Annika Sorenstam to retire at season's end

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Chris Baldwin found this 5/20/2008 on www.worldgolf.com [flag]
Annika Sorenstam said Tuesday she is retiring from professional golf at the end of this season. The 37-year-old Swede, who said she’d been thinking about retiring “for a while,” has won 72 LPGA Tour titles in her career. The Dubai Ladies Masters will be Sorenstam’s last event … “I have made a decision to step away from competitive golf after this ... [link]

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Why is everyone stupidly assuming Annika Sorenstam will stay retired?
Published 5/20/2008 at Chris Baldwin
... When Annika Sorenstam announced her retirement, I was deep into Canada - which really is becoming more and more its own removed world where America feels eons away. Busy combining ...

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