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While Annika Sorenstam Fails to Qualify for Colonial, Does Quiet Critics
Aired May 24, 2003 - 08:53 ET
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MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN ANCHOR: Annika Sorenstam may have missed the cut in the Colonial, but she has quieted many critics with her solid play and attitude.
Our Josie Karp joins us live from Fort Worth with more on Annika's foray into the PGA -- Josie.
JOSIE KARP, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Martin.
You know, we expected it to be a very different atmosphere here at the Colonial than it was over the past couple of days today, even though the tournament's really heating up in terms of who's going to win outright. And that's because Annika Sorenstam has left and gone home. And she's taken so much of that electricity with her.
This was really an emotionally charged environment for two days, and that was evident when Annika Sorenstam was playing well on Thursday and yesterday when she struggled.
Now, Sorenstam, in round two, started out very well and she finished strong, but in the middle of her round she really did struggle. She made five bogies and that was really too much for her to overcome. Yet, if you were to poll some of those 12,000 fans who spent two days traveling from hole to hole with her and a lot of the analysts and observers who dissected everything she did, you'd probably be hard pressed to find a lot of them who would term her experiment anything other than a success.
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ANNIKA SORENSTAM: And it's been, well, first of all, the attention was much more than I expected. You know, I -- the course being a little longer, even though I think the length wasn't a problem, it was just everything around it, you know, being under the microscope and then when I didn't really perform as well as I think I can, you know, I'm emotionally drained right now because I gave it all I had.
Because I'm living a dream I want to live and I'm doing what I want to do. Sorry.
QUESTION: No, take your time. This is your day.
SORENSTAM: Oh, I'd rather have a three footer.
(END VIDEO CLIP) KARP: Sorenstam has said it before she got here and she said it again when she left, this was it for her on the men's tour. She's not going to do this again. But she said she can't wait to get back out on the ladies' tour. And that will happen next week in Chicago -- Martin.
SAVIDGE: Josie, what a very touching moment that was.
How many people can say -- thank you very much, Josie -- that they are living a dream?
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Quiet Critics>
Aired May 24, 2003 - 08:53 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN ANCHOR: Annika Sorenstam may have missed the cut in the Colonial, but she has quieted many critics with her solid play and attitude.
Our Josie Karp joins us live from Fort Worth with more on Annika's foray into the PGA -- Josie.
JOSIE KARP, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Martin.
You know, we expected it to be a very different atmosphere here at the Colonial than it was over the past couple of days today, even though the tournament's really heating up in terms of who's going to win outright. And that's because Annika Sorenstam has left and gone home. And she's taken so much of that electricity with her.
This was really an emotionally charged environment for two days, and that was evident when Annika Sorenstam was playing well on Thursday and yesterday when she struggled.
Now, Sorenstam, in round two, started out very well and she finished strong, but in the middle of her round she really did struggle. She made five bogies and that was really too much for her to overcome. Yet, if you were to poll some of those 12,000 fans who spent two days traveling from hole to hole with her and a lot of the analysts and observers who dissected everything she did, you'd probably be hard pressed to find a lot of them who would term her experiment anything other than a success.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
ANNIKA SORENSTAM: And it's been, well, first of all, the attention was much more than I expected. You know, I -- the course being a little longer, even though I think the length wasn't a problem, it was just everything around it, you know, being under the microscope and then when I didn't really perform as well as I think I can, you know, I'm emotionally drained right now because I gave it all I had.
Because I'm living a dream I want to live and I'm doing what I want to do. Sorry.
QUESTION: No, take your time. This is your day.
SORENSTAM: Oh, I'd rather have a three footer.
(END VIDEO CLIP) KARP: Sorenstam has said it before she got here and she said it again when she left, this was it for her on the men's tour. She's not going to do this again. But she said she can't wait to get back out on the ladies' tour. And that will happen next week in Chicago -- Martin.
SAVIDGE: Josie, what a very touching moment that was.
How many people can say -- thank you very much, Josie -- that they are living a dream?
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