Sorenstam to retire at end of season

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Annika Sorenstam to Retire after '08
Published 5/13/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Shane B.) at Dogs That Chase Cars
In really strange, John Elway-style news, the AP is reporting that Annika Sorenstam is going to retire after this season. Sorenstam is only 37-years old, which would be like Tiger Woods hanging up his really sweet Nike golf shoes in five years. I'm a little torn on this idea, but I guess it's because I'm really competitive but at the same time would enjoy swimming around "Ducktales" style in my gold coin vault. Annika has won 72 tournaments and ten majors, so she obviously don't have a lot to prove, but a Lorena Ochoa-Annika Sorenstam battle ...

Sorenstam Feeling Like Favre, Decides To Retire
Published 5/13/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Annika Sorenstam is packing up her putter & storing away her seven-iron. The golfing giantess announced that she’s retiring from the links , effective at the end of the season. ...

Annika Sorenstam to retire at season's end
Published 5/15/2008 at Dot Wong
... 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 … ...