Sorenstam Gets Hitched. What Does This Mean for the LPGA?
Oh boy! Annika just got hitched and you know what that means: limited schedule, retirement, clothing line, course building, babies. I mean, the girl is 36 and has been the best female golfer on the planet for the last ten years. What do you think it means for the LPGA?
Oddly, nothing.
Annika is no Tiger. She’s great, don’t get me wrong, but “Annika, Incorporated” ain’t “Tiger, Inc.” Annika is everything a good golfer should be: intelligent, understated, polite, well-spoken and a great golfer. But she is not a great interview nor does she look hot in a swimsuit.
Tiger draws. And draws and draws and draws. He single-handedly made golf the big money sport that it is today. Annika, although dominant on a golf course, isn’t anything close to that off it. She has been pushed off the front pages of golf magazines to show Natalie Gulbis in a swimsuit and the continued meltdown of Michelle Wie.
Just look at Lorena Ochoa to see how little attention the top female golfers get in the mainstream golf media. I mean that girl has won three golf tournaments in a row this year, but she doesn’t speak English that well so we don’t really care. She’s won eight tournaments, including a major. I bet you didn’t know that. That fact alone makes my point in spades.
Once the happy couple decides on a wedding date, Annika will start to plan her retirement date.
The great golf seer has spoken.
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I think that this must be one of the first times you actually agreed with something I said. Glad to see we can sometimes be on the same page. Appreciate your comments and the times you call a spade a spade.
I don't think you know what makes great athletes tick. She's going to play just as much and she'll start contending again very soon.
She hasn't had the impact of Tiger Woods but no athlete in the world really has. Annika (and Ochoa) still draw the biggest crowds at LPGA events (not Wie, not Gulbis) and she's going to start winning again next year after a little rest from injuries.
Also, to think commercial magazine covers is the pulse of the fans is naive.
Given the standards you've outlined, I hope not. In case you haven't noticed, she's Mexican; they speak spanish there. She's beloved in her country, I don't think the swimsuit matters. She's at the top of her chosen profession whether you care or not. I suspect, she makes a helluva a lot more money than you also in pesos and dollars. She seems pretty content by her own standards.
The LPGA will be fine without Sorenstam, Webb, Inkster, and later, Pak, sure, but that won't be for several years at least.
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