UPDATE: Check out this commemorative Annika page.
The LPGA Insider is on the course, following Annika and blogging every shot she makes. Get the inside scoop on her round in nearly real time (the updates are minutes apart and you may have to refresh your screen to see the new ones) by clicking here.
Also...check out this video created by the LPGA for Annika.
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Tough start for our beloved Annika. :(
The gravity of the situation and shear size of the moment might be getting to her just a bit. Perhaps she is human after all???? :)
Hopefully she can begin to turn it around.
Posted by: Robert (Minneapolis) | November 20, 2008 at 02:04 PM
LPGA Insider
Really like your blogging, more tomorrow please!!
Loom
Posted by: loom | November 20, 2008 at 04:32 PM
It's almost like I can hear the fans chant her name on 18...
ANNIKA...ANNIKA...ANNIKA!
Posted by: Jill B | November 20, 2008 at 04:52 PM
Hello Annika, The LPGA will never be the same. I have watched you everytime your tournament has been on. The US Open in MA, Solheim Cup in Indiana, I was there. I am in awe of the way you play golf and the wonderful way you treat people. Golf will never be the same without you.
I am so proud to have lived thru your career and watch you make a thing of art out of golf.
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES ANNIKA. PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH THRU YOUR BLOG SO WE KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.
A VERY DEDICATED FAN WHO NOW HAS YOUR SPORTS CARD FROM THE COLONIAL AND YOUR AUTOGRAPH.
THANK YOU
Posted by: dorothy rose | November 20, 2008 at 08:23 PM
I'm with Loom,
the LPGA Insider did a great job with the near real-time blog!!
Hopefully tomorrow she/he gets to say: Annika made the put for eagle/birdie . . . .
Posted by: Golf54deciple | November 20, 2008 at 08:57 PM
I just read the on course real time blog and it is very accurate. Helen and I walked the course with Annika today and she just couldn't get the putts to drop. With any luck at all she would be three, four or maybe even five strokes less. The greens were really slick and pin placements exceedingly tough. That's golf and hopefully tomorrow the putting God's will treat her better.
The crowds following her were unbelievable and, as usual, Annika was her gracious self to all those seeking her autograph after she finished her round. She is a true champion!!
Posted by: Howard & Helen | November 20, 2008 at 09:05 PM
Howard & Helen,
Glad you got to walk the course as one of Annika's strongest supporters.
So what do the Putting Gods have against our Champ??
When they're cruel to me, who cares? But geeze, Annika had a birdie attempt on just about every hole these past couple of days.
Originally, I thought them to be just fickle, but gosh they're downright vindictive . . .
Posted by: Golf54deciple | November 21, 2008 at 05:13 PM