Look through a year-by-year breakdown of Annika Sorenstam's career highlights.

PROFESSIONAL
2007
	Played in only 13 events due to a back injury, recording six top-10 finishes.
	Posted a 2-2-1 record in her eighth appearance for the European Team at The Solheim Cup; is the event's all-time points earner with 24 points.
2006
	Won her third U.S Women's Open title and her first in 10 years after an 18-hole playoff with Pat Hurst; the win pushed her over the $19 million mark (first person to reach that milestone) in career earnings and was her 10th career major, tying her with Babe Zaharias for fourth most all-time.
	Surpassed the $20 million mark (first person to reach that milestone) in career earnings with her runner-up finish at the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic presented by SemGroup.
2005
	In 2005, Earned her eighth Rolex Player of the Year award to pass Kathy Whitworth for the most in LPGA history; finished first on the ADT Official Money List for the eighth time in her career to tie Whitworth for the most in LPGA history.
	Finished first on the ADT Official Money List for the eighth time in her career to tie Whitworth for the most in LPGA history.
	Won her sixth career Vare Trophy.
	Became the only player in LPGA history to sweep Rolex Player of the Year honors, the Vare Trophy and the ADT Official Money List title five times.
	Became the first player in LPGA history to win the same major three consecutive years when she won the McDonalds's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola.
	Earned her fifth consecutive Mizuno Classic title, making her the first golfer in LPGA history to win the same event five consecutive years.
	Set an LPGA record, breaking her own, by playing 14 straight rounds in the 60s.
2004
	Earned her seventh Rolex Player of the Year award to tie Kathy Whitworth for the most in LPGA history.
	Posted 16 top-10 finishes in 18 starts, including eight wins - Safeway International Presented by Coca-Cola, Office Depot Championship Hosted by Amy Alcott, LPGA Corning Classic, McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola, John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic presented by Ford, Samsung World Championship, Mizuno Classic and ADT Championship.
	Broke the LPGA single-season scoring average record, which she set in 2002.
2003
	Officially qualified for the LPGA Tour and World Golf Halls of Fame on Oct. 10 after completing the first round of the Samsung World Championship, giving her 10 years of membership on the LPGA Tour; inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Oct. 20.; Sorenstam is the first international player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame through the LPGA criteria.
	Captured the Weetabix Women's British Open to become only the sixth player in LPGA history to complete the LPGA Career Grand Slam.
	Became the first woman since 1945 to compete on the PGA Tour when she teed it up at the Bank of America Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, May 22-23; shot 71-75 to miss the cut, but garnered unprecedented worldwide interest and media attention.
	Set or tied a total of 22 LPGA records.
2002
	Won 11 LPGA tournaments, joining Mickey Wright as the only players to win 11 tournaments in one season (Wright won 11 times in 1964; she also won an LPGA-record 13 tournaments in 1963).
	Set or tied a total of 20 LPGA records.
	Her 11-stroke victory at the Kellogg-Keebler Classic tied the LPGA record for largest margin of victory in a 54-hole event.
2001
	Recorded eight wins, six second-place finishes, and a total of 20 top-10 finishes en route to her fourth career Rolex Player of the Year Award, Vare Trophy and money title.
	Set or tied a total of 30 LPGA records, including a 59 (-13) during the second round of the Standard Register PING.
	Became the first LPGA player to cross the $2 million mark in single-season earnings.
	Teamed with Tiger Woods to defeat Karrie Webb and David Duval in the Lincoln Financial Group Battle at Bighorn, marking the LPGA's first-ever appearance on "prime-time" television.
2000
	Won her first title of the season in a sudden-death playoff with Pat Hurst at the Welch's/Circle K Championship, which gave Sorenstam the requisite 27 points to qualify for the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame, however, she had to wait until 2003 to fulfill the 10-year Tour membership requirement.
	Won more LPGA tournaments than any other Tour player in the 1990s (18).
1999
	Recorded her first LPGA career hole-in-one during the third round of the Standard Register PING.
1998
	Became the first player in LPGA history to finish a season with a sub-70 scoring average (69.99).
1997
	Captured six titles - the Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions, Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open, Longs Drugs Challenge (in a two-hole playoff with Pamela Kometani), Michelob Light Classic, CoreStates Betsy King Classic (where she successfully defended her title) and ITT LPGA Tour Championship (in a three-hole playoff with Lorie Kane and Pat Hurst).
1996
	Won three tournaments - successfully defended her title at both the U.S. Women's Open and Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf and won the CoreStates Betsy King Classic.
1995
	Became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the U.S. Women's Open, making her one of 14 LPGA players to have the Open as her first LPGA career victory.
	Became the second international player to win Rolex Player of the Year.
	Is the only player besides Nancy Lopez to have won Rolex Rookie of the Year and then the Rolex Player of the Year and Vare Trophy the following year.
	Became the first international player to win the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average.
1994
	Was the Rolex Rookie of the Year on the strength of three top-10 finishes, including a season-best tie for second at the Weetabix Women's British Open.
	Qualified for her first European Solheim Cup Team.
AMATUER
	A member of the Swedish National Team from 1987-92, Sorenstam enjoyed a very successful amateur career. In 1992, she was the World Amateur champion, runner-up at the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship and the second-lowest amateur at the U.S. Women's Open. In addition to winning seven collegiate titles during her career at the University of Arizona, she was the 1991 NCAA Co-Player of the Year (with Kelly Robbins), 1991 NCAA champion and runner-up the following year, 1992 Pac-10 champion and a 1991-92 NCAA All-American.
PERSONAL
	In 1995, she won the Athlete of the Year Award in Sweden, the country's most prestigious award in sports.
	Named Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year in 1995, 1997, 2000-05.
	Has won eight ESPY Awards, six for outstanding women's golf performer of the Year (1996, 1998-99, 2002-04) and two for Female Athlete of the Year (2005-06); her eight awards make her the second-most decorated athlete in the history of the ESPYs.
	In 2003, won the LPGA's Patty Berg Award and the 2003 Golf Writers' Trophy by the Association of Golf Writers.
	Named 2003-05 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year.
	Authored her first book, Golf Annika's Way, which was released in October 2004.