Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Swedish golfer Annika Sorenstam.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Annika Charlotta Sörenstam is a Swedish professional golfer. She is regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer with the most wins to her name. She has won 72 official LPGA tournaments including ten majors and 18 other tournaments internationally, and she tops the LPGA's career money list with earnings of over $22 million—over $2 million ahead of her nearest rival while playing 187 fewer events. Since 2006, Sörenstam has held dual American and Swedish citizenship.
It's a lot of fun coming out for a practice round and having the crowd behind you and cheering you on (a few) days before the event.
I think it’s important for me to play well and set the tone.
I told my caddie today that I am in the position that I want to be in. That this is what I have been waiting for, to win my tenth victory. I said that I am going to do everything that I can do today and that nothing is going to stop me.
To play well you have to have good balance in your life. Tiger has found that. If you play golf long enough you'll learn that life is more than golf.
There are no shortcuts to success.
I've learned a lot about my game every time I play golf in a men's event.
When I first came on tour, I was playing for money. Now I'm playing to win golf tournaments and the money is more than I ever dreamed I could make.
I still get butterflies on the first tee. I still get sweaty hands, and my heart pumps a lot going down the 18th. But I know what winning is all about now, and that's a feeling that I like.
On the first tee I kept telling myself, "Trust yourself, you can do it."
I push myself to be the best I can be. I don't worry about what other people are doing, and I don't think about things I can't control.
I love to crunch numbers. I look at how many fairways I hit, how many greens I hit. I plan my way around the golf course.
I stay patient. I don't go out there and try to set a course record. That's probably one of my strengths and one reason I've been able to win major championships.
I find it flattering to be compared to Tige
You just have to try and keep on grinding and hope that things will turn around eventually.
A lot of people think I am cold and have no feelings. But I do. I just try very hard to focus and not let my emotions take over on the golf course.
Ron Syriac, a golf writer and friend, was quoted as saying, "Annika is no longer a female golfer. She's a golfer." That's truly all I ever aspired to be.