CHARLOTTE, N.C. — At 51, Annika Sorenstam was roughly twice the age of the average golfer at the U.S. Women’s Open on Thursday.
Of course, Sorenstam isn’t your average golfer. She’s arguably the GOAT of women’s golf, famous enough to be known by her first name only around the golf world.
But of course a golf ball doesn’t know who’s hitting it, and so while Sorenstam’s name recognition was off the charts in the first round Thursday and she was cheered loudly at every hole, her score was pedestrian. Sorenstam shot a 3-over-par 74 at Pine Needles, meaning that she will be in danger of missing the cut Friday if she doesn’t shoot around even par.
