Tuesday's...."As I look back at the past 15 years, the experience almost feels like a dream."

Tonight's topic: Annika Sorenstram's retirement  However, a brief prologue is in order:  Ever watched an LPGA event on TV?  I have.  About twice a year, if I wasn't preoccupied.  Except for the Majors, the LPGA tour isn't carried live on network television, but instead on cable on the same level as their poker invitationals.  There's more weeks without a lady's tournament on the LPGA schedule than there are dimples on a golf ball.  To say the least, women's golf doesn't draw a huge TV following or attract an over abundance of tournament sponsors, and the LPGA doesn't seem to have the desire or wherewithal to improve things.  The tournament announcers are mediocre.  The LPGA's website is shitty. 

Anyways....if Annika Sorenstram not been hampered by a back injury in 2007, playing in only a few tournaments and winning none, she would have surely amassed more than her current 72 LPGA victories and be in contention to break the 88 total victories LPGA record within the foreseeable future.  Annika had 51 victories during the 2000-06 period alone.  The women's professional golf circuit doesn't have a senior's tour like their men's PGA counterpart, therefore, the ladies can even play well after they're worn out their g spots and any victory on an 18 hole course would count as a full fledged win.  Despite that, Annika Sorenstram has called it quits.  Apparently she has a life, and I don't mean blogging.  It's also a clear indication that she hasn't been on steroids or human growth hormones.  You can bet that every tournament that Annika plays in during the remainder of the year will be a sellout.

P.S., you'll wish you had this kind of comments if you ever retire, well, your blog.