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Annika Sorenstam Announces Retirement

By Neil Sagebiel | May 13th, 2008

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Annika Sorenstam has 72 career wins. (Gottwald/Flickr)

Annika Sorenstam, one of the greats in any sport over the last decade or so, said she will hang it up at the end of the 2008 season.

This from the AP:

Annika Sorenstam will retire after the season, ending an LPGA Tour career in which she has won 72 tournaments to date and delivered a defining moment when she teed it up against the men on the PGA Tour.

“I think I’ve achieved more than I ever thought I could,” she said during a news conference Tuesday at the Sybase Classic in Clifton, N.J. “I have given it all, and it’s been fun.”

The 37-year-old Sorenstam has hinted at retirement the past several seasons, saying she wanted to devote more time to her growing business and to start a family. She is engaged to Mike McGee, son of former PGA Tour player Jerry McGee.

Annika won the Michelob ULTRA Open in dominating fashion on Sunday. It was her third victory this season.

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