ANNIKA SORENSTAM

LPGA Hall of Famer Annika Sörenstam and husband Mike McGee created the "Annika Fore East Palestine" campaign to raise funds to aid clean up of a chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio.

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Neither had planned to be in Michigan this week for the $2.5-million Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. Both players know they’ve got a long way to go if they want to secure their first LPGA Tour victories this week. “I really like this format and, of course, playing with Madelene,” Sorenstam, playing in just her third event since returning in 2008. The tournament ends Saturday so players can head overseas for next week’s Evian Championship, the fourth major of the LPGA Tour season. MORE:LPGA Tour legend Annika Sorenstam atop leaderboard in MidlandSorenstam returns to LPGA Tour in Midland

The LPGA Tour legend, who retired in 2008 before returning this year, is sitting atop the field at the $2.5-million Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational with teammate Madelene Sagstrom after they shot 5-under-par 65 at Midland Country Club in Wednesday’s rain-delayed opening round. They made three straight birdies beginning at the 12th hole to reach 6-under-par before making their only bogey at the par-4 16th. Sorenstam, who has won 72 times on the LPGA Tour, is playing in just her third event since retiring. The 51-year-old Swede, winner of 10 major championships, played in the 2021 U.S. Senior Women’s Open and 2022 U.S. Women’s Open. MORE:Sorenstam returns to LPGA Tour in Midland

Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam was back on top of an LPGA Tour leaderboard Wednesday, teaming with Madelene Sagstrom in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational.

Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam was back on top of an LPGA Tour leaderboard Wednesday, teaming with Madelene Sagstrom in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. “It is different because it’s a team format,” Sorenstam said. The 51-year-old Sorenstam is making her second LPGA Tour start of the year and only her third since retiring after the 2008 season.

LPGA legend Annika Sorenstam will return to the regular tour, making a stop at the 2022 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational in Midland. Sorenstam retired from the tour in 2008, playing in just two LPGA events since the retirement … the 2021 U.S. Senior Women’s Open and the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open. She won the 2021 Senior Women’s Open by eight strokes over Liselotte Neumann. I’ve heard great things about this tournament from my friends on the LPGA Tour. Team events are always fun, and I’m looking forward to the experience.”Sorenstam, 51, has claimed 72 LPGA Tour wins, including 10 majors, and has earned eight Player of the Year awards.

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Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad shot a 6-under 65, the lowest round by an amateur in the 77-year history of the U.S. Women's Open, to take the early lead at Pine Needles.

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The biggest event in women's golf now has the prize money to match.

Jin Young Ko birdied her first playoff hole with fellow South Korean player Hee Jeong Lim to win the BMW Ladies Championship.

Jin Young Ko won another tournament and tied a record held by Annika Soresntam.

Jin Young Ko is one round away from winning the Founders Cup and joining some exclusive company on the LPGA Tour.

Jin Young Ko had a three-stroke lead with four holes left Friday when second-round play in the LPGA Tour’s Cognizant Founders Cup was suspended because of darkness.

One week after Jin Young Ko lost a chance to win on the LPGA Tour, the South Korean star is right back at it.

Nelly Korda followed in big sister's footsteps with a three-shot victory that looked easier than it felt. “Yeah, Jess' win, I was like, ‘OK, I got to get one now,’" Korda said. But it's nice to get back-to-back Korda wins now.”More than just matching her sister, Korda won for the first time on American soil. Sorenstam finished 29 shots behind Korda, who won by three over Lexi Thompson and Lydia Ko. Korda made sure of that with a steady diet of pars and picking up enough birdies when she needed them.

Sorenstam, playing for the first time in more than 12 years after retiring, had no expectations and no excuses. That put her in last place by four shots, 22 shots behind Korda. “Any time you can get ahead of the pack going into Sunday is a positive,” Korda said. Not going to lie, coming down the stretch, those putts were a little shaky.”But she made them, and she's in great position going for her first LPGA Tour victory. “Normally, I hit the ball straight, and today was everything but straight,” Sorenstam said.

Annika Sorenstam chips a shot to the ninth green during the first round of the Gainbridge LPGA golf tournament Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)ORLANDO, Fla. – Annika Sorenstam went more than 12 years without playing on the LPGA Tour. Sorenstam, making a one-time appearance because the LPGA Tour is at her home course, finally got some putts to drop and ran off three birdies on her second nine. She wanted a little competition as she contemplates playing he U.S. Senior Women's Open this summer, and she said she wouldn't have played an LPGA tour event if it wasn't on her home course. But for someone out of competition for nearly as long as her career on the LPGA Tour, she still has ample game. 1 in the world who won her first LPGA Tour event at 15.

Annika Sorenstam chips a shot to the ninth green during the first round of the Gainbridge LPGA golf tournament Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)ORLANDO, Fla. – Annika Sorenstam doesn't remember golf being this difficult. With one birdie and one bad hole, Sorenstam had a 3-over 75 in the LPGA Gainbridge on her home course at Lake Nona. Sorenstam was 10 shots behind another Lake Nona member, Lydia Ko, who opened with a 7-under 65 for a two-shot lead. But then, this week isn't about Sorenstam adding to her 72 career victories or even starting a comeback at age 50. After a penalty drop, she hit it back toward the fairway to about 70 yards, hit an ordinary wedge and three-putted from about 18 feet for a triple bogey.

Diamond Resorts supports her foundation, so she played in the celebrity division of the LPGA Tour season opener last month. AdAnd then the Gainbridge LPGA moved from South Florida to Lake Nona, and Sorenstam already was contemplating a return to competition at the U.S. Senior Women's Open. The members at Lake Nona mostly see her at pickleball or in the clubhouse for Easter brunch or a Thanksgiving feast. Lake Nona, home to several PGA and LPGA players, hosted the Solheim Cup in 1990 and previously had the Tavistock Cup, matches between tour members from Lake Nona and Isleworth. “If it wasn't Lake Nona, I wouldn't be here,” she said.

The surprise decision was still fresh three weeks later when 19-year-old Yani Tseng won her first major. Sorenstam turned 50 in October and has not competed on the LPGA Tour since the final event of 2008. She also played the LPGA Tour season opener last month, although Sorenstam was part of the celebrity division. When she won the Kia Classic in March 2012 for her 15th LPGA Tour title, she was four points short of the LPGA Hall of Fame. Tseng played five times over the second half of 2020 on the Taiwan LPGA, missing one cut and failing to finish in the top 25.

The award is one of the nation’s highest civilian honors. President Donald Trump has generally held public ceremonies when presenting the honor, but Thursday’s event was closed to the media. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany released a statement on the awards, which for Sorenstam and Player had been previously announced last March. She was an all-around athlete nicknamed “Babe,” after Babe Ruth. Zaharias was still a top-ranked professional golfer when she died from cancer in 1956.

US President Donald Trump looks on after presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Celtics basketball legend Bob Cousy in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 22, 2019. A day after his supporters rioted inside the U.S. Capitol, President Donald Trump turned his attention to golf. President Donald Trump was scheduled to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to three professional golfers on Thursday, a White House official said. Trump's remarks to supporters at a rally Wednesday outside the White House came just before a joint session of Congress convened to confirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Trump's supporters swarmed the Capitol, breaking through lines of law enforcement officers and invading the halls of Congress.

55 after closing with a 77 in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai to drop to a tie for 23rd. That he accumulated the most world ranking points (463.54) was no surprise. Johnson received credit for the victory with the staggered start based on the FedEx Cup (he tied for third in world ranking points). DIVOTSDustin Johnson earned an average of 25.75 world ranking points in his 18 starts worldwide in 2020. That's more than the total ranking points Tiger Woods earned (19.08) in the nine tournaments he played.

(CBS Local)- The most iconic moments in sports often have back stories that we don’t find out until years later. The next two episodes, Lisa Leslie Throws Down! and Picture of Triumph give insight into two other iconic moments in women’s sports. The first dunk in a WNBA game from Los Angeles Sparks legend Lisa Leslie and the World Cup winning penalty kick and ensuing celebration from Brandi Chastain in 1999. From Brandi Chastain to Annika Sorenstam to Lisa Leslie, this season of 'Four Sides of the Story' showcases some of the most iconic moments in women’s sports over the last 25 years.