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Annika Sorenstam, the GOAT of the LPGA circuit is back on the US Senior Women’s Open this year as well. After her 2021 win in the same tournament, evidently, the craze to watch her play is even more this year. Now, reportedly this year her family is to join her on-course to witness her astounding putting. 

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Amid the buzz for the competition, Annika Sorenstam made a sharp confession about her daughter that left everyone puzzled.

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Annika Sorenstam makes a blatant admission about her daughter

Before the tournament tees off tomorrow at the Waverly Country Club, Portland, Oregon, USA, this ten-time major winner was joined for a presser to reflect on her feelings about being back on the course. 

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She first reflected on her exhilarated feelings on being back, “It’s always nice to come back to a USGA championship. You guys do such a good job. This tournament has a special place in our family’s heart, so great to be back.”

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Then in the interview, when the moderator asked Sorenstam about her experience of having her family being there at the tournament, she said, You will see them and you will hear them. They love the tournament atmosphere, I guess. Just growing up a golfing family… me playing, so they love the atmosphere.” Annika highlighted the fact that her family is related to golf closely as a profession, thus, they quite enjoy the buzz on the field.

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In addition to that, she even exclaimed, “Ava, I think she’s getting into that tournament feel. She just thinks it’s a lot of fun, or maybe it’s because they want to miss school, I’m not really sure which one, but I’m going to go with the first one, that they want to see me play.Thus, the 97 times professional winner, gave out an undisguised revelation about her daughter. 

Annika Sorenstam’s very last performance at Pebble Beach

Annika Sorenstam has several wins in her bag to flaunt from her era of dominance. But lately, if her performance at the 2023 US Women’s Open is concerned it was not up to the mark as she had set for herself. She left the course quite early this season due to missing the cut.

In the first round of the US Women’s Open, Sorenstam had plenty of unsuccessful bogeys. Thus, sealing her score at 8-over par at the end of the round. Moving forward to the next round, her performance didn’t get any better and she carded one double bogey in hole 18 and five bogeys in holes 8, 11, 14, 15, and 16. 

Do you think Annika Sorenstam might win the 2023 US Senior Women’s Open Championship? Let us know in the comments below. 

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Suchita is a golf writer for EssentiallySports who was chosen in the recent ‘ES Draft’ round for her in-depth coverage and knowledge of the sport. Even as a budding writer, she has captivated readers through her ability to bring the sport to life through her articles, especially when it comes to golf's latest hot topic, the merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. Suchita draws her inspiration from one of the legends in women’s golf, Annika Sorrenstam. Her favorite maxim is also by the Swede, and is something that is always on the back of her mind: "I work hard to be the best version of myself; I don’t worry about what other people are doing or consider things I have no influence over."

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