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It's Annika Time
Aired May 22, 2003 - 06:50 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It's Annika time. Enough with the controversy, though. Let's get to the game. Annika Sorenstam tees off about three hours from now at the PGA Tour in Fort Worth, Texas. That's where we find Sean Callebs -- good morning.
Tell us the exact time.
SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: She tees off at 9:58 Eastern time. And I guarantee you, just watch the wires, there'll be urgents flashing every few moments -- she hit her first drive down the middle, she hooked her next shot just off the green. This is getting a world of attention. And, Carol, it has poured here the past few days, and that's really going to be kind of a double-edged sword for Annika. It's going to hurt her off the tee.
She's averaging about 275 yards off the tee, but the ball isn't going to roll that much here in Fort Worth, with the fairway soggy. But it is going to help her on what are traditionally very crusty, very hard, very fast greens. She's going to be able, I'm sure she hopefully is going to be able to aim closer to the flag and put herself in position to maybe putt for some birdies or get up and down from just off the green. But while she may not have got as much practice in here as she had hoped because of the foul weather, she has been visible, she has been accessible, she has been a crowd favorite here at the Colonial.
A lot of the men out here on the tour may not like it. There is some silent grumbling, some not so silent complaining. V.J. Singh, who spoke out last week, of course, skipping this tournament. And a lot of the men are somewhat uncomfortable with all of the media attention out here.
But as I mentioned, she is popular with the fans and there are buttons out here, this one here, a green button, "Go, Annika!" It's selling for about $3 a pop. It probably cost a couple of cents to make, but it is certainly a good indication of how popular she is. These things are selling like hotcakes -- Carol, back to you.
COSTELLO: Oh, that's good to hear.
Thank you very much, Sean Callebs reporting from Fort Worth, Texas this morning.
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Aired May 22, 2003 - 06:50 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It's Annika time. Enough with the controversy, though. Let's get to the game. Annika Sorenstam tees off about three hours from now at the PGA Tour in Fort Worth, Texas. That's where we find Sean Callebs -- good morning.
Tell us the exact time.
SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: She tees off at 9:58 Eastern time. And I guarantee you, just watch the wires, there'll be urgents flashing every few moments -- she hit her first drive down the middle, she hooked her next shot just off the green. This is getting a world of attention. And, Carol, it has poured here the past few days, and that's really going to be kind of a double-edged sword for Annika. It's going to hurt her off the tee.
She's averaging about 275 yards off the tee, but the ball isn't going to roll that much here in Fort Worth, with the fairway soggy. But it is going to help her on what are traditionally very crusty, very hard, very fast greens. She's going to be able, I'm sure she hopefully is going to be able to aim closer to the flag and put herself in position to maybe putt for some birdies or get up and down from just off the green. But while she may not have got as much practice in here as she had hoped because of the foul weather, she has been visible, she has been accessible, she has been a crowd favorite here at the Colonial.
A lot of the men out here on the tour may not like it. There is some silent grumbling, some not so silent complaining. V.J. Singh, who spoke out last week, of course, skipping this tournament. And a lot of the men are somewhat uncomfortable with all of the media attention out here.
But as I mentioned, she is popular with the fans and there are buttons out here, this one here, a green button, "Go, Annika!" It's selling for about $3 a pop. It probably cost a couple of cents to make, but it is certainly a good indication of how popular she is. These things are selling like hotcakes -- Carol, back to you.
COSTELLO: Oh, that's good to hear.
Thank you very much, Sean Callebs reporting from Fort Worth, Texas this morning.
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