05/02/ian.t.php |access-date=15 March 2007 }} Her success worldwide resulted in her winning the Jerringpriset award in Sweden,{{cite web |title=Jerringpriset Award Winners |publisher=radiosporten |url=http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/radiosporten/nyheter/amnessida.asp?programID=179&Nyheter=&grupp=3602&artikel=1041550 |access-date=8 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070326091037/http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/radiosporten/nyheter/amnessida.asp?programID=179&Nyheter=&grupp=3602&artikel=1041550 |archive-date=26 March 2007 |url-status=dead}} as well as being awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, the country's most prestigious award in sports.{{cite news |title=Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal |work=Svenska Dagbladet}}

1996 saw Sörenstam win her home LET tournament, the Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open in Sweden and three LPGA tournaments including the U.S. Women's Open.{{cite web |title=Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open |publisher=Golf in Europe |url=http://www.ecs.net/golf/tour/women/1996/220896.html |access-date=8 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218073710/http://www.ecs.net/golf/tour/women/1996/220896.html |archive-date=18 February 2007 |url-status=dead}} In defending her title, she became the first non-American to win back to back U.S. Women's Open titles, passed the $1 million mark in LPGA career earnings, and won her second consecutive Vare Trophy.

She won six tour events in 1997, regaining the money list and player of the year titles. Internationally, she won on the JLPGA and defended her home LET title at the renamed Compaq Open. She became the first player in LPGA history to finish a season with a sub-70 scoring average of 69.99 en route to retaining the 1998 Player of the Year and Money List titles as well as winning the LET Swedish tour stop for the third time running. September 1999 saw Sörenstam change her on-course team replacing her caddie of six years, Colin Cann, with Terry McNamara.{{cite web |title=Sorenstam splits with longtime caddie |work=Golf Today |url=http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news99/sorenstam.html |access-date=20 February 2008}}{{cite magazine |title=All The Action Isn't at the Golf Course |first=Ron |last=Sirak |date=28 July 2007 |magazine=Golf Digest |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/blogs/localknowledge/2007/07/all-the-action-.html |access-date=20 February 2008}}

At this point in her career, Sörenstam says she lost focus having reached her biggest goals. Karrie Webb became the best LPGA Tour player but Sörenstam still managed to win more LPGA tournaments than any other LPGA Tour player during the 1990s. She qualified for the World Golf Hall of Fame when she won the 2000 Welch's/Circle K Championship, but was not eligible for induction until finishing her tenth year on the LPGA tour in October 2003.{{cite magazine |title=Sörenstam deserves Hall pass |magazine=Sports Illustrated |first=Tom |last=Hanson |date=13 March 2000 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/tom_hanson/news/2000/03/13/inside_lpga/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001009103426/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/tom_hanson/news/2000/03/13/inside_lpga/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 October 2000 |access-date=8 March 2007}}{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam bio |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/golf/players/s/annika-sorenstam/bio.aspx |access-date=9 November 2014}} Sörenstam was the first international player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame through the LPGA criteria.{{cite news |title=Annika, Price Inducted into Hall |work=The Golf Channel |date=21 October 2003|url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=11239 |access-date=8 March 2007}}{{cite web|title=Women's Sports Foundation |publisher=Women's Sports Foundation |date=18 October 2004 |first=Alison |last=Sawyer |url=http://www.gogirlworld.org/cgi-bin/iowa/about/media/press.html?record=116 |access-date=18 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008134054/http://www.gogirlworld.org/cgi-bin/iowa/about/media/press.html?record=116 |archive-date=8 October 2008}}{{cite web |title=World Golf Hall of Fame Profile: Annika Sörenstam |publisher=World Golf Hall of Fame |url=http://www.worldgolfhalloffame.org/annika-sorenstam/ |access-date=4 September 2013}}

Having lost her preeminent position, Sörenstam embarked on a new five-day-a-week exercise program including weight-lifting and balance work which by 2003 added over {{convert|20|yd}} to her driving distance.{{cite web |title=Passion to be Perfect |publisher=Golf for Women magazine |first=Ron |last=Sirak |url=http://www.herballifehealing.com/links/shaklee/03%20Nutrition/13%20Sports/07%20Annika%20Sorenstam.pdf |access-date=7 July 2007 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}{{cite magazine |title=Annika's Driving Ambition |magazine=Time |first=Jeff |last=Chu |date=26 May 2003 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004902,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930065411/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004902,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2007 |access-date=3 May 2007}} During the 2001 season, she had eight LPGA wins, became the only female golfer to shoot a 59 in competition and the first LPGA player to cross the $2 million mark in single-season earnings.{{cite news |title=Sörenstam reaches golf's magic number |work=ESPN |date=21 March 2001 |url=https://www.espn.com/golfonline/tours/s/2001/0316/1156236.html |access-date=8 March 2007}} She set or tied a total of 30 LPGA records en route to regaining the Vare Trophy and winning her fourth Player of the Year and Money List titles in 2001. In a made-for-TV alternate shot competition between the two best male and female players in the world, Sörenstam and Tiger Woods beat Karrie Webb and David Duval.{{cite web |title=Woods, Sorenstam prevail in 'Battle at Bighorn' playoff |publisher=The Free Library |date=31 July 2001|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Woods,+Sorenstam+prevail+in+%60Battle+at+Bighorn%27+playoff-a076887114 |access-date=21 September 2010}} {{Dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}}

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At the end of that season Karrie Webb said she "would eat her hat" if Sörenstam repeated her eight wins in 2002.{{cite news |title= All hail Queen Annika |work=BBC Sport |date=6 December 2002 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/2549625.stm |access-date=5 December 2007| first=Matt |last=Slater}} Sörenstam accomplished that feat, joining Mickey Wright as the only players to win 11 LPGA tournaments in one season, earning her fifth Player of the Year title and fifth Vare Trophy. She successfully defended the Kraft Nabisco Championship, her fourth major victory,{{cite news |title=Golf; Statement Made by Sorenstam, And Fashion Is the Least of It |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1 April 2002 |first=Clifton |last=Brown |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/01/golf-statement-made-by-sorenstam-and-fashion-is-the-least-of-it.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131034513/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/01/golf-statement-made-by-sorenstam-and-fashion-is-the-least-of-it.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 January 2013 |access-date=30 March 2010}} and also won the ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia{{cite web |title=Tournament Summary Report for 2002 ANZ Ladies Masters |publisher=ALPG Tour |url=http://www.alpgtour.com/past_tournament_detail.asp?xmlref=T104.xml |access-date=8 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210014058/http://alpgtour.com/past_tournament_detail.asp?xmlref=T104.xml |archive-date=10 February 2007 |url-status=live}} and Compaq Open in Sweden on the Ladies European Tour giving her 13 wins in 25 starts worldwide in 2002.{{cite web |title=Sörenstam by five |publisher=LET |date=18 August 2002 |first=Martin |last=Park |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4628&page=133 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201249/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4628&page=133 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}

Sörenstam was invited to play in the PGA Tour's Bank of America Colonial golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, in May 2003, making her the first woman to play in a PGA Tour event since Babe Zaharias, who qualified for the 1945 Los Angeles Open.{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0905/this.day.sports.history.may22/content.5.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525181224/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0905/this.day.sports.history.may22/content.5.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 May 2009|title=Annika Sorenstam – 2003 – Back in Time: May 22 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=21 May 2011}} Vijay Singh, fourth in the world rankings at the time, criticised her invitation, saying that she should have to qualify like the men and that he did not want to be beaten by a woman.{{cite news |title= Singh says Annika 'doesn't belong' on PGA Tour |newspaper=USA Today |date=12 May 2003 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2003-05-12-singh_x.htm |access-date=5 December 2007 |first1=Jerry |last1=Potter}}{{cite news |title= Singh backs off comments about Sorenstam |newspaper=USA Today |date=13 May 2003 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2003-05-13-singh-apology_x.htm |access-date=5 December 2007 |first1=Jerry |last1=Potter}} Cheered through each hole, she shot five over par, tying for 96th out of the 111 who finished the first two rounds. After shooting 1-over-par 71 in the first round, finishing in 73rd and on pace to challenge for a weekend spot, Sörenstam said she was nervous all day but pleased by her performance.{{cite magazine |title=An Interview with Annika Sörenstam |magazine=Golf Magazine |date=22 May 2003 |url=http://sports.yahoo.golfserv.com/gdc/news/article.asp?id=13298 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20030524222832/http://sports.yahoo.golfserv.com/gdc/news/article.asp?id=13298 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 May 2003|access-date=1 July 2008}} In the first round she led the field in driving accuracy, was in the top 20 in greens in regulation, and was 84th out of 111 in driving distance. Poor putting (last in the field, averaging over a two-putt) caused her to miss the cut.{{cite news |title=Annika Sorenstam tees off in a PGA event |work=ESPN |date=22 May 2003 |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments/44 |access-date=31 May 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103002125/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments%2F44 |archive-date=3 November 2012}}

Later in the 2003 season, she won the LPGA Championship and the Women's British Open,{{cite web |title=Annika slam dunks the opposition |publisher=LET |date=3 August 2003 |first=Martin |last=Park |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4214&page=104 |access-date=10 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185249/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4214&page=104 |archive-date=30 September 2007}} becoming only the sixth player to complete the LPGA 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.{{cite web |title=Grand Slam |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=1&pid=307 |access-date=8 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222213311/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=1&pid=307 |archive-date=22 February 2007 |url-status=live}} Five years earlier, in 1998, she finished second in the fifth major at the time, du Maurier Classic, which she won in 2001, the first year when it was not recognized as a major tournament anymore. She had won the Evian Masters twice, in 2000 and 2002, before it became recognized as the fifth major from 2013, which was after Sörenstam's retirement in 2008.

She had five other victories worldwide in 2003, set or tied a total of 22 LPGA records and earned her sixth Player of the Year award. She competed against Fred Couples, Phil Mickelson and Mark O'Meara in the 2003 Skins Game, finishing second with five skins worth $225,000; Sörenstam holed a {{convert|39|yd|adj=on}} bunker shot on the ninth hole—the eighth eagle in Skins Game history.{{cite web|title=December 01, 2003: News and Notes |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=4&pid=231 |access-date=11 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115019/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=4&pid=231 |archive-date=29 September 2007}} In September, she was part of the winning European Solheim Cup team in her native Sweden. She was awarded her second Jerringpriset award in Sweden{{cite web |title=Annika Sorenstam Biography |publisher=Athletes for Hope |url=http://www.athletesforhope.org/annika-sorenstam-allstar.html |access-date=28 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904152246/http://www.athletesforhope.org/annika-sorenstam-allstar.html |archive-date=4 September 2011}} plus the 2003 Golf Writers' Trophy by the Association of Golf Writers.{{cite web |title=Annika wins Golfer of the Year |publisher=LET |date=18 December 2003 |first=Andy |last=Farrell |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4355 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025123552/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4355 |archive-date=25 October 2006}}

Sörenstam's dominance continued in 2004 with her seventh LPGA Player of the Year award tying Kathy Whitworth for the most in LPGA history. She posted 16 top-10 finishes in 18 LPGA starts, including eight wins, had two additional international wins, became the first player to reach $15 million in LPGA career earnings and took her own LPGA single-season scoring average record to 68.69696, but played too few rounds to win the Vare Trophy.{{cite web |title=All Time Records |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/Alltimerecords.pdf |access-date=2 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415045540/http://www.lpga.com/content/Alltimerecords.pdf |archive-date=15 April 2007 |url-status=dead}} The Women's Sports Foundation gave her the 2004 Sportswoman of the Year Award, and the Laureus World Sports Academy named her World Sportswoman of the Year.{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam Laureus Win |publisher=Laureus World Sports Academy |url=http://www.laureus.com/content/annika-sorenstam?awardyear=2004&nomwin=w |access-date=28 December 2012 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417040800/http://www.laureus.com/content/annika-sorenstam?awardyear=2004&nomwin=w |url-status=dead }} She also released a combination autobiography and golf instructional book, Golf Annika's Way.{{cite magazine |title=Annika's way: Instruction kept simple as swing |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=5 October 2004|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/golf/10/05/bc.glf.theproshop.ap/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522082230/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/golf/10/05/bc.glf.theproshop.ap/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 May 2008 |access-date=10 March 2007}}

Sörenstam's life both on and off the golf course changed in 2005. In February, she announced that she had filed for divorce from David Esch, her husband of eight years, and this was finalised in August but it did not adversely affect her golf.{{cite web |title=After her divorce, Sörenstam is moving on |publisher=PGA of America |date=18 December 2005 |url=http://www.pga.com/news/tours/lpga/notebook121805.cfm |access-date=24 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051223152359/http://www.pga.com/news/tours/lpga/notebook121805.cfm |archive-date=23 December 2005}} Her achievements included being the first player in LPGA history to win a major three consecutive years at the LPGA Championship{{cite web |title=Annika wins the LPGA Championship |publisher=LET |date=13 June 2005 |first=Bethan |last=Cutler

|url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3816&page=50 |access-date=11 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184530/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3816&page=50 |archive-date=30 September 2007}} and the first golfer in LPGA or PGA history to win the same event five consecutive years at the Mizuno Classic.{{cite news |title=Sörenstam gets historic fifth win |work=BBC News |date=6 November 2005 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4411458.stm |access-date=8 March 2007}} 11 wins in 21 tournaments entered worldwide included victory in the Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika{{cite web |first=Bethan |last=Cutler |title=Annika wins the Scandinavian TPC Hosted by Annika |publisher=LET |date=7 August 2005 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3875&page=44 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201309/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3875&page=44 |archive-date=30 September 2007}} where she presented herself the trophy, giving her an eighth Money List title, tying the LPGA record, an eighth Rolex Player of the Year (POY) award (a record) and a sixth Vare Trophy.{{cite news |title=LPGA Yearly Scoring Leaders |newspaper=Liveabout |publisher=About.com |url=http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/a/lpgavaretrophy.htm |access-date=28 December 2012 |archive-date=17 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017210838/http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/a/lpgavaretrophy.htm |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Rolex Player of the Year Winners |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=2500&mid=2 |access-date=7 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061027003059/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=2500&mid=2 |archive-date=27 October 2006}} She is the only LPGA player ever to win Money List, POY award and Vare trophy in the same year in five different years.{{cite web|title=Sybase Match Play Championship celebrates players with most wins |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=24021 |access-date=15 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815050412/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=24021 |archive-date=15 August 2010}} Team competition saw her make her seventh consecutive Solheim Cup appearance, her 4 points making her total 21, the event's all-time leading points earner,{{cite web |title=1990–2003 Solheim Cup Teams |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/Teams,%20Members,%20WinLoss%20Records.pdf |access-date=10 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616121312/http://www.lpga.com/content/Teams%2C%20Members%2C%20WinLoss%20Records.pdf |archive-date=16 June 2007}}{{cite web |title=The 2005 European Solheim Cup team announced |publisher=LET |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/main_article.php?id=3898&pid=1001 |access-date=28 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024163130/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/main_article.php?id=3898&pid=1001 |archive-date=24 October 2012}} and the inaugural Lexus Cup was played with Sörenstam as the Captain of the victorious International Team.{{cite web |title=Internationals secure win in Inaugural Lexus Cup |publisher=Lexus |url=http://www.lexuscup.com/2005/ |access-date=10 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124235233/http://www.lexuscup.com/2005/ |archive-date=24 January 2007 |url-status=dead}}

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These events resulted in her receiving numerous awards. The Golf Writers Association of America named Sörenstam Female Player of the Year for the eighth time (1995,1997, 2000–2005),{{cite news |title=Woods, Sörenstam, Irwin Win GWAA Awards |work=The Golf Channel |date=18 December 2002 |url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=7915 |access-date=13 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205416/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=7915 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}{{cite news |title=Singh, Sörenstam, Stadler Win Writer Awards |work=The Golf Channel |date=14 December 2004 |url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=15098 |access-date=8 March 2007}}{{cite news |title=Woods, Annika, Quigley Win Golf Writers Awards |work=The Golf Channel |date=12 December 2005 |url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=18246 |access-date=8 March 2007}} Associated Press voted her Female Athlete of the Year for the third consecutive year{{cite news |title=Sörenstam wins award by wide margin |work=ESPN |date=29 December 2003 |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=1695866 |access-date=10 March 2007}}{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Litke |title=Sorenstam voted repeat AP Female Athlete of Year |newspaper=USA Today |date=28 December 2004 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2004-12-28-sorenstam-year_x.htm |access-date=5 August 2008}}{{cite news |title=Golfer Sörenstam chosen AP female athlete of the year |publisher=CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golfer-sorenstam-chosen-ap-female-athlete-of-the-year-1.568296 |access-date=10 March 2007 |date=28 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125203638/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/12/28/sorenstam_ap_award051228.html |archive-date=25 January 2007 |url-status=live}} and she became the first woman to win the Golf Writers' Trophy twice in the 55-year history of European golf's most prestigious award.{{cite web |title=Annika honoured again with Top Award |publisher=LET |date=13 December 2005 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4016&page=32 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201542/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4016&page=32 |archive-date=30 September 2007}} Having previously won six Best Female Golfer ESPY Awards (1996, 1998–99, 2002–04), Sörenstam also received the 2005 ESPY Award as Best Female Athlete{{cite news |title=The 2005 ESPY Awards |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/espy2005/s/05nomineesindex.html |access-date=8 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226170424/http://espn.go.com/espy2005/s/05nomineesindex.html |archive-date=26 February 2007 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=The ESPY Awards 2002 winners |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/espy2002/s/02nomineesindex.html |access-date=10 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209012218/http://espn.go.com/espy2002/s/02nomineesindex.html |archive-date=9 February 2007 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=The ESPY Awards 2003 |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/espy2003/s/02nomineesindex.html |access-date=10 March 2007}}{{cite news |title=The 2004 ESPY Awards winners |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/espy2004/s/04nomineesindex.html |access-date=10 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304225406/http://espn.go.com/espy2004/s/04nomineesindex.html |archive-date=4 March 2007 |url-status=live}}

When the first-ever official Women's World Golf Rankings were unveiled in February 2006, Sörenstam was confirmed as the number-one player in women's golf, a position she relinquished to Lorena Ochoa on 22 April 2007.{{cite web |title=Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings Unveiled |publisher=LPGA |date=21 February 2006 |url=http://www.lpga.com/Content_1.aspx?pid=5784&mid=4 |access-date=9 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429223933/http://www.lpga.com/Content_1.aspx?pid=5784&mid=4 |archive-date=29 April 2007 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings |publisher=Rolex |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com |access-date=10 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313231025/http://www.rolexrankings.com/ |archive-date=13 March 2007 |url-status=live}} In partnership with Liselotte Neumann in team Sweden, she won the Women's World Cup of Golf, opened her LPGA season with a defence of her title in the MasterCard Classic. She then went winless in eight starts, causing some to talk of a slump.{{cite web |title=Sörenstam leads Sweden to World Cup victory |publisher=LET |first=Michael |last=Vlismas |date=23 January 2006 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4882&page=30 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235921/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4882&page=30 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam unsure about cause of lack of form |work=Golf Today |date=7 June 2006|url=http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news06/annika_sorenstam_6.html |access-date=8 March 2007}} Her winning drought ended at the U.S. Women's Open, where she won an 18-hole playoff over Pat Hurst for her tenth major championship title, tying her for third on the list of players with most major championship titles.{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Doug |date=3 July 2006 |title=Sörenstam rolls past Hurst to win U.S. Women's Open playoff |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2006-07-03-us-womens-open-playoff_x.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518040444/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2006-07-03-us-womens-open-playoff_x.htm |archive-date=18 May 2008 |access-date=8 March 2007 |newspaper=USA Today}}{{cite news |title= Annika the Tigress has text appeal |newspaper=The Independent |first=Andy |last=Farrell |date=30 July 2006 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/annika-the-tigress-has-text-appeal-409848.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/annika-the-tigress-has-text-appeal-409848.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=8 July 2008| location=London}}{{cbignore}} She totalled 3 wins on the LPGA and two on the Ladies European Tour, the inaugural Dubai Ladies Masters and the Swedish tournament she hosts, which she defended in her home town at the course where she learned to play.{{cite web |title=Annika – queen of the desert |publisher=LET |date=29 October 2006 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=8004&page=7 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235928/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=8004&page=7 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}{{cite web |title=Sörenstam completes brilliant Swedish title defence |publisher=LET |first=Bethan |last=Cutler |date=13 August 2006 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=6998&page=14 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235804/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=6998&page=14 |archive-date=27 September 2007}} Her International team lost the second Lexus Cup competition to Team Asia.{{cite news |title=Asia clinch victory in Lexus Cup |work=BBC Sport |date=17 December 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/6187501.stm |access-date=7 July 2007}}

Sörenstam started 2007 by losing a playoff while defending of her MasterCard Classic title.{{cite news |date=13 March 2007 |title=Francella bests Sörenstam in MasterCard playoff |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2007-03-12-mastercard-classic_N.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518040449/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2007-03-12-mastercard-classic_N.htm |archive-date=18 May 2008 |access-date=16 April 2007 |newspaper=USA Today}} At the Kraft Nabisco Championship she shot her highest 72-hole score in a major in nine years,{{cite news |title=With Sörenstam out, Ochoa takes aim at No. 1 ranking |newspaper=Daily Journal |date=13 April 2007 |first=Mark |last=Long |url=http://dailyjournalonline.com/articles/2007/04/14/sports/doc461f8764d847d777663225.txt |access-date=19 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929121558/http://dailyjournalonline.com/articles/2007/04/14/sports/doc461f8764d847d777663225.txt |archive-date=29 September 2007}} a result explained by her subsequent diagnosis with ruptured and bulging discs in her neck, the first major injury in Sörenstam's 13-year LPGA career.{{cite web |title=Annika Sorenstam withdraws from Ginn Open |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=10405&mid=2 |access-date=5 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203200946/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=10405&mid=2 |archive-date=3 February 2008}}{{cite news |title= Annika diagnosed with ruptured disk, bulging disk |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=2834723 |access-date=5 December 2007}} After a two-month injury rehabilitation break, Sörenstam returned as the Ginn Tribute tournament hostess where she admitted to being at only 85% fitness and finished tied for 36th place.{{cite web|title=Ginn Tribute hosted by ANNIKA Pre-tournament interviews |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=11124&mid=1#annika |access-date=4 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921015320/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=11124&mid=1 |archive-date=21 September 2007}} She was still not fully fit in her next two tournaments, the LPGA Championship where she finished tied for 15th place, and the 2007 U.S. Women's Open, where, as defending champion, she finished tied for 32nd.{{cite news |title=Annika disappointed with effort |newspaper=The Fayetteville Observer |date=2 July 2007 |first=Sammy |last=Batten |url=http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=266429 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022064558/http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=266429 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 October 2007 |access-date=4 May 2010}}

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After an early round defeat at the World Matchplay Championship, Sörenstam finished sixth at the Evian Masters, 16th at the Women's British Open and ninth in the Swedish tournament she hosts on the Ladies European Tour.{{cite news |title=Matthew earns fifth win with Scandinavian TPC victory |work=ESPN |date=12 August 2007|url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=2971122 |access-date=19 August 2008}} On her return to the US, Sörenstam had three top ten finishes but missed the weekend at the season closing ADT Playoffs for the second year running. However, Sörenstam did win a worldwide title at the Dubai Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour in November 2007.{{cite magazine |title=Sorenstam knocked out of ADT Championship |magazine=Golf Magazine |date=16 November 2007 |url=http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1685073,00.html |access-date=10 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503031649/http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0%2C28136%2C1685073%2C00.html |archive-date=3 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Sorenstam retains Dubai Ladies Masters title |publisher=LET |date=16 December 2007 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=11653 |access-date=17 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220110525/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=11653 |archive-date=20 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}

Declaring herself recovered from injury and ready to return to a complete season of competitive golf in 2008, Sörenstam opened the year at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay where she captured her 70th LPGA Tour victory and first since September 2006.{{cite news |title= Sorenstam takes SBS Open for 70th LPGA title, first since 2006 |work=ESPN |date=16 February 2008 |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=3249606 |access-date=28 May 2008}} She won next at the Stanford International Pro-Am in April then following a week off, won again at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill in a tournament record score, giving her three wins and over $1 million in earnings by mid-May. It was her 72nd and final ever win on the LPGA Tour.{{cite news |title=Michelob Ultra Open results |newspaper=The New York Times |date=12 May 2000 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/sports/12iht-golflpga12.12796145.html |access-date=21 February 2024}}

In 2008, Sörenstam was highly critical of other female golfers who tried to play in the PGA Tour – her comments to Michelle Wie for playing on the men's tour: "I really don't know why Michelle continues to do this. We have a major this week and, if you can't qualify for a major, I don't see any reason why you should play with the men."{{cite magazine |title=Sorenstam, Creamer question Wie's decision |magazine=Golf Magazine |date=29 July 2008 |url=http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1827713,00.html |access-date=18 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820231332/http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0%2C28136%2C1827713%2C00.html |archive-date=20 August 2008}}

On 13 May 2008, Sörenstam announced at a press conference at the Sybase Classic that she would "step away" from competitive golf at the conclusion of the 2008 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/sports/golf/14golf.html |title=Annika Sorenstam Announces Retirement |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Frank |last=Litsky |date=14 May 2008 |access-date=12 September 2018}} That night, she threw out the first pitch of the Washington Nationals/New York Mets baseball game at Shea Stadium in New York and the following day read the Top Ten on the Late Show with David Letterman.{{cite web |date=13 May 2008 |title=Annika Announces Decision to 'Step Away' from Competitive Play at End of Season |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=15338&mid=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517141802/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=15338&mid=2 |archive-date=17 May 2008 |access-date=13 May 2008 |publisher=LPGA}} Her last tournament victory came in a playoff at the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open, an event co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and the Ladies Asian Golf tour.{{cite web |title=Sorenstam wins playoff in China |publisher=LET |date=2 November 2008 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=18788 |access-date=31 January 2009}}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} Her last scheduled tournament on the LPGA Tour was the season-ending ADT Championship in November, where she failed to make the weekend play in the event's unique playoff structure. Her final sanctioned LPGA appearance was as the winning captain of Team International at the 2008 Lexus Cup in Singapore.{{cite web |date=30 November 2008 |title=Team International wins the Lexus Cup 2008 |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=18304 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211213050/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=18304 |archive-date=11 February 2009 |access-date=31 January 2009 |publisher=LPGA}} Her last professional tournament was the Dubai Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour in December 2008,{{cite news |title=Sorenstam: "I'm Stepping Away" |work=The Golf Channel |date=13 May 2008 |url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&select=25882 |access-date=13 May 2008 |archive-date=15 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515055709/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15104&select=25882 |url-status=dead}} where she finished tied for 7th.{{Cite web |title=Spelare, Annika Sörenstam, Samtliga tävlingsresultat i kronologisk ordning, Dubai Ladies Masters |language=Swedish |trans-title=Player, Annika Sörenstam, All tournament results in chronological order, Dubai Ladies Masters |url=https://golfdata.se/sgfranking/tournament_results?CompID=W0850XX |access-date=21 February 2024 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation and Golf Data AB}}

At the 2013 Solheim Cup at the Colorado Golf Club in Parker, Colorado, United States, Sörenstam participated as a non-playing assistant captain, selected by European Team captain Liselotte Neumann. During the match, the Americans accused Sörenstam of telling a European caddie that European player Jodi Ewart Shadoff should concede a putt for par to Paula Creamer, so it could not show teammate Lexi Thompson the line for a coming putt. By the rules, only the captain was allowed to give advice to players during the competition. In the end, the 2013 match became an 18–10 triumph for the European team, winning on American soil for the first time and defending the cup for the first time.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/23750732 |title=Europe record historic victory over United States |date=19 August 2013 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=21 February 2024}}

For the 2015 Solheim Cup at Golf Club St. Leon-Rot, Germany, Sörenstam again was appointed an assistant captain by a Swedish European Team captain, this time Carin Koch. Two controversies with Sörenstam involved, given a lot of public attention, occurred during the match. The second day afternoon four-ball match between Suzann Pettersen and Charley Hull for Europe against Alison Lee and Brittany Lincicome, United States, was all square, when Lee missed a putt to win the 17th hole. Taking for granted that the next 18-inch putt was conceded, Lee picked up her ball. However, Pettersen pointed out that it was not conceded, and the Europeans won the hole. Koch and Sörenstam tried to convince Pettersen to change her mind and concede the putt, but as it was a fact that Lee had picked up her ball without the putt being given to her, it was not a possibility within the rules of golf, for the players to agree on the outcome of the hole and change the sequence of events afterwards. Pettersen/Hull eventually won the match.{{cite news |last=Coffin |first=Jay |date=20 September 2015 |title=U.S. rises above controversy to win Solheim Cup |url=http://www.golfchannel.com/news/jay-coffin/us-rises-above-controversy-win-solheim-cup/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910215856/http://www.golfchannel.com/news/jay-coffin/us-rises-above-controversy-win-solheim-cup/ |archive-date=10 September 2016 |accessdate=27 July 2016 |work=Golf Channel}}{{cite news |last=Rice |first=Simon |date=21 September 2015 |title=Solheim Cup 2015: Suzann Pettersen says sorry for controversial incident, hopes Alison Lee and US team will forgive her |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/solheim-cup-2015-suzann-pettersen-says-sorry-for-controversial-incident-hopes-alison-lee-and-us-team-10510678.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/solheim-cup-2015-suzann-pettersen-says-sorry-for-controversial-incident-hopes-alison-lee-and-us-team-10510678.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |accessdate=27 July 2016 |newspaper=The Independent}}{{cbignore}}

Later during the 2015 Solheim Cup, after Koch and Sörenstam was seen in a discussion with U.S. captain Juli Inkster, Sörenstam explained that she was accused of giving advice, which she strongly denied.{{cite news |last=Mell |first=Randall |date=21 September 2015 |title=Sorenstam: 'I was wrongly accused of giving advice' |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/sorenstam-i-was-wrongly-accused-giving-advice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727070503/https://www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/sorenstam-i-was-wrongly-accused-giving-advice |archive-date=27 July 2021 |access-date=28 May 2020 |work=Golf Channel}} The 2015 match ended in a U.S. win 14{{frac|1|2}}–13{{frac|1|2}}, after a strong American come-back the last day, said to have been inspired by the incident with the not conceded putt.

Sörenstam was appointed captain of the 2017 European Solhem Cup team.{{cite news |date=March 31, 2016 |title=Annika Sorenstam named 2017 European Solheim Cup captain |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/15098255/annika-sorenstam-named-2017-european-solheim-cup-captain |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}} The match, played at Des Moines Golf and Country Club, Iowa, United States, was won by the U.S. team 16{{frac|1|2}}–11{{frac|1|2}}.{{cite news |date=August 20, 2017 |title=Cristie Kerr, Paula Creamer help U.S. to Solheim Cup win in Iowa |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/20398524/us-beats-europe-solheim-cup-iowa |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}

After turning 50 in October 2020, Sörenstam became eligible for the 2021 U.S. Senior Women's Open. It was played at Brooklawn Country Club, Fairfield, Connecticut and Sörenstam won by 8 shots, ahead of fellow countrywoman Liselotte Neumann after leading the tournament wire to wire, with her husband Mike McGee as her caddie.{{Cite web |url=https://golf.com/news/annika-sorenstam-us-senior-womens-open-brooklawn/ |title=Annika Sorenstam just showed us what happens to talent over time |date=1 August 2021 |website=Golf.com |first=Michael |last=Bamberger}} Ahead of the Senior Open, she played her first LPGA Tour event since 2008, finishing 74th at the 2021 Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/annika-sorenstam-gainbridge-lpga-tour-return-to-golf-first-start-since-2008 |title=Annika Sorenstam enjoyed her first LPGA start since 2008, but says she won't be playing another |magazine=Golf Digest |first=Keely |last=Levins |date=28 February 2021}}

Her win at the Senior Open qualified her to play in the 2022 U.S. Women's Open, at which she missed the cut by shooting 13-over.{{cite magazine |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/06/02/u-s-womens-open-annika-sorenstam-74-first-lpga-major-2008/ |title=U.S. Women's Open: Annika Sorenstam opens with 74 in first LPGA major start in 14 years |magazine=Golfweek |first=Beth Ann |last=Nichols |date=2 June 2022}}{{Cite news |date=3 June 2022 |title=Sorenstam: 'Fought hard' despite missed Open cut |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/34034004/annika-sorenstam-misses-cut-return-us-women-open |work=ESPN |first=Paolo |last=Uggetti |access-date=6 June 2022}}

In 1998, Sörenstam was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.{{cite book |last=Jansson |first=Anders |url=https://www.e-magin.se/paper/94rt7fj3/popup/1#/paper/1pfc350j/285 |title=Golf - Den stora sporten, Svenska PGA, Hedersmedlemmar |date=2004 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |isbn=91-86818007 |page=283 |language=Swedish |trans-title=Golf - The great sport, PGA of Sweden, Honorary Members}}

In four years, 2005-2008, Sörenstam was host for a Ladies European Tour tournament in Sweden, Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika.{{cite magazine |last=Hellsten |first=CM |date=October 2008 |title=Annikas avsked, Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika |trans-title=Annika's farewell, Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika |url=https://www.e-magin.se/paper/gfxxbkch/paper/98#/paper/gfxxbkch/107 |magazine=Svensk Golf |language=sv |page=98 |number=10/2008 |accessdate=2023-09-01}} She won the tournament twice herself during those years and another four times before that.{{cite book |last=Jansson |first=Anders |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/paper/210 |title=Golf – Den stora sporten |date=2004 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |isbn=91-86818007 |pages=242–243, 262–263, 266 |language=sv |trans-title=Golf - The Great Sport |access-date=4 December 2023}}

In 2012, Sörenstam founded the ANNIKA Invitational Europe, an annual amateur golf tournament in Sweden for European girls under 18.{{cite web |title=Ladies European Tour and Annika in new cooperation with the Annika Invitational Europe |date=11 February 2020 |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/blog/ladies-european-tour-and-annika-in-new-cooperation-with-the-annika-invitational-europe/ |publisher=Ladies European Tour |accessdate=19 October 2020}} The tournament is a qualifying event for the European team in the Junior Solheim Cup since 2015{{cite web |title=Junior Solheim Cup European Eligibility Process |url=https://www.solheimcup2019.com/pjsc-eligibility-criteria/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929010543/https://www.solheimcup2019.com/pjsc-eligibility-criteria/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=29 September 2019 |publisher=Solheim Cup |accessdate=19 October 2020}} and has been rated up to level "A" in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

In 2014, the LPGA established the yearly Rolex Annika Major Award, named after Sörenstam, to recognize the overall best performance in the LPGA majors. Points are award for top-10 finishes in each major. The major winner with the most points at the end of the season wins the award.{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/news/rolex-annika-major-explanation |title=Rolex Annika Major Award – Structure 2014 |publisher=LPGA |date=4 April 2014}}

In February 2015, Sörenstam became one of seven women, invited as the first female honorary members of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. The other six women were HRH Princess Anne, Dame Laura Davies, Renee Powell, Belle Robertson, Lally Segard and Louise Suggs.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/31373972|title=BBC Sport - Princess Royal among first women to join St Andrews|work=BBC Sport}}

On 2 December 2020, Sörenstam was appointed president of the International Golf Federation from 1 January 2021.{{Cite news |last=Dempster |first=Martin |date=3 December 2020 |title=Annika Sörenstam to succeed Peter Dawson as IGF president |work=The Scotsman |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/golf/annika-sorenstam-succeed-peter-dawson-igf-president-3055999 |access-date=3 December 2020}}

In June 2021, Sörenstam hosted, together with fellow countryman Henrik Stenson, the Scandinavian Mixed hosted by Henrik and Annika, co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Ladies European Tour, taking place in Sweden, for the first time bringing 78 men and 78 women together to compete in the same tournament for the same prize money, but playing from different tees.{{cite web |title=Scandinavian Mixed |url=https://www.scandinavianmixed.se/en/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029103824/https://www.scandinavianmixed.se/en/ |archive-date=29 October 2019 |access-date=16 December 2019 |website=Scandinavian Mixed}} Sörenstam played in the first edition of the tournament at Vallda Golf & Country Club as well as in the second edition in 2022 at Halmstad Golf Club and the third edition in 2023 at Ullna Golf & Country Club.

In 2021, it was announced that Sörenstam will host an LPGA tournament in 2023; the ANNIKA Driven by Gainbridge at Pelican.{{cite web |url=https://theannika.com/news/halloffamer-annika-sorenstam-to-host-tampa-bays-lpga-tour-event-starting-in-2023-the-annika-driven-by-gainbridge-at-pelican |title=Hall-of-Famer Annika Sorenstam to Host Tampa Bay's LPGA Tour Event Starting in 2023: 'THE ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican' |publisher=The Annika |date=13 September 2022}}

In 2022 Sörenstam accepted an invitation to become the first woman vice-president of the Association of Golf Writers, following in the footsteps of Sir Michael Bonallack, Tony Jacklin, Bernhard Langer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player.{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2022/annika-first-female-vp-of-agw |title=Annika Sorenstam Named The First Female Vice President of the Association of Golf Writers |publisher=LPGA |date=20 December 2022}}

In October 2023, Sörenstam became, as the first LPGA player and one of few women, a member of Augusta National Golf Club.{{cite magazine |title=Annika Sorenstam named member at Augusta National Golf Club |first=Adam |last=Schupak |date=24 October 2023 |magazine=Golfweek |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/10/24/annika-sorenstam-named-member-augusta-national-golf-club/ |access-date=25 October 2023}}

Sörenstam began the transition from professional golfer to entrepreneur during the later years of her career, attempting to combine golf, fitness and charitable works into various businesses under the ANNIKA brand with the brand statement "Share my Passion". They are all promoted by her website on which there is a blog to which she and her staff regularly contribute.{{cite news |title=Annika Sorenstam: Motherhood beckons for Swedish star |newspaper=The Independent |date=31 July 2008|first=Chris |last=McGrath |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/annika-sorenstam-motherhood-beckons-for-swedish-star-881301.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/annika-sorenstam-motherhood-beckons-for-swedish-star-881301.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=31 January 2009 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |title=Sorenstam launches official website |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=11818&mid=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212102231/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=11818&mid=2 |archive-date=12 February 2009 |access-date=31 January 2009 |publisher=LPGA}}{{cite web |date=14 November 2007 |title=LPGA Golfer Annika Sorenstam Launches Blog |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=13365&mid=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212110335/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=13365&mid=2 |archive-date=12 February 2009 |access-date=31 January 2009 |publisher=LPGA}}{{cite web |title=Annika's beau to help build her brand |publisher=Rhode Island Golf Association |first=Ron |last=Sirak |date=13 November 2006 |url=http://www.rigalinks.org/club/scripts/view/view_pubnews.asp?GRP=&pg=home&NS=&PID=5858&APP=57 |access-date=5 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518123413/http://www.rigalinks.org/club/scripts/view/view_pubnews.asp?GRP=&pg=home&NS=&PID=5858&APP=57 |archive-date=18 May 2008 }}

Since 2003, Sörenstam has also worked as a golf course architect, undertaken a number of course design projects. Her first, the Annika Course, was completed at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China, in 2003; the second was officially launched in January 2006 and opened in 2008 at Euphoria Golf Estate & Hydro in South Africa.{{cite web |title=Annika Course |publisher=Mission Hills Golf Club China |url=http://www.missionhillsgroup.com/en/golf/courses/annika/default.html |access-date=31 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011410/http://www.missionhillsgroup.com/en/golf/courses/annika/default.html |archive-date=27 September 2007}}{{cite web|title=Sörenstam launches golf course in South Africa |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=5531&mid=4 |access-date=16 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120720/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=5531&mid=4 |archive-date=29 September 2007}}{{cite web |title=Annika Sorenstam officially opens Euphoria Golf Estate & Hydro |publisher=Euphoria Golf Estate & Hydro |url=http://www.euphoriaestate.co.za/contenthtml/files/Media/AnnikaOpening.pdf |access-date=31 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325221956/http://www.euphoriaestate.co.za/contenthtml/files/Media/AnnikaOpening.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} In 2008 she also announced a new project at Mines Golf City, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{Cite web |title=Mines Golf City gets Korean touch |url=https://theedgemalaysia.com/article/mines-golf-city-gets-korean-touch |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=The Edge Malaysia}} Projects closer to home include a redesign of the Patriots Point Links Course near Charleston, South Carolina and a course at Red Mountain Resort, British Columbia.{{cite magazine |first=Tom |last=Cunneff |title=Charting a New Course |magazine=Links Magazine |url=http://www.linksmagazine.com/best_of_golf/personalities/annika_sorenstam_women_golf_course_designers_print.html |access-date=22 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006092941/http://linksmagazine.com/best_of_golf/personalities/annika_sorenstam_women_golf_course_designers_print.html |archive-date=6 October 2008 |url-status=dead}}

She and Jack Nicklaus lost out on a bid to build the Olympic golf course in Rio to Gil Hanse and his consultant Amy Alcott.{{cite news |title=Yet-to-Be Details of Olympic Golf |newspaper=The New York Times |date=18 August 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/sports/olympics/dave-anderson-looking-ahead-to-olympic-golf-in-2016.html?_r=0 |access-date=18 August 2012 |last1=Anderson |first1=Dave}} In 2010, a golf course she designed was opened in South Korea at Golden Bay Resort. This was the first project for her after-retirement golf course design.{{cite web |url=https://fore-ladies.com/blog/ladies-of-the-links-featured-player-annika-sorenstam/ |title=Ladies of the Links: Featured Player – Annika Sorenstam |website=Fore-Ladies |date=15 February 2021}}

In an interview with CNN in October 2017, Sörenstam spoke about the difficulties of being a woman in the golf course design industry, saying that a common stereotype is that courses she designs will be "short and easy".{{cite magazine |url=http://www.bunkered.co.uk/golf-news/annika-sorenstam-battling-gender-stereotypes-in-golf-course-design |title=Annika Sorenstam battling gender stereotypes in golf course design |date=10 October 2017 |magazine=bunkered |first=Martin |last=Inglis}}

The ANNIKA Academy at Ginn Reunion Resort in Reunion, Florida began construction in 2006 and opened in April 2007 with Sörenstam's longtime coach Henri Reis serving as head instructor, her sister Charlotta an instructor and club fitter, her personal trainer Kai Fusser focusing on overall fitness training, and with Sörenstam available for coaching on certain golfing packages.{{cite web|title=Annika Sörenstam announces golf academy to open at Reunion Resort & Club |publisher=LPGA |date=31 October 2006 |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=7840 |access-date=31 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212104336/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=7840 |archive-date=12 February 2009 }} The opening ceremony included a Make-A-Wish Foundation golf clinic conducted by Sörenstam who is a United States ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and it also hosted clinics for junior golfers during The Annika Invitational, an American Junior Golf Association invitation-only event featuring the top 60 girls from around the world hosted by The ANNIKA Foundation.{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam Becomes National Ambassador for Make a wish foundation |publisher=Make-A-Wish Foundation |date=11 April 2007 |url=http://www.wish.org/news/news_releases/annika_ambassador |access-date=11 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503013619/http://www.wish.org/news/news_releases/annika_ambassador |archive-date=3 May 2007 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |date=15 October 2008 |title=Annika Sorenstam and AJGA jointly create The Annika Invitational |url=http://www.worldgolf.com/newswire/browse/55710-Annika-Sorenstam-and-AJGA-jointly-create-Annika-Invitational |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205436/http://www.worldgolf.com/newswire/browse/55710-Annika-Sorenstam-and-AJGA-jointly-create-Annika-Invitational |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=31 January 2009 |publisher=World Golf}}{{cite web |title=Simin Feng Wins by a Whisker |publisher=American Junior Golf Association |year=2009 |url=http://www.ajga.org/2009ANNIKA/index.asp |access-date=31 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201172021/http://ajga.org/2009ANNIKA/index.asp |archive-date=1 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}

The Annika Academy closed in May 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.reunionrealty.com/reunion-resort-annika-academy-to-close/ |title=Reunion Resort ANNIKA Academy to Close |date=8 April 2016 |publisher=Reunion Realty}}

Other branches of the ANNIKA business include a clothing line with Cutter & Buck,{{cite news |date=19 October 2005 |title=Annika Sorenstam to keep swinging for Cutter & Buck |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2004421775_sundaybuzz18.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065522/http://www.seattletimes.com/business/annika-sorenstam-to-keep-swinging-for-cutter-buck/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=28 December 2012 |newspaper=The Seattle Times}} a limited label wine produced in partnership with Wente Vineyards,{{cite web |title=Annika and Wente Vineyards |url=http://www.annikavineyards.com/index.php?/annika_master/layout_standard/annika_wine |access-date=28 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116181453/http://annikavineyards.com/index.php?%2Fannika_master%2Flayout_standard%2Fannika_wine |archive-date=16 November 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} and a signature fragrance developed by SA Fragrances.{{cite web |date=21 November 2008 |title=Annika Sorenstam to have a signature fragance [sic] by SA Fragrances |url=http://www.worldgolf.com/newswire/browse/56398-Annika-Sorenstam-have-signature-fragance-SA-Fragrances |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524231715/http://www.worldgolf.com/newswire/browse/56398-Annika-Sorenstam-have-signature-fragance-SA-Fragrances |archive-date=24 May 2011 |access-date=14 December 2008 |publisher=World Golf News}} Sörenstam also hosted the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika, an event on the LPGA Tour in 2007{{cite news |author=|date=31 May 2007 |title=Tournament host Annika returns to play, sponsor exemption Wie, Kline to highlight tournament |url=https://thedanielislandnews.com/opinions/stellar-field-highlight-lpga-ginn-tribute |work=the Daniel Island News |location=Daniel Island, SC |access-date=3 June 2024}} and 2008,{{cite news |author=|date=21 March 2008 |title=Van Pelt changes things up |url=https://www.augustachronicle.com/story/sports/college/golf/2008/03/21/gol-191755-shtml/14675655007/ |work=The Augusta Chronicle |access-date=3 June 2024}} and the Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika on the Ladies European Tour during its last four years from 2005 through 2008.{{cite web |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/blog/first-day-interviews-at-the-scandinavian-tpc-hosted-by-annika-2/ |title=First day interviews at the Scandinavian TPC Hosted by Annika |date=9 August 2007 |website=LadiesEuropeanTour.com |publisher=LET |access-date=3 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=3528323 |title=Yang shoots course-tying record 63 to win Scandinavian TPC |agency=Associated Press |date=10 August 2008 |website=ESPN.com |publisher=Entertainment and Sports Programming Network |access-date=3 June 2024}} She won the latter tournament in 2005 and 2006.{{cite news |author=|date=7 August 2005 |title=Sorenstam wins Scandinavian TPC |url=https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2005/08/07/Sorenstam-wins-Scandinavian-TPC/64981123467761/ |work=United Press International |location=Boca Raton, Florida |access-date=3 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=2548367 |title=Annika shoots 65 to win Scandinavian TPC |agency=Associated Press |date=13 August 2006 |website=ESPN.com |publisher=Entertainment and Sports Programming Network |access-date=3 June 2024}}

One of Sörenstam's hobbies is cooking. She has participated in cooking demonstrations during LPGA tournaments and has talked about enrolling in cooking school.{{cite web |title=Annika Cooking at Wegmans |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=2822&mid=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417181659/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=2822&mid=2 |archive-date=17 April 2007 |access-date=4 April 2007 |publisher=LPGA}}{{cite web |title=Ming Tsai and Annika Sorenstam |work=Travel + Leisure |url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/golf-simply-friends |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501035837/http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/golf-simply-friends |archive-date=1 May 2015 |access-date=28 December 2012 |publisher=Travel and Leisure}} Before the 2003 season Sörenstam took the opportunity to improve her culinary skills by working eight-hour shifts in the kitchens of the Lake Nona Country Club.{{cite news |date=15 January 2003 |title=Annika is Cookin' Up a Storm |url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=8039 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204338/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=8039 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=10 March 2007 |work=The Golf Channel}} Sörenstam has had a serious interest in investments, real estate and the stock market since she earned her first LPGA check and in August 2006 was invited to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.{{cite magazine |title=The Golf Magazine Interview: Annika Sörenstam |magazine=Golf Magazine |first=Dave |last=Allen |date=1 August 2005 |url=http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1578469-0,00.html |access-date=28 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213054840/http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0%2C28136%2C1578469-0%2C00.html |archive-date=13 February 2009}}{{cite web |date=17 August 2006 |title=Annika Sörenstam rang the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=7726&mid=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502050425/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=7726&mid=2 |archive-date=2 May 2008 |access-date=19 February 2008 |publisher=LPGA}}

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Sörenstam met her first husband David Esch in 1994 on the driving range at Moon Valley Country Club, Phoenix, Arizona, where she was an LPGA rookie practicing for a tournament and he worked for club manufacturer Ping.{{cite magazine |title=Pro Husband |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=31 August 1998 |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1998/08/31/pro-husband/ |access-date=31 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218094040/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1013909/index.htm |archive-date=18 February 2009 |url-status=live}} They were engaged at the 1995 Evian Masters, married in Lake Tahoe on 4 January 1997. They divorced in 2005.{{cite web |title=Annika Sörenstam files for divorce |work=Golf Today |url=http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news05/sorenstam.html |access-date=31 January 2009 |archive-date=21 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121051903/http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news05/sorenstam.html |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=In conversation with Annika |publisher=LET |first=Laura |last=Neal |date=19 June 2002 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_interview.php?Id=4579 |access-date=31 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518005413/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_interview.php?Id=4579 |archive-date=18 May 2008}}

In August 2007, Sörenstam became engaged to Mike McGee, the managing director for the ANNIKA brand of businesses and son of former PGA Tour and Champions Tour player Jerry McGee. They married at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, Florida, on 10 January 2009.{{cite web |title=Sorenstam engagement 'a lovely surprise' |publisher=PGA Tour |date=25 August 2007 |url=http://www.pgatour.com/2007/r/08/25/ANNIKA.ENGAGED/ |access-date=31 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212113622/http://www.pgatour.com/2007/r/08/25/ANNIKA.ENGAGED/ |archive-date=12 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine |title=Newsmakers 2007: Annika Sorenstam |magazine=Golf World |date=23 November 2007 |first=Ron |last=Sirak |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/golfworld/2007/11/gw20071123sorenstam |access-date=31 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212214832/http://www.golfdigest.com/golfworld/2007/11/gw20071123sorenstam |archive-date=12 February 2009 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Annika Sorenstam marries Mike McGee |publisher=Yahoo News |date=10 January 2009 |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090111/ap_on_sp_go_ne/glf_sorenstam_wedding_ylt=AnN9pBnOlepN7B2iN61qBy4LMxIF |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090114005019/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090111/ap_on_sp_go_ne/glf_sorenstam_wedding_ylt=AnN9pBnOlepN7B2iN61qBy4LMxIF |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 January 2009 |access-date=31 January 2009}}

Their daughter Ava Madelyn McGee was born 1 September 2009.{{cite news |title=Sorenstam expecting first child |work=ESPN |date=10 March 2009 |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=3996649 |access-date=20 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321192333/http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3996649 |archive-date=21 March 2009 |url-status=live}} On 21 March 2011, Sörenstam gave birth to a son, William Nicholas McGee, thirteen weeks premature.{{cite news |title=Annika Sorenstam unexpectedly has second child |work=NBC Sports |url=http://progolftalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/21/annika-sorenstam-unexpectedly-has-second-child/ |access-date=25 March 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430193155/http://progolftalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/21/annika-sorenstam-unexpectedly-has-second-child| archive-date=30 April 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/story/sorenstams-harrowing-childbirth-experience |title=Sorenstam's harrowing childbirth experience |magazine=Golf Digest |date=23 March 2011 |access-date=31 October 2016 |last=Weinman |first=Sam}}

Since 2006, Sörenstam has held dual American and Swedish citizenship.{{Cite web |date=3 July 2006 |title=U.S. Women's Open Championship Post-Championship Interview 2006 |url=http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=37957 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212170951/http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=37957 |archive-date=12 December 2008 |access-date=15 December 2008 |publisher=ASAP Sports}}

• 1991 NCAA Division I Championship Individual title{{cite web |title=NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship Results |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/golf_champs_records/2020/D1Women.pdf |accessdate=8 May 2020 |publisher=NCAA}}
• 1992 Espirito Santo Trophy Individual title{{cite web |title=Record Book 1992 World Amateur Golf Team Championships |url=https://gsites.brightspotcdn.com/38/92/195b66159ca3fdd0086698a5ce2d/1992-wagtc.pdf |accessdate=9 January 2021 |publisher=World Amateur Golf Council}}

LPGA Tour playoff record (16–6)

Sources:{{Cite web |title=Spelare, Annika Sörenstam, Samtliga tävlingsresultat i kronologisk ordning |language=Swedish |trans-title=Player, Annika Sörenstam, All tournament results in chronological order |url=https://golfdata.se/sgfranking/Players_all_results?PlayerID=3003 |access-date=21 February 2024 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation and Golf Data AB}}

LPGA majors are shown in bold.

Note: Sörenstam won the Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's Open (formerly named the du Maurier Classic) in 2001, the year after it stopped being recognized as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.

Ladies European Tour playoff record (3–0)

Sources:{{cite web |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/player-profiles/010792/ |title=Players, Annika Sorenstam, Player info, LET results |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=1 March 2024}}

Note: Sörenstam won The Evian Championship (formerly named the Evian Masters) twice before it was recognized as a major championship on the LPGA Tour in 2013.

ALPG Tour playoff record (1–1)

Source:{{cite web |title=JLPGA Tournaments, Schedule, Year 1967-2024, Leaderboard |url=https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/tournament/jlpgatour/2024 |access-date=3 March 2024 |publisher=JLPGA}}

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Notes

• ¹ Co-sanctioned by LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
• ² Co-sanctioned by LPGA Tour and LPGA of Japan Tour
• ³ Co-sanctioned by ALPG Tour and Ladies European Tour
• ⁴ 54-hole tournament shortened to 45 holes
• ⁵ Unofficial-money tournament on the LPGA Tour
• ⁶ Team event and unofficial-money tournament on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour

Sources:{{Cite web |last=Bamberger |first=Michael |date=August 1, 2021 |title=Annika Sorenstam just showed us what happens to talent over time |url=https://golf.com/news/annika-sorenstam-us-senior-womens-open-brooklawn/ |accessdate=13 January 2022 |website=Golf.com}}{{cite web |date=2 August 2021 |title=2021 US Senior Women's Open final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won |url=https://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2021/08/02/2021-us-senior-womens-open-final-results-prize-money-payout-leaderboard-and-how-much-each-golfer-won-123609/ |accessdate=13 January 2022 |publisher=Golf News Net}}

¹ Defeated Grace Park with par on first extra hole
² Defeated Hurst in 18-hole playoff: Sörenstam (70), Hurst (74)

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001

^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

{{legend|lime|Win}}

{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}

{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied for place

• Most consecutive cuts made – 24 (2003 Kraft Nabisco − 2008 British Open)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (4 times)

^ As of 2023 season{{cite web |access-date=19 December 2023 |title=Annika Sorenstam – Stats |publisher=LPGA |url=https://www.lpga.com/players/annika-sorenstam/81956/stats}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/players/annika-sorenstam/81956/results |title=Annika Sorenstam – Results |publisher=LPGA |access-date=19 December 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/statistics/money/career-money |title=Career Money |publisher=LPGA |access-date=19 December 2023}}

* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

† Not official in LPGA records, 307 tournaments played, 296 cuts made, 207 top-10s

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

On 5 January 2009, Sörenstam, who was ranked third the previous week{{Cite web |title=Rankings as of December 29, 2008 |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2008-12-29 |access-date=29 February 2024 |publisher=Rolex Rankings}} despite having announced her retirement effective at the end of the 2008 season, was removed from the rankings.{{Cite web |title=Rankings as of January 5, 2009 |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2009-01-05 |access-date=29 February 2024 |publisher=Rolex Rankings}} No official explanation was given for her removal. Sörenstam later posted in her personal blog that she asked to be removed.

{{cite web

|last=Sörenstam

|first=Annika

|title=Annika's Blog February 2009

|publisher=Annika Sörenstam

|date=February 2009

|url=http://www.annikablog.com/annika-qa.html

|access-date=2 March 2009 |url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324083936/http://www.annikablog.com/annika-qa.html

|archive-date=24 March 2009 }}

Amateur

• European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1990 (winners)
• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 1990, 1992 (individual winner)
• European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1991

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 (winners), 2002, 2003 (winners), 2005, 2007, 2017 (non-playing captain)
• Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2005 (winners), 2006, 2007, 2008 (winners)
• World Cup (representing Sweden): 2006 (winners)

Sources:{{cite book |title=Golf – Den stora sporten |trans-title=Golf - The Great Sport |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/paper/210 |first=Anders |last=Jansson |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |date=2004 |isbn=91-86818007 |pages=184, 192–193, 195, 198–199, 202, 252–255 |language=sv}}{{cite web |last=Cutler |first=Bethan |date=2005-08-28 |title=The 2005 European Solheim Cup team announced |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3898 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025101858/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3898 |archivedate=2006-10-25 |accessdate=2007-04-18 |publisher=Ladies European Tour |df=mdy-all}}{{cite news |date=15 September 2007 |title=U.S. Women Take The Solheim Cup 16-12 |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/20070916solheimap |access-date=5 March 2024 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Golf Digest}}{{cite news |date=August 20, 2017 |title=Cristie Kerr, Paula Creamer help U.S. to Solheim Cup win in Iowa |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/20398524/us-beats-europe-solheim-cup-iowa |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}{{cite web |title=Internationals secure win in Inaugural Lexus Cup |url=http://www.lexuscup.com/2005/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124235233/http://www.lexuscup.com/2005/ |archive-date=24 January 2007 |access-date=10 March 2007 |publisher=Lexus}}

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1993

• LET Rookie of the Year

1994

• LPGA Rookie of the Year

1995

• Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year
• LPGA Tour Player of the Year
• LPGA Tour Money Winner
• LPGA Vare Trophy
• LET Order of Merit
• LET Players' Player of the Year
• Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
• Swedish Golfer of the Year
• Jerringpriset Swedish Athlete of the Year
• Swedish Sportswomen of the Year by newspaper Aftonbladet and the Swedish Sports Confederation

1996

• LPGA Vare Trophy (2)
• Swedish Golfer of the Year (2)
• ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer

1997

• Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (2)
• LPGA Tour Player of the Year (2)
• LPGA Tour Money Winner (2)
• Swedish Golfer of the Year (3)

1998

• LPGA Tour Player of the Year (3)
• LPGA Tour Money Winner (3)
• LPGA Vare Trophy (3)
• Swedish Golfer of the Year (4)
• ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer (2)

1999

• ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer (3)

2001

• Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (3)
• LPGA Tour Player of the Year (4)
• LPGA Tour Money Winner (4)
• LPGA Vare Trophy (3)
• LPGA Crowne Plaza Achievement Award
• Swedish Golfer of the Year (5)

2002

• Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (4)
• LPGA Tour Player of the Year (5)
• LPGA Tour Money Winner (5)
• LPGA Vare Trophy (4)
• LPGA Crowne Plaza Achievement Award (2)
• Swedish Golfer of the Year (6)
• ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer (4)
• LET Players' Player of the Year (2)

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2003

• World Golf Hall of Fame
• AP Female Athlete of the Year
• Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (5)
• LPGA Tour Player of the Year (6)
• LPGA Tour Money Winner (6)
• Patty Berg Award
• Association of European Golf Writers Golf Writers' Trophy
• Jerringpriset Swedish Athlete of the Year (2)
• Swedish Golfer of the Year (7)
• ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer (5)

2004

• AP Female Athlete of the Year (2)
• Laureus World Sports Awards Sportswoman of the Year
• Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (6)
• LPGA Tour Player of the Year (7)
• LPGA Tour Money Winner (7)
• Swedish Golfer of the Year (8)
• ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer (6)

2005

• AP Female Athlete of the Year (3)
• Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year (7)
• LPGA Tour Player of the Year (8)
• LPGA Tour Money Winner (8)
• LPGA Vare Trophy (5)
• Association of European Golf Writers Golf Writers' Trophy (2)
• Swedish Golfer of the Year (9)
• ESPY Awards Best Female Athlete

2006

• ESPY Awards Best Female Athlete (2)

2009

• H. M. The King's Medal 8th size with blue ribbon

2010

• Francis Ouimet Award for Lifelong Contributions to Golf

2012

• Bob Jones Award

2014

• Old Tom Morris Award

2020

• Presidential Medal of Freedom Originally scheduled for 23 March 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ceremony was rescheduled and held 7 January 2021.

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• List of golfers with most Ladies European Tour wins
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• List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
• Monday Night Golf
• Women's Career Grand Slam
• Lowest rounds of golf

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:*Brittany Lincicome

:*Lexi Thompson

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