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...that is, gets knocked out halfway through the four-round tournament. Although Singh begged for a mulligan, insisting he was misunderstood, it was music to USA and CBS, which will be adding extra coverage to follow Sorenstam, Tiger-like, in what until then had been just another golf tournament. And Singh might be expressing the anxiety the gentlemen may feel when, come Sunday, some of them could be in the running for the First PGA Pro to Get His Butt Kicked by a Skirt trophy...
That self is an absolute perfectionist. "Not just in golf but in everything I do," says Sorenstam, sitting in the plush lounge of her home course in Orlando, Fla. Friends and coaches talk of how when Annika was a teen, other girls would practice one hour after a round and she would put in three; or the time Annika had the flu, threw up on the course and still won. Sorenstam's strength is "her intrinsic motivation," says coach and mentor Pia Nilsson. "Her ability to look honestly at what she can improve is absolutely the best." The evidence...
...sisters didn't take to golf until their teens. Annika made the Swedish junior team at 16, but "if someone had said, 'Who will be the next star here?'" says coach Nilsson, "I never would have said Annika had a better chance than any of the others." She did win a scholarship to play at the University of Arizona, where she blossomed in the year-round sunshine, winning the NCAA title as a freshman and the world amateur crown as a sophomore. In 1994 she turned pro and was named Rookie of the Year. In '95 she won her first...
...longer than the typical LPGA setup. But it is also the kind of classic course Sorenstam loves, with narrow, tree-lined fairways, deep, ball-eating bunkers and small, slick greens. "Length is not the most important thing," says Colonial head pro Dow Finsterwald Jr. "This is a position golf course"--a plus for Sorenstam, one of the most accurate hitters in the game. She'll have to hope her straight shooting will make up for her power disadvantage--her current 275.4-yd. average drive would rank her 159th on the PGA tour...
That sounds a bit disingenuous considering the frenzy she's creating, but Sorenstam is sticking to her Scandinavian stoicism. "I'm very competitive, but at the end, golf is just a game," she says. Oh yeah? Just tell that to the boys. --With reporting by Meredith Lennox/London, Adam Pitluk/Fort Worth and Sonja Steptoe/Los Angeles