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BIOFILE: ANNIKA SORENSTAM
By Scoop Malinowski

STATUS: LPGA Rolex Player of the Year won eight tournaments in 2001.

CHILDHOOD HERO: I grew up playing tennis. I think Bjorn Borg had great sportsmanship, so I picked him.

HOBBIES: All sports. I like cooking. And also just staying at home. Play cards. I sometimes fish. Not much for board games though, I'm very competitive [smiles].

FUNNY GOLF MEMORY: At my home course in Stockholm many years ago (age 15). I'm playing with this like 50-year-old lady. She hit it on the cart path, hit a tree, rolled through a bunker and in the hole [laughs]! It wasn't my shot but it was really great to see. I mean just never give up - any shot can go in!

FAVORITE MOVIES: Titanic was really good. Casablanca

MUSICAL TASTES: Phil Collins, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Annie Lennox, all kinds, hit music, rock, no rap or heavy metal.

PRE-ROUND FEELING: It varies so much. Today I have a few butterflies in my stomach. On the otherhand, anxious and ready to go.

FAVORITE MEAL: Pasta.

FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Vanilla.

FAVORITE BREAKFAST CEREAL: Special K

MUSICAL TASTES: Phil Collins, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Annie Lennox

GREATEST SPORTS MOMENT: Oh, there's so many of them. My own is when I won my tournament (U.S. Open '95). The last putt. Knowing that I did it, I'm done. The feeling of adrenaline coming over my body. The relief.

MOST PAINFUL MOMENT: Try and forget those. I have one, U.S. Amateurs ('92), the final 36th hole. I played really good. Then my second shot I hit in the water and I lost my lie (and lost to Vicki Goetze).

FIRST CAR: Black Ford Festiva.

FAVORITE ATHLETES TO WATCH: Andre Agassi - he's got great fire. Lennox Lewis - I went to see him fight once in Las Vegas. Michael Jordan.

EARLY GOLF MEMORY: Just the great time we spent, my younger sister (LPGA pro Charlotta), my parents playing. Family time. Using pullcarts, riding them like it was a horse. That was how we started (age 12).

PEOPLE MOST ADMIRED: Honest people. Funny. Somebody you can trust. And I guess is loyal.
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Derek Jeter
STATUS: New York Yankees shortstop.
CHILDHOOD HEROES: Dave Winfield, Barry Larkin - went to Michigan.
Annika Sorenstam
STATUS: LPGA Rolex Player of the Year won eight tournaments in 2001.
CHILDHOOD HERO: I grew up playing tennis. I think Bjorn Borg had great sportsmanship, so I picked him.
Pete Sampras
STATUS: Tennis player. Has won more Grand Slam majors (14) than any player in history.
MUSICAL TASTES: Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Cat Stevens, REM, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.


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