Annika Sörenstam
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Annika is the greatest female golfer of our generation, and often regarded as the best of all-time. During her 16-year, Hall-of-Fame career, she rewrote the record books, won countless awards, and changed the way women’s golf was played, viewed and covered. Her global, on-course success and knowledge of business helped her become the first and only female golfer to create a successful brand of businesses. The ANNIKA brand has been featured in Duane Knapp’s book Brand Strategy, Inc., as well as in non-golf media outlets like Brandweek, The New York Times, Fortune Magazine, SportsBusiness Journal, Success Magazine, USA Today and Wine Spectator.From 1993 to 2008, Annika amassed 89 victories worldwide. They included 72 on the LPGA and 10 Major Championships. Annika holds a record number of Rolex Player of the Year awards (eight) and Vare Trophies for the lowest season scoring average (six). In 2001, she became the first – and still only – female to break 60 in an official event, earning her the nickname “Ms. 59.” Annika received
worldwide media attention in 2003 when she became the first woman since 1945 to play in a PGA TOUR event (The Colonial in Ft. Worth, Texas). She remains the LPGA’s all-time money leader with over $22 million in earnings. After representing Team Europe in eight Solheim Cups as a player and three as a vice-captain, she served as captain in 2017.Annika journeyed from her native Sweden to attend the University of Arizona in 1990. She majored in nutrition, but left school after her sophomore year to pursue a professional golf career. To say she succeeded would be an understatement. Annika and her husband, Mike McGee, split time between residences in Orlando and Incline Village, Nev. with their two children, Ava and Will.
