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Then you see those biceps, and you figure she could tear your arm off and hit a ball 200 yds. with it. "Oh, and robotic," she adds with a smile. "A lot of people say I'm robotic...
...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: her ripped physique--building more strength has helped her add more than 20 yds. to her drive--and a better short game, which have turned her from a rising star into a golfing supernova...
...nine men's tournaments she was invited to, she chose the Colonial because the course favors shotmakers, not ball whackers. At 7,080 yds.--with one par five that stretches 609 yds.--the Colonial is still 700 yds. 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...
...props: Will there be a score in the first 5:30 of the game (Yes/even, No/-120)? Who will have more receiving yards, Jerry Rice or Keyshawn Johnson (Rice, -3.5 yds...
...ASDA, the British chain Wal-Mart bought in mid-1999, the company was selling men's jeans for about $24 after paying $14 per yd. for 50,000 yds. of material to make them. Then the buy was moved to Bentonville, and the conversation went something like, "We'd like 6 million yds., please. Now what's your price?" Try $4.77 per yd. As a result, ASDA slashed its retail prices in half and upped its annual jeans sales to 1 million, from 174,000. ASDA is acquiring some 2,000 products from Wal-Mart's global network...