Thursday, November 16, 2006

Annika's Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

Hello. In another George White article, he mentions how some think Annika Sorenstam is on the way down because she "only" won 3 tournaments this year, including the US Women's Open. I have two words to describe my thoughts - spare me!
Sure these totals are low by Annika's standards. But how many players don't match these totals for a career? And if she won the ADT Championships this week, she'd maybe finish on top of the LPGA Money List. Again, would most players point to that as a career achievement?
Remember too that Annika has just gone through a divorce. She had mentioned a couple of years ago she was thinking of starting a family. These are major life-changing events. Anyone would be thrown for a loop if their future suddenly took a 180 degree turn. Now marriage and children may not be in her future at all, let alone her immediate future. And with the biological clock ticking, who knows what kind of feelings she's been dealing with?
Annika's in a position that Tiger is also in. She could leave now and be regarded by many as the best player of all time. She's certainly been the best player whose entire career I've seen (I'm a little too young to remember Wright and Whitworth in their prime). What really is left for her to prove?
Having Tiger and Annika on the scene for the last 10 years has maybe made us forget what golf was like before. There was no one dominating the game prior to their arrivals. If someone would've said anyone could dominate like these two have, they'd have been laughed at.
Let's see how Annika comes back in 2007 before writing her off. After all, wasn't Karrie Webb written off before this season?

Regards,
Steve

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