Highlights
Annika Sorenstam has dominated the LPGA Tour for more than a decade, capturing 69 Tour events and eight Player of the Year awards. In 2007, Sorenstam went winless for the first time since turning pro in 1993. Her prowess in the women's golf arena has matched that of Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus on the PGA Tour. Her $20-plus million in career earnings easily surpasses any other LPGA player. Sorenstam, 37, made history in 2003 by competing in the Bank of America Colonial, now the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, a PGA Tour event. Sorenstam was the first female to compete on the PGA Tour since Babe Zaharias in the 1945 Los Angeles Open.
Annika Sorenstam has dominated the LPGA Tour for more than a decade, capturing 69 Tour events and eight Player of the Year awards. In 2007, Sorenstam went winless for the first time since turning pro in 1993. Her prowess in the women's golf arena has matched that of Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus on the PGA Tour. Her $20-plus million in career earnings easily surpasses any other LPGA player. Sorenstam, 37, made history in 2003 by competing in the Bank of America Colonial, now the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, a PGA Tour event. Sorenstam was the first female to compete on the PGA Tour since Babe Zaharias in the 1945 Los Angeles Open.
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Athletic Shorts: Dominguez Sweeps Hollywood Stakes
Ramon Dominguez rode the winners in both Grade I stakes races on the turf Sunday at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Calif. Cocoa Beach rallied through the stretch to overtake Precious Kitten and win the $500,000 Matriarch for fillies and mares. The 4-year-...Tags: Connecticut College, Multi-Sport Events, Stephen Ames, Rocco Mediate, Golf
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Choi wins Skins Game
K.J. Choi holed an 11-foot birdie putt worth $270,000 on the 18th hole Sunday in Indian Wells, Calif., to win the 26th Skins Game with $415,000. Stephen Ames missed a nine-footer that would have tied the hole and forced the foursome including Phil...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Stephen Ames, Rocco Mediate, Golf, New York Yankees
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Choi hits Skins bonanza
Staff and wire reportsK.J. Choi holed an 11-foot birdie putt worth $270,000 on the 18th hole Sunday to win the 26th Skins Game with $415,000. Stephen Ames missed a nine-footer that would have tied the hole and forced the foursome including Phil Mickelson and Rocco Mediate...Tags: Stephen Ames, Rocco Mediate, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Golf, Clubs and Associations
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Choi birdies 18th for Skins victory
K.J. Choi holed an 11-foot birdie putt worth $270,000 on the 18th hole Sunday to win the 26th Skins Game in Indian Wells, Calif., with $415,000. Stephen Ames missed a nine-footer that would have tied the hole and forced the foursome including Phil...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Stephen Ames, Rocco Mediate, Golf, Phil Mickelson
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Choi's birdie on 18 lifts him to Skins Game title
K.J. Choi made an 11-foot birdie putt worth $270,000 on the 18th hole to win the 26th Skins Game with $415,000 in Indian Wells, Calif. Stephen Ames missed a nine-footer that would have tied the hole and forced the foursome including Phil Mickelson and...Tags: Stephen Ames, Rocco Mediate, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Golf, St. Louis Blues
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Steady rookie Choi earns his 1st skins
K.J. Choi overcame the nerves of playing in his first LG Skins Game by using a precise short game and key putts to take the first-day lead in the 26th annual event Saturday at Indian Wells, Calif. Choi rolled in a 3-foot birdie putt worth $75,000 on...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Golf, Phil Mickelson, Dining and Drinking
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Annika Sorenstam's International team wins Lexus Cup; American Christina Kim has birdie on 18
SINGAPORE (AP) _ Annika Sorenstam celebrated two big victories in her second-to-last event before retiring. For starters Sunday in the Lexus Cup, the International team captain waited out a lightning delay to finish off Asian counterpart Se Ri Pak 3...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Helen Alfredsson, Golf, Clubs and Associations, Karen Stupples
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Athletic Shorts: UConn Soccer Falls To Creighton
Seth Sinovic headed in a free kick from Andrei Gotsmanov with 1:28 left in the first overtime period as No.2 Creighton came from behind to beat No.22 UConn 2-1 Saturday in Omaha, Neb., in the third round of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Stephen Ames, Rocco Mediate, Giant Slalom Skiing, Golf
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Red Sox Add Littleton
The Hartford CourantJapanese righthander Junichi Tazawa moved a step closer to signing with the Red Sox after rejecting offers from three other major league teams. Tazawa, 22, contacted the Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners and Atlanta Braves on Friday to reject their offers,...Tags: Stephen Ames, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Major League Baseball, Tim Redding, New York Mets
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Red Sox reportedly land star Japanese hurler
The Boston Globe and SI.com are reporting that sources in Japan indicate the Red Sox will announce on Monday that they have signed coveted amateur pitcher Junichi Tazawa, a 22-year-old righthander who idolizes Daisuke Matsuzaka. Sankei Sports, a Tokyo...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Stephen Ames, Rocco Mediate, Golf, Texas Rangers
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Sorenstam, Ochoa facing an early exit at ADT
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe pressure's ratcheting up early on two of the LPGA's brightest stars. Annika Sorenstam and Lorena Ochoa will have to dig themselves out of holes to avoid disappointing early exits today at the ADT Championship at Trump International. Sorenstam's...Tags: Karrie Webb, Golf, Cristie Kerr, Lorena Ochoa
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Georgia Tech Tops Miami
Hold off on Miami's return to national prominence. The Hurricanes ran into a huge roadblock Thursday night: Georgia Tech's triple-option offense. The Yellow Jackets ran No. 23 Miami ragged in a game that could have moved the one-time powerhouse to the...Tags: John Cook, Meteorological Disasters, Golf, Disasters, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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