Annika Sorenstam By the Numbers

1 — Sorenstam's rank in first Rolex Women's World Rankings, released in February 2006.

2 — Number of years on LPGA Tour in which she failed to record a victory.

3 — Number of U.S. Women's Open wins.

4 — Consecutive wins in scheduled events, 2001.

5 — Consecutive wins in tournaments played, 2004-05.

5 — Consecutive wins in the same tournament, Mizuno Classic, 2001-05.

5 — Total number of wins in the same tournament, twice (Mizuno Classic and Samsung World Championship).

6 — Number of times she won the Vare Trophy for low scoring average.

8 — Number of times she won the LPGA Player of the Year Award.

8 — Number of times Sorenstam led the LPGA Tour in earnings.

8 — Consecutive birdies at 2001 Standard Register Ping in the second round.

10 — Number of major championships she won.

10 — Number of strokes from which Sorenstam came from behind to win the 2001 Office Depot.

11 — Her highest number of tournaments won in a single LPGA season (2002).

11 — Margin of victory in the 54-hole Kellogg-Keebler Classic in 2002.

12 — Consecutive seasons with at least one LPGA Tour win (1995-2006).

13 — Number of strokes under par in the second round at 2001 Standard Register Ping.

13 — Number of birdies made in the second round at 2001 Standard Register Ping.

13 — Seasons with at least one LPGA Tour victory.

14 — Consecutive rounds in the 60s, 2005.

16 — Number of her LPGA Tour wins that happened in playoffs.

22 — Number of times Sorenstam participated in a playoff. Her playoff record was 16-6.

24 — Number of strokes under par Sorenstam was at the 54-hole Mizuno Classic in 2003.

27 — Number of strokes under par Sorenstam was at the 72-hole 2001 Standard Register Ping.

29 — Number of sub-par holes during the 2001 Standard Register Ping.

38 — How old Sorenstam was at the end of the 2008 season, at the time she retired from tour golf.

59 — Her score in the second round of 2001 Standard Register Ping, the only sub-60 round yet recorded in LPGA history.

68.696 — Sorenstam's scoring average in 2004, the LPGA Tour season scoring record.

72 — Her number of victories on the LPGA Tour.

2,105,868 — Dollars she won in the 2001 on the LPGA Tour, when she became the first golfer to cross the $2 million single-season earnings mark.

22,573,192 — Dollars Sorenstam won in her LPGA Tour career, still tops on the LPGA all-time money list.

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