Can you believe it is already the final week of the season? This week is the last official event of 2008. Where did time go? I feel like I was just in Phoenix at the Safeway International and now I'm at the last event of the season. It's crazy how time flies when you're having fun.

What a week this will be. It's already been a little busy but there are more big things to come. I'll highlight the stuff that has already happened and give you a little teaser for what's in store for the rest of the week.

Top-16 advance to third round

The tournament started with a 32-player field and today only 16 have survived. After the second round the top-16 move on. Unfortunately the cut was a clean one and there wasn't any players tied for the final spots and we didn't get to have a playoff. That's what makes this event so exciting.

The fun part about today is it is anybody's game because the scores have been wiped clean. Everyone starts fresh. The top-8 at then end of today will be able to play in the final round for the $1 million first-place prize. If there are more than 8 players tied we'll have a playoff to determine the final eight.

Another exciting thing about today is after the cut is made the players will take part in a live draw to determine their pairings for tomorrow. The player with the best score today will get to pick their time first. Players will continue in score order. It always leaves me wondering why they picked a certain time or a certain player to play with. It should be interesting.

Goodbye Annika

It probably wasn't how she envisioned her last official tournament to be but it is what it is. Annika failed to make the cut after the second round and is now back home in Orlando. I can't imagine what she must have been feeling. There was so much support for her this week it must have been hard trying to keep her emotions in check.

I had the pleasure to following her for her final two rounds. It was a very special experience that I will never forget. The best part for me was seeing her fans in action and seeing their support and hearing the hope that they had for her to turn it around out there. The standing ovation at the 18th green was overwhelming and it was so special to watch her put the flag stick in the hole. Like I said in the Live Blog, this is not goodbye but see you later. Even though she won't be playing professionally this is not the last we'll hear of Annika Sorenstam.

Rolex Awards Reception

Thursday night players were honored at the Rolex Awards Reception at Mar-a-Lago. Most of the first-time winners were on hand to celebrate their first win on the LPGA Tour this season. Rookies Yani Tseng and Na Yeon Choi were also present to celebrate how close the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year race has been. At the time of the party Yani hadn't clenched the award yet. Lorena Ochoa was also there to be awarded with her third Rolex Player of the Year Award and Vare Trophy.

It was a special night for all those being honored. Louise Suggs, one of the 13 founders, was on hand to congratulate the rookies on an exciting rookie race. The rookie award is named for Louise Suggs. Rolex had one last person to honor and it was Louise. They gave her a special Rolex for her dedication to their brand.

Celebrating Annika

We've known about this week since May and I'm not sure anyone is looking forward to it because it will be Annika's last official event on the LPGA Tour. To celebrate her career we've highlighted some very special things on lpga.com. Be sure to check it out.

Another special thing we are planning is to follow her stroke-by-stroke on the course and post it in a blog on lpga.com. My laptop is hitting the course this week to bring you all the action from the second to last group teeing off today at Trump International.

Pro-Am Party

The ADT Championship Pro-Am party is one of the fanciest of the year. It is held at Mar-A-Lago...Trump's Place and the players come dressed to the nines. It's become a tradition each year to get portraits of all the players. It's fun to see them all dressed up. It is such a difference from the way they look out on the course. I've put a few below.

After the portrait session we also got a group photo of the 32 players with Commissioner Bivens. After the photo call was over it was time for dinner and the entertainment portion of the evening. All the players were introduced to the crowd individually with a 30-second video. We saved Annika for last and she got quite the standing ovation. It was very touching. ADT presented her with a commemorative photo of her four wins at the ADT Championship and a donation to her foundation.

Morgan Pressel talks about her swing changes

Morgan Pressel came in for a pre-tournament interview on Tuesday and started discussing some of the changes she has been going through. For most of the season it didn't look like Morgan was going to make it into this event but her luck turned around when she won the Kapalua LPGA Classic back in October. The ADT points earned from her win put her into the mix and she was able to qualify for this event. With this being Morgan's hometown in a way, it would have been a shame to not have her here this week.

The first half of the season wasn't going as planned for Morgan. "There was a time when I didn't qualify in the first half, and I was not playing well at all through the second half," said Morgan Pressel.

Morgan decided she needed to make some changes so she could stop beating herself up out on the course. The first step was changing swing coaches. Morgan switched to Adam Schriver who works with recent Hana Bank - KOLON Championship winner Candie Kung and PGA Tour player Anthony Kim. When asked what changes Schriver was working on with her Morgan said, "We're working on a lot of different things, trying to generate more club head speed through the ball, more solid shots. Just really opening up the club face a little bit more. Set at the top, and more powerful positions through the ball. Try not to bore you with lots of details, but that's the gist of what we're trying to do."

Things to come:
- Annika receives a donation from USA Weekend
- Rolex Awards Party
- And lots more