Golf in Sweden

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Chapters: Golf clubs and courses in Sweden, Golf tournaments in Sweden, Swedish golfers, Annika Sörenstam, Sophie Gustafson, 2003 Solheim Cup, Carin Koch, Liselotte Neumann, Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson, Jesper Parnevik, 2007 Solheim Cup, Helen Alfredsson, Anna Nordqvist, Louise Stahle, Mathias Grönberg, Sven Tumba Johansson, Maria Hjorth, Jarmo Sandelin, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Niclas Fasth, Peter Hedblom, Carl Pettersson, Karin Sjödin, Anders Forsbrand, Charlotta Sörenstam, Johan Edfors, List of Swedish professional golfers, Fredrik Jacobson, Peter Hanson, Patrik Sjöland, Catrin Nilsmark, Joakim Haeggman, Richard S. Johnson, Fredrik Andersson Hed, Pierre Fulke, Louise Friberg, Gabriel Hjertstedt, Klas Eriksson, Mats Lanner, Daniel Chopra, Alexander Norén, Adam Mednick, Linda Wessberg, Peter Gustafsson, Michael Jonzon, Pelle Edberg, Joakim Bäckström, Oskar Henningsson, Mikael Lundberg, Ove Sellberg, Christian Nilsson, Per Nyman, Chris Hanell, Dennis Edlund, Fredrik Henge, Leif Westerberg, Rikard Karlberg, Kalle Brink, Mikaela Parmlid, Johan Axgren, Scandinavian Masters, Oscar Florén, Magnus A. Carlsson, Johanna Johansson, Cecilia Ekelundh, Pernilla Lindberg, Jonas Blixt, Scandinavian Enterprise Open, Ullna GC, PLM Open, SAS Masters Tour, Nordic League, Barsebäck Golf & Country Club, Bro Hof Slott Golf Club, Telia Challenge Waxholm, The Princess, Anders Haglund, Halmstad GK, Skandia PGA Open, Dubliner Challenge, Hills Golf Club. Excerpt: Annika Sörenstam (·)) (born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish-American professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she 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 $8 million ahead of her nearest rival. Since 2006, Sörenstam has held dual American and Swedish citizenship. The winner of a record eight Player of the Year awards, and six Vare Trophies given to the LPGA player with the lowest seasonal scoring average, she is the only female golfer to have shot a 59 in competition. She holds various all-time scoring records including the lowest season scoring average: 68.6969 in 2004. Representing Europe in the Solheim Cup on eight occasions between 1994-2007, Sörenstam is the event's all-time leading points earner. Sörenstam made history at the Bank of America Colonial tournament in 2003 as the first woman to play in a men's PGA Tour event since 1945. Often known simply as "Annika," she achieved the fame of male golfers known in the same way: Arnie (Arnold Palmer), Jack (Nicklaus) and Tiger (Woods). Her growing off-course interests include the ANNIKA golf academy, golf course design, ANNIKA-branded products, and a charitable foundation. Sörenstam was born in Bro near Stockholm, Sweden. Her father Tom is a retired IBM executive, her mother Gunilla worked in a bank and her younger sister Charlotta is a professional golfer who coaches at her sister's academy. Annika and Charlotta Sörenstam are the only two sisters to have both won $1 million on the LPGA. As a child, Sörenstam was a talented all-round sportsgirl. She was a nationally ranked junior tennis player, played football (soccer) in her hometown te