The decision comes two days after Sorenstam won the Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill by seven shots for her third victory of the season, and first against a field that included Lorena Ochoa. It was a sign that Sorenstam had fully recovered from injuries and was poised to make a strong big at recapturing her stature as the best in women's golf.
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Annika Sorenstam wins in Dubai
Source. Telegraph.co.uk
Annika Sorenstam may have had a poor season by her standards - she lost her status as world No 1 and was winless throughout the campaign on the LPGA Tour - but she finished the year in style by retaining her Dubai Ladies Masters title at the Emirates Golf Club yesterday.
Her triumph was one half of a Swedish double, as the £5,236 pocketed by Sophie Gustafson, who finished in a share of 15th, was enough to overhaul Germany's Bettina Hauert at the top of the Ladies European Tour moneylist, making Gustafson the European No 1 for the second time in her entertaining career.
Sorenstam, who announced before the tournament that she was determined to regain her world No 1 ranking from Lorena Ochoa after overcoming a troublesome neck injury, set a winning mark of 10 under par overall, following a final-round 70.
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The 36-year-old Sorenstam is engaged to her boyfriend of two years, Mike McGee, who popped the question Saturday morning at the couple's Orlando home.
"What a lovely surprise," Sorenstam said, according to the Associated Press. "I'm as happy as I can be."
No date is set for the wedding, which will be the second for Sorenstam. She filed for divorce from first husband David Esch in February 2005, and began seeing McGee – a former sports agent and the son of former PGA pro Jerry McGee – later that summer.
The engagement comes at a low ebb in Sorenstam's Hall of Fame career. Long the top-ranked LPGA player and arguably the best female golfer ever, she has won 69 events, including 10 majors, since turning pro in 1994. But Sorenstam has not won in 2007 – her first winless season in more than a decade – and earlier this year she lost her No. 1 ranking to rising star Lorena Ochoa.
McGee, once a top college pitcher, now works as managing director of the "Annika" business brand, which includes clothing, golf course design and a golf academy.
Golf News, Source, ESPN.com.- Sorenstam wins another ESPY.
Swedish superstar Annika Sorenstam earned her second straight female athlete of the year honors at the 14th annual ESPY Awards, which was taped last week and televised by ESPN on Sunday. Sorenstam's victory gave her eight career ESPYs.
She beat out snowboarder Hannah Teter, driver Melanie Troxel and Houston Comets star Sheryl Swoopes. Sorenstam accepted the award live via satellite from Gladstone, NJ.
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