(born October 9, 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer.
She is one of the most successful female golfers ever. To date, she has won 69 official LPGA tournaments, including ten majors. Every year from 2000 to 2005 she won at least five tournaments and she tops the LPGA's career money list by several million dollars, with earnings of over $19 million. http://www.lpga.com/player_stats.aspx?y=2005&o=2.
Sörenstam has won eight Rolex Player of the Year awards, and is the holder of various all-time scoring records, including the lowest score in a single round (59 in the second round of the 2001 Standard Register PING tournament) and the lowest scoring average for one season (68.6969 in 2004). Sorenstam has also won the Vare Trophy, given to the LPGA player with the lowest scoring average for the year, six times.
Childhood and amateur career
Born in Bro, Sweden in the Upplands-Bro Municipality outside Stockholm, As a child Sörenstam played competitive tennis and skied. At the age of 12 she switched to golf and enjoyed a very successful amateur career. She was a member of the Swedish National Team from 1987 to 1992 and played at the 1990 and 1992 World Amateur Golf Team Championships, becoming World Amateur champion in 1992. Sörenstam moved to the United States to attend college and played on the University of Arizona women's golf team where she won seven collegiate titles including the 1991 individual NCAA National Championship. She was 1991 NCAA Co-Player of the Year (with Kelly Robbins), runner-up in 1992, 1992 Pac-10 champion and a 1991-92 NCAA All-American. In 1992 she was the runner-up to Vicki Goetze at the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship. She became a professional golfer in 1993, playing on the WPGET (now Ladies European Tour) tour.
Professional career
After turning professional, Sorenstam was invited to play in three LPGA tournaments early in 1993, finishing T38th, 4th, and T9th earning more than $47,000. She finished second four times on the WPGET tour and was named 1993 WPGET Rookie of the Year. She qualified for the LPGA Tour by tying for 28th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 1994 season.
In 1994, Sorenstam was named LPGA Rookie of the Year after and had three top-10 finishes, including a tie for second at the Weetabix Women's British Open. In 1995, she won her first LPGA Tour title at the U.S. Women's Open. She also led the 1995 WPGET Order of Merit and won the Jerringpriset award in Sweden, the country’s most prestigious award in sports.
In 1996, Sorenstam won four tournaments including the U.S. Women's Open
