After the first round, Annika is at even par. Review the scoring here and you can discuss the tournament in the comments section and, if you'd like to see more pictures from Evian, check out the new ones in the Evian photo gallery.
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July 2008
July 31, 2008
July 30, 2008
British Open....
Greetings from Sunningdale. This is the eve of the first round of our last Major of the year....and quite possibly my last ever. There have been a lot of questions about my emotions this week, which is understandable. Though I must admit, my focus is more on winning and playing good golf. I love the course, setup, and everything about this championship. I am teeing off at 7:25am tomorrow, so it's time to go to bed. Keep your fingers crossed for a memorable week!
July 29, 2008
Hear Ye Hear Ye
The online edition of Sporting News Today is featuring Annika in a "My Profile" piece to run on Wednesday, July 30th. Annika will be talking about her fascination with Bill Gates, picking up range balls as a kid growing up in Sweden, Brad Pitt and other off the course topics. Sign up here to receive the free publication.
July 26, 2008
July 24, 2008
Evian Masters....
Bonjour everyone. We are here in beautiful Evian, France for the Evian Masters. This is easily one of our best tournaments on the LPGA....limited field, huge purse, and the prettiest views you can imagine. Yesterday in the Pro-Am, Ron Sirak of Golf Digest, Golf World, and ESPN caddied for me. Ron covers women's golf better than anyone in the business and is someone I consider a friend. We had a nice time and I think he has a newfound respect for Terry's job! As for today, things went just "OK." I started well and felt like it was going to be a great day. I was two under after three and made a couple nice putts inside eight feet. However, things never really progressed. I birdied 15 to get to three under, but then I made a couple bogies coming in and failed to take advantage of some scoring opportunities. It was pretty frustrating because I'm happy with my game. Hopefully, things will turn out better tomorrow. Bonsoir.
July 20, 2008
Europe arrival
Good evening. It is Sunday and I am trying to keep my eyes open after a long flight to England. I am in Hoylake for a Lexus outing tomorrow at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. This is where they hosted the British Open two years ago and Tiger prevailed. Talking about the Open, I did have a chance to watch the back nine of this years Championship at Royal Birkdale. I must admit we were cheering for Greg Norman, what an amazing story !! He is such a class act and a fierce competitor. You don't get the nick name "the Shark" for nothing...
On another note, the ESPY awards will be presented tonight at 9 pm EST. I have to correct my earlier blog and video about my co - presenter. I was told that Kevin Garnett was going to be on stage with me, but he was replaced at the last minute by Tony Gonzales. Enjoy the show.
July 18, 2008
New Video Is Up In The Archives
Hey folks...there's a new video of Annika in Tahoe up in the archives.
And for those who havent noticed yet, there's a new photo gallery up also that features pics of Annika at The Espys!
July 16, 2008
State Farm Classic
Hello Everyone, Lotta checking in again. It's been a while, but I hope it's worth the wait. : )
I'm in Springfield, Illinois hometown of Lincoln and home state for the State Farm Classic. The LPGA has played in Springfield for over 25 years and this is one of the oldest tournaments on the schedule.
I tee up tomorrow at 1:49 PM with Stephanie Louden and Hannah Jun from tee 10. It's very warm here in Springfield so yesterday in my practice round my fellow players caddie collapsed on the 18th tee box from a combination of the heat and not enough electrolytes in his system.
The course, Panther Creek Country Club, we are playing is different from last year. It is in very good condition compared to last year when they had a drought which meant not much grass on the greens. This year there has been a lot of rain so the greens have a lot of grass and the rough is very high. Before last year the venue was a public course called The Rail, which had been the original host of the tournament. The best thing about going to a "small town" for a tournament is that the whole community gets involved in the event and come out to watch the tournament.
Right now I am sitting in the players lunch room and I just enjoyed a nice salad that I mixed up topped with some grilled glazed pork loin. This afternoon I am going to go and help some of the players with their putting after a lot of requests this morning. I'm happy and a little surprised they are asking me for help. This has never really happened, but I'm drawing interest now that I work at the ANNIKA Academy.
This is my second event of the year and I really enjoy "getting out" of my office and back to my old job, but I must admit that I would rather have it the way I have it now. I enjoy playing a few events here and there rather than being out here all year long. The traveling conditions have changed a bit since I was a rookie on tour 12 years ago. It's almost impossible to arrive in the next town on time and with all of my luggage (after paying an additional fee for an overweight golf bag which is impossible to keep under 50 lbs).
Hope you enjoy my little update from "life on the road" from an LPGA Tour golfer. Send me good thoughts this week.
Take Care,
Lotta
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