U.S SENIOR WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

August 28, 2022

Annika Sorenstam

NCR Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Annika, just sum up the year, obviously being our champion?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Yeah, I was very proud to be defending here. As you know, the USGA put a great championship together. I've always enjoyed playing in them. Kind of that's where my career started.

I love the golf course. The support has been fabulous, the weather. Everything has been great. I wish my game was a little better, so obviously disappointed, but memories are -- still got good memories and new friends here this week, memories for the kids and Mike.

Yeah, we're still smiling.

Q. You just said earlier that you felt flat out there. What wasn't working?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Yeah, I don't know. I didn't drive it well enough. I've been driving it well coming into this. I just didn't have -- I made birdie on the 1st and felt great and then somehow just my wheels came off. I really can't pinpoint it. It was just difficult to get the momentum.

Yeah, I don't have the answer yet.

Q. Do you think we'll see you playing much next year?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: I don't know. I just got off the course. You know, it's been -- I've put in a lot of effort this year and sacrifices as far as family life. All of that. Right now I'm not really thinking about that, but I'm definitely not going to play as much.

It's been hard to put this effort in and not get the results, and I'm at a point in my life where I have some other fun things going, so I don't really feel the excitement to come back and play. I wanted to defend here, and now I don't think I'm going to defend, so I really have nothing to defend for next year, right; there's no wins.

We'll see what it's going to be. I will reevaluate when the time comes.

Q. What did you say to Jill on the 18th green?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Well, I told her to wait. This is the winning putt, and she was surprised. She hasn't looked at the leaderboard. I said, you need to enjoy this moment, and she was like, What? I wanted to give her a hug and say, this is yours, so enjoy the moment, soak it in and let me finish.