The fiancee of former ladies number one Annika Sorenstam says the Swede has not lost any of her drive as she comes to the end of a glittering golf career.
Sorenstam will take part in the Samsung World Championship, starting today at Half Moon Bay Golf Links in California, with the final furlong of her golfing years well within site.
Following her recent retirement, Golfonline takes a look at the career of Annika Sorenstam, the most successful female golfer ever.
Sorenstam was born on the outskirts of Stockholm in October 1970.
Annika Sorenstam's farewell continues at the CN Canadian Women's Open at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club this week - although she has paved the way for a possible return to the LPGA Tour.
In May, the 37-year-old Swede announced that she would be "stepping away" from the tour at the end of the year in order to start a family with new husband Mike McGee, but in the run up to the $2.
Former women's world number one Annika Sorenstam has bowed out of the sport after making her final appearance at the Women's British Open at Sunningdale last weekend.
The Swede could only manage a tie for 24th place, unspectacular for a competitor who bagged ten majors over a sparkling career, after shooting a 68 in her final round to finish on six-under par.
The LPGA Tour will come to China later on this year as the date for a new $1. 8 million (£910,000) tournament has been confirmed.
According to reports, the Grand Air China is set to attract the cream of women's golf from October 24th to 26th at the Hainan West Coast Golf Club in Haikou.
Former Women's British Open champion Karen Stupples has pointed to the benefits working out regularly is bringing to players on the women's tour.
Talking to New Jersey's Star-Ledger newspaper, Kent-born Stupples, who fell in love with the game caddying for her father around Sandwich, pointed to the fitness of former world number one Annika Sorenstam as a major factor which persuaded her to spend more time in the gym.
Former women's world number one Anika Sorenstam has signalled her intention to retire from the game at the end of this season.
The Swede - who has cleaned up on the ladies' circuit over the past 15 years, winning 72 tournaments including ten majors - has cited family and business interests as reasons to call it quits.
