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For three months leading up to the Colonial and two rounds that she spent as the first woman in 58 years on the PGA Tour, Annika Sorenstam brought more attention to women's golf than at any other time in history. The trick is getting it to last. Sorenstam goes back to where she belongs this week -- those are her words, not Vijay Singh's -- when she defends her title in the Kellogg-Keebler Classic outside Chicago. Media requests have doubled. Advance ticket sales are up 50 percent. The ripple effect from Colonial is not quite the tidal wave that Tiger...

That Golfer Has Ovaries—Love Her! By Joseph J. Sabia In the face of overwhelming public support, Annika Sorenstam bravely broke the PGA sex barrier at the Colonial and…choked. Early reports indicate that the main reason for her poor performance was that she putted like a girl. After finishing 5-over par at the end of two rounds, Annika was forced to take a powder (literally), leaving the green in tears. (Sadly, she had a hard time finding her way off the green due to her inability to read a map.) Annika has been receiving accolades from all corners of the political...

<p>Sorenstam wipes away the tears after missing the cut.</p> <p>FORT WORTH, Texas -- Anika Sorenstam walked off the 18th green with tears in her eyes as she missed the cut at the PGA Colonial on Friday.</p> <p>"I'm living a dream that I want to live and I'm doing what I want to do." Sorenstam said, as she wiped her eyes. "Why the tears come is because, I don't know, I didn't want it to end."</p>

LPGA player Annika Sorenstam will be teeing off shortly in a men's PGA event at the Colonial Country Club [the first time in 60 years this has happened]Live shot for shot coverage as long as she is in contention to make the cut on USA Networks, PGA Radio is free today for those cubicle bound and wanting live update (link included)

Sorenstam becomes the first woman in nearly 60 years to play a PGA Tour Event at the Bank of America Colonial.But then of course you knew that already, 'Annika has already won before she tees off,' says Patty Sheehan, the ex-LPGA star that cable channel USA Network will add as an analyist for its Colonial coverage Thursday and Friday.It's only begun, and Annika will definitely outshine at least two famous males Thursday-Nash Bridges and Walker Texas Ranger.They will be pre-empted as USA Networks, whose Colonial coverage will be CBS produced, shifts its Thursday coverage from starting at the scheduled 4PM...

<p>Welcome to the Annika Sorenstam show.</p> <p>After months of anticipation, it's finally Colonial week, and the golf world is focused on the Swedish superstar's showdown with the fellas in Fort Worth.</p> <p>"This is a big challenge for sure," Sorenstam said recently. "It is probably the biggest that I will ever experience."</p>