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golf Legend Annika Sorenstam will return to the U.S. Century Championship, and she does more than just trying to win the Celebrity Golf Championship.
Sorenstam Edgewood Tahoe Golf Club Next month near Lake Tahoe.
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Annika Sorenstam (Isaiah Vazquez/Clarkson Creative/Getty Images)
The foundation aims to use golf to support young women around the world.
“My foundation has been nearly 20 years now and it’s all about providing competition opportunities, empowering young women and promoting young women through the sport,” Sorenstam told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. “There are different initiatives, tournament plans, resources, mentoring, scholarships, etc., so we have some clinics in the area that invite young girls to attend, which is great.
“We have about 1,000 girls a year and we have donated nearly $10 million to girls golf. I’ll push this foundation wherever I go, and it’s great to have young girls take a club or keep playing.”
Sorenstein said she looks forward to participating in the competition every year.
She is the former runner-up NHL Star Jeremy Roenick won the game for the second time in 2014 for former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien.
Condoleezza Rice, Left and Annika Sorenstam (Kyle Terada-Imagn image)
“I get excited every year. I try every year. These guys are getting harder to beat, but there’s no doubt that this is the highlight of the summer,” Sorenstein said. “That time of the year, games, games, atmosphere, everything, players, it’s a really cool event. So there’s family and friends there and there’s a lot of reasons to like it.”
Mardy Fish, Stephen Curry, Tony Romo and Vinny del Negro have been the latest champions of the tournament.
“It’s amazing,” Sorenstam said, “How great are some athletes who are not professional golfers in the game.”
“Well, you know, a lot of them are half of mine, I’m twice as big. They’re great athletes. Now I’m used to it, what can I say.” “But from the beginning, I’m like, wow, you know. But, it’s amazing. They hit a lot more than I did. They hit it and it’s not always straightforward, but many of them do it.”
“In the end, it makes it very exciting, but to add some pressure, I always tell my husband, and I say, ‘Mike, I don’t think you can throw me on the football field or any basketball field and start shooting threes.” I just think they are great. ”
Annika Sorenstam (Tom R. Smedes / Special for RGJ / USA Today Network)
The American Century Championship Celebration will be held from July 9 to 13.
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The competition will also raise funds for local and national charities. The event is a 54-hole stable format in which golfers earn points for each hole based on the score of the score. The golfer who earned the most points won.
Connor McGahan of Fox News contributed to the report.
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