Annika Sorenstam - "Golf Season in Sweden Was Short" SHORT TRACK

Mike Gonzalez 0:16

And that's the other amazing thing is living up in a in the northern uh part of the world as you did. Um you don't have a 12-month golf season, so you had to kind of figure out what to do when things were cold outside.

Annika Sorenstam 0:29

Yeah, luckily, you know, my parents uh they have a big house and they had a big basement, and my dad turned the basement into a big um hitting area, so we had a hitting mat and a net, and I would just tip boss all day long after school. You know, because it wasn't very far, but it was you know it was a big size basement. Um and I just hip shot after shot after shot and really worked on my swing my technique during the winter, and then when the spring came, it was and I can go out and just kind of play the game and not have to focus on you know my grip or my alignment. I'd already done that for several months, so it was just you know, obviously the short game is where I had to spend more time, but yeah, I would hit a lot of balls after school. I mean, I was in the basement for hours.

Mike Gonzalez 1:13

D were you ever surprised when you got out for the first time in the spring and discovered that your ball flight wasn't what you thought it was down the basement?

Annika Sorenstam 1:20

Well, yeah, I mean I grew up, you know, playing from mats and you know, hitting shots from a mat is quite forgiving. So you can imagine the first few times just start hitting from grass. It was a little difficult, but you know, I adjusted quickly, and you know, again, I mean I I never really got um rusty because I was keeping my game alive, you know, during the cold cold months.

Mike Gonzalez 1:42

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Intro Music 2:03

Whack down the fairway. It went smack down the fairway. Then it started to slice, just smidge off line. It headed for two, but it bounced off nine. My caddy says long as you're still in the state, you're okay.