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...better word may be bionic--women's golf hasn't seen a player so dominant in decades, if ever. This still means that a lot of people haven't seen her at all, given the modest visibility of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). That will change this week when the five-time Player of the Year and her sublime swing take on Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els and other PGA stars at the Colonial invitational in Fort Worth, Texas. She will become the first woman to play in a PGA tournament since Babe Didrikson Zaharias...
Sorenstam, a math lover and self-confessed geek, says "the numbers always tell the truth." For 16 years she has kept a spreadsheet with all her vital golfing stats--scoring, putting, driving. In 1987 "my scoring average was 77," she notes. Last year it was an LPGA record 68.70. (Tiger Woods' average was 68.56.) "It's fun to see the progress," she says. Despite the presence of phenoms such as Karrie Webb and Se Ri Pak, Sorenstam has owned the past two seasons. In 2001 she won 11 tournaments and shot a record-low round of 59; last year...
...they always want to play with the boys? Golf megastar Annika Sorenstam won 13 out of 24 tournaments last year on her way to posting the lowest average score in LPGA history. Now she is turning her eyes to greener, er, greens: she has accepted an invitation to compete in the Bank of America Colonial tournament in May, which will make her the first woman in more than 50 years to play in a PGA event. Sorenstam says she is "curious to see if [she] can compete." But experts don't foresee a Billie Jean King--style man-beating--Sorenstam...
...eight months pregnant b) to play like Craig Stadler, one must dress like Craig Stadler c) it's the LPGA...
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