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Born in Stockholm on October 9, 1970, Sörenstam became a professional golfer in 1993 and is considered by many to be the most successful female golfer ever.
As of 2004, she had won 56 LPGA tournaments (see list below), including seven majors. Every year since 2000 she has won at least five tournaments and the total sum of her prize money exceeds 15 million dollars.
She's won seven Rolex Player of the Year awards, and is the holder of various all-time scoring records, including the lowest score in a single round (59 in the second round of the 2001 Standard Register PING tournament) and the lowest scoring average for one season (68.70 in 2002).
Amid notable controversy, Sörenstam was invited to play in The Colonial golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas in May of 2003, making her the first woman to play in a PGA event since Babe Zaharias, who qualified for the 1945 Los Angeles Open . Cheered through each hole, she shot a +5, tying for 96th out of the 111 who finished the first two rounds, not enough to make the cut.
She qualified for the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000, but was not eligible for induction until finishing her tenth year on the LPGA tour, which she did in October 2003.
1995 US Women's Open, GHP Heartland Classic, Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
1996 US Women's Open, CoreStates Betsy King Classic, Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
1997 Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions, Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open, Longs Drugs Challenge, Michelob Light Classic, CoreStates Betsy King Classic, ITT LPGA Tour Championship
1998 Michelob Light Classic, ShopRite LPGA Classic, JAL Big Apple Classic, SAFECO Classic
1999 Michelob Light Classic, New Albany Golf Classic
2000 Welch's/Circle K Championship, Firstar LPGA Classic, Evian Masters, Jamie Farr Kroger Classic, Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic
2001 Welch's/Circle K Championship, Standard Register PING, Nabisco Championship, The Office Depot Hosted by Amy Alcott, Chick-fil-A Charity Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez, Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's Open, CISCO World Ladies Match Play Championship, Mizuno Classic
2002 LPGA Takefuji Classic, Kraft Nabisco Championship, Aerus Electrolux USA Championship, Kellogg-Keebler Classic, Evian Masters, ShopRite LPGA Classic, Williams Championship, Safeway Classic, Samsung World Championship, Mizuno Classic, ADT Championship
2003 The Office Depot Championship, Kellogg-Keebler Classic, McDonald's LPGA Championship, Weetabix Women's British Open, Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi, Mizuno Classic
2004 Safeway International, The Office Depot Championship, LPGA Corning Classic, McDonald's LPGA Championship, John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, Samsung World Championship, Mizuno Classic, ADT Championship
See also: List of Swedes in sports
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