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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "With 71 official LPGA Tour victories, including 10 major championships, to her credit, Annika Sorenstam has earned the right to be called one of the best female golfers of all time. She's won a record eight Player of the Year honors and has a sizable advantage atop the LPGA career money list, bringing in more than $21 million throughout her 15-year professional career on the LPGA circuit. Take a look at some of the biggest moments and wins in Annika's golf career.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Two years after turning pro in 1992, Annika Sorenstam won her first professional event: the 1994 Holden Australian Open Championship on the ALPG Tour. She also joined the LPGA that year, and her three top-10 finishes earned Annika the tour's Rookie of the Year honors. Her success qualified her for the Solheim Cup.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam's first LPGA win also happened to be her first win at a major tournament. In 1995, she finished with a final score of 2-under, hoisting the trophy at the age of 24. She won two more LPGA events that year -- the GHP Classic and Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf -- to earn the Vare Trophy and Player of the Year honors. She also topped the money list.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Bettering the score with which she won the 1995 U.S. Women's Open by six strokes, Annika Sorenstam defended her title in 1996. It marked the first time a non-American had won consecutive U.S. Women's Open championships.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "From 1994 to 2004, Betsy King, a professional golfer who won six major championships and 34 LPGA titles in all, hosted a tour event. Annika Sorenstam, who would go on to host an LPGA event herself, won the CoreStates Betsy King Classic in 1996. She also captured the title in 1997.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "With her win in 1996 at the Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf, Annika Sorenstam crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Shooting a four-round 16-under 272, Annika Sorenstam started the 1997 season off on a good note, winning the Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions in January of that year.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam left the chilly mainland U.S. weather in February, 1997 and traveled to Hawaii, where she earned her second victory that season at the Cup Noodles Hawaiian Open.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika's par putt on the 18th hole of the final round in Lincoln, Calif., forced a sudden-death playoff against Pamela Kometani. Kometani bogeyed the second hole of the playoff, while Sorenstam made par to take the Longs Drugs Challenge victory with a four-day total of 285.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "At Forest Hills Country Club in St. Louis, Sorenstam defeated Hiromi Kobayashi by three strokes to win $90,000 and the title at the 1997 Michelob Light Classic. For her sixth and final Tour win that year, she topped Lorie Kane and Pat Hurst in a three-hole playoff in the ITT LPGA Tour Championship.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "With a two-day win total of eight skins, Annika Sorenstam pocketed $220,000 en route to winning the JCPenney/LPGA Skins Game in 1997. That year she also won Player of the Year honors and became the first player in LPGA history to finish the season with a sub-70 scoring average.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam needed two playoff holes to beat Donna Andrews and defend her Michelob Light Classic title in 1998.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "En route to winning both the ShopRite LPGA Classic and JAL Big Apple Classic in 1998, Annika Sorenstam didn't shoot a single round above 69. Her 19-under par effort in the Big Apple Classic set records for 72-hole total (265), strokes strokes under par (19) and margin of victory (eight). She also won the Safeco Classic that year.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "In 1999 for the first time in her career, Annika Sorenstam won an event three times. She came out on top in a three-hole, sudden-death playoff with Tina Barrett at the Michelob Light Classic.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Shooting in the 60s all four rounds at the 1999 New Albany Golf Classic, Annika Sorenstam claimed the event's inaugural title with a 19-under 269. It was her second and final Tour event win in 1999, but she was a runner-up four times. The year was notable for her first LPGA career hole-in-one.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "After winning more LPGA tournaments (18) than any other Tour player in the 1990s, Annika Sorenstam continued her hot streak in 2000. She started the season by qualifying for the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame with her Welch's/Circle K Championship victory, then claimed the Firstar LPGA Classic with a 19-under-par 197 score.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Earning revenge for a sudden-death playoff loss to Karrie Webb earlier that season, Annika Sorenstam topped Webb in a sudden-death playoff in the 2000 Evian Masters.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Pushed to a sudden-death playoff in the 2000 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic, Annika Sorenstam topped Rachel Hetherington for the title.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Fresh off her win at the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic, Annika Sorenstam made it back-to-back wins with a victory in the rain-shortened Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic in 2000. ";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Having lost her hold on No. 1 to Karrie Webb, Annika Sorenstam rededicated herself to golf. The 2001 season was one of her best on the LPGA Tour, as she recorded eight victories. The first of those came at the 2001 Welch's/Circle K Championship, where she had a tournament record 23-under par finish.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "On Friday, March 16, 2001, in Phoenix, Annika Sorenstam became the first woman to shoot a 59 in an LPGA tournament, breaking the previous record by two strokes. She went on to win the Standard Register PING, her second-straight victory of the 2001 season.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "For the first time in her career, Annika Sorenstam earned the right to take the traditional \"lake jump\" at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. The win was the third of her career in a major tournament and the first since the 1996 season.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "With her playoff win at The Office Depot, Annika Sorenstam stretched her tournament winning streak to four in a row. In order to achieve that feat, she had to rally from 10 strokes down on the final day, tying the LPGA record for largest come-from-behind victory.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam beat fellow Swede Sophie Gustafson on the second playoff hole of the LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship to finish at 13-under par and take home the title. She then went on to claim the titles at the BMO Canadian Women's Open and Cisco World Match Play Championship.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "It was a lucky 13-under for Annika Sorenstam at the 2001 Mizuno Classic, as she claimed the $162,000 given to the winner. Throughout the 2001 season, Sorenstam set or tied 30 LPGA records. She also became the first LPGA player to surpass $2 million in single-season earnings.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "In the highly-hyped Battle at Bighorn, a made-for-TV event pitting the top two male and female players in the world, Annika Sorenstam and Tiger Woods defeated Karrie Webb and David Duval. It was the first time LPGA players had ever been featured on \"prime-time\" television.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "With a 14-under 196, Annika Sorenstam captured her first victory of the 2002 season at the LPGA Takefuji Classic. ";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam defended her Kraft Nabisco Championship title in 2002, winning her fourth major with an 8-under 280.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam needed a birdie on the 18th hole at the 2002 Electrolux Championship to win the title. She beat Pat Hurst by one stroke, finishing with a 17-under 271.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam's 11-stroke victory at the Kellogg-Keebler Classic in 2002 tied the LPGA record for largest margin of victory in a 54-hole event. That record was one of 20 Sorenstam would set or tie that season.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "After a one-year absence, Annika Sorenstam was back in the winner's circle at the Evian Masters. Her 19-under 269 gave her the title in 2002.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "For the second time in her career, Annika Sorenstam won the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Her victory in 2002 came courtesy of a 12-under 201 final score.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam added her seventh and eighth Tour wins of 2002 with titles at the Williams Championship and Safeway Classic.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Not only did Annika Sorenstam win the Samsung World Championship in 2002, but she also recorded the third hole-in-one of her LPGA career during the first round of the tournament.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "With a 15-under 201 at the Seta Golf Club, Annika Sorenstam defended her Mizuno Classic title.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam capped the 2002 season -- the best of her professional career -- with a win at the ADT Championship. It was her 11th of the year, making her just one of two golfers to win 11 tournaments
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika won her first event of 2003 at the Office Depot Championship.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Amid much controversy in 2003, Annika Sorenstam became the first woman since 1945 to compete on the PGA Tour when she was invited to play in the Bank of America Colonial tournament. Although she shot a 71 and 75 in the first two rounds and missed the cut, finishing tied for 96th out of the 111 golfers, she gained worldwide attention for her play.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam didn't let her PGA Tour failure affect her LPGA performance. Just one week after the Bank of America Colonial, she shot 62 in the opening round of the Kellogg-Keebler Classic en route to winning the title and setting an LPGA record for lowest first round by a winner.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Triumphing over Grace Park in a sudden-death playoff in 2003, Annika Sorenstam captured the McDonald’s LPGA Championship trophy and won her fifth major title.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "With her win at the Weetabix Women's British Open in 2003, Annika Sorenstam became just the sixth player in LPGA history to complete the LPGA Career Grand Slam. She also became the first in LPGA history to reach $12 million in career earnings.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "With back-to-back eagles at the Safeway Classic in 2003, Annika Sorenstam claimed the tournament title. She was just the sixth LPGA golfer to record consecutive eagles.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam's third consecutive Mizuno Classic win in 2003 also marked the first time an LPGA golfer brought in $13 million in career earnings. That year she also earned her sixth Rolex Player of the Year honors and, because it was her tenth year on tour, officially qualified for the LPGA Tour and World Golf Halls of Fame. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on October 20, becoming the first international player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame through the LPGA criteria.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "With an 18-under 270, Annika Sorenstam won the 2004 Safeway International. It was her first tournament victory that season.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam defended her Office Depot Championship title in 2004, shooting a 9-under 207 for her third win overall at the event.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam's 18-under 270 helped her claim the title at the LPGA Corning Classic in 2004. ";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "With her second-straight LPGA Championship win in 2004, Annika Sorenstam became the first player to reach $14 million in career earnings.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam's fifth tournament win of 2004 came at the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, where she shot a 9-under 204. The money that came along with her win helped Sorenstam reach $15 million in career earnings.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "At the invitation-only Samsung World Championship in 2004, Annika Sorenson earned her fourth victory at the event.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "For the fourth straight year, Annika Sorenstam won the Mizuno Classic. She became just the second LPGA player to win the same LPGA event four consecutive years.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam won her eighth title of 2004 by topping Cristie Kerr on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff at the ADT Championship. In addition to those eight wins, she had 16 top-10 finishes in 18 starts. Her feats earned Sorenstam her seventh Rolex Player of the Year award.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "After winning the final two events -- Mizuno Classic and ADT Championship -- she entered in 2004, Annika Sorenstam continued her LPGA success in 2005 with a win in the first tournament she played. Sorenstam claimed the inaugural trophy at the MasterCard Classic.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam defended her Safeway International title in 2005, winning her fourth straight event in the process.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam was dominant in the 2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship, taking the title by eight shots. Her five wins in five consecutive events entered tied Nancy Lopez's 1978 record.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Her 23-under 265 gave Annika Sorenstam a commanding 10-stroke win at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship in 2005, the last year the event would be known by that name.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "For the third time in her career, Annika Sorenstam claimed the ShopRite LPGA Classic title. Her final score -- 17-under 196 -- in 2005 matched her winning score in 1998.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "By winning the LPGA Championship in 2005, Annika Sorenstam became the first LPGA golfer to win the same major three years in a row and the seventh to win the first two majors of the year. She also reached $17 million in career earnings at the event.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Annika Sorenstam defended her John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic title in 2005, shooting a 5-under 208.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Her eight-stroke victory in the 2005 Samsung World Championship was Annika Sorenstam's fifth win at the event. She equaled Mickey Wright's LPGA record for
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Continuing her dominance at the Mizuno Classic, Annika Sorenstam won in 2005. It marked her fifth straight win at the event, which made her the first in LPGA history to win the same event five years in a row. Her win also pushed her over the $18 million mark in career earnings.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "For the sixth time in 2005, Annika Sorenstam defended a title when she won the ADT Championship. The season was an extremely successful one for Annika, as she won 10 of the 20 tournaments she entered, claimed her eighth Player of the Year honor -- setting an LPGA record -- and became the only LPGA player to hold the Player of the Year award, the Vare Trophy and the ADT Official Money List title five times. ";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "After starting the season in the No. 1 spot in the first-ever official Women's World Golf Rankings, Annika Sorenstam promptly won the first event she entered and defended her MasterCard Classic title.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "In 2006, just weeks after becoming a U.S. Citizen, Annika Sorenstam recaptured the U.S. Women's Open trophy after a 10-year drought. After an 18-hole playoff with Pat Hurst, Sorenstam claimed her third career win at the event and 10th major title, tying Babe Zaharias for fourth most of all-time.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Not only did Annika Sorenstam win the State Farm Classic, shooting the lowest final round ever by a winner with a 62, but she also earned the $250,000 State Farm LPGA Series Bonus Pool. ";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "For the first time since winning her first LPGA title in 1995, Annika Sorenstam was held to a winless season in 2007. Much of her slump can be attributed to the ruptured and bulging discs in her neck, which forced her to take a two-month rehabilitation break. She relinquished her hold on the LPGA's top ranking on April 22, 2007. ";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "Finally feeling injury-free, Annika Sorenstam opened the 2008 season with a win at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay, shooting a 10-under 206.";
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spt_AnnikaSorenstam[i-1].body = "In the inaugural Stanford International Pro-Am in 2008, Annika Sorenstam earned her second LPGA Tour title of the year. She beat Paula Creamer on the first hole of the sudden-death playoff. ";
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