Annika's world Updated: 04/17/01 It was in "Twelfth Night" that William Shakespeare wrote: "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Willy obviously was not a golfer or he might have added: "And yet others have greatness handed to them when the player they are chasing bogeys six of the final 10 holes -- including a three-putt from five feet."
Content Provided by GolfDigest.com Amazing Annika does it again Updated: 04/16/01 Annika Sorenstam took advantage of Pat Hurst's back-nine collapse to make up 10 shots and win her record-tying fourth consecutive LPGA Tour title Saturday.
Content Provided by GolfDigest.com Sorenstam four back at Office Depot Updated: 04/13/01 Pat Hurst birdied four of her first nine holes en route to a 5-under 67 in Thursday's opening round of The Office Depot. Annika Sorenstam, going for a record-tying fourth consecutive victory, ran into trouble immediately.
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Hurst takes control at Office Depot Updated: 04/13/01 LOS ANGELES (April 13) -- Pat Hurst overcame a rocky start with six birdies on the back nine Friday to take a three-stroke lead after two rounds of The Office Depot.
Annika Sorenstam's bid for a record-tying fourth consecutive victory derailed with a 1-over 73 that dropped her 10 shots back with one round remaining.
Content Provided by GolfDigest.com Sorenstam keeps rollin' at Nabisco Updated: 03/26/01 RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (March 25) -- Annika Sorenstam finished off a 3-under-par 69 with a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the Nabisco Championship, capping a remarkable streak of golf with her first major since winning her second-straight U.S. Open title in 1996.
It was the third win in a row for Sorenstam.
Content Provided by GolfDigest.com Sorenstam two off pace at Nabisco Updated: 03/23/01 RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (March 22) -- Annika Sorenstam heard it as she walked down the fairway, and again as she approached nearly every green in the opening round of the Nabisco Championship.
They were words that a week ago wouldn't have been spoken on the LPGA Tour.
"Ms. 59! Go 59," fans called out. "Another 59 today."
Content Provided by GolfDigest.com Red hot Sorenstam heads to Nabisco Updated: 03/22/01 RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (March 21) -- Annika Sorenstam finished a practice round Wednesday and then began practicing something else -- how to deal with the fame of being the first woman to shoot 59 in competition.
On the eve of the Nabisco Championship, Sorenstam walked off the Mission Hills resort course and into a swarm of fans eager to get her autograph.
Content Provided by GolfDigest.com Mallon's Grand opportunity at Nabisco Updated: 03/21/01 The missing jewel in Meg Mallon's Grand Slam crown is within reach this week. With major championship wins at the 1991 U.S. Women's Open, 1991 LPGA Championship and 2000 du Maurier Classic, Mallon enters the Nabisco Championship with a chance to become the fifth LPGA player to win the career Grand Slam. She would join a short, elite list of players including Louise Suggs, Mickey Wright, Pat Bradley and Juli Inkster.
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