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In 2001 recorded eight wins, six second-place
finishes, and a total of 19 top-10 finishes en route to her fourth
career Rolex Player of the Year Award, Vare Trophy and money title.
Sorenstam joins Kathy Whitworth (seven) and Nancy Lopez (four) as
the only players to win four or more Rolex Player of the Year titles;
Whitworth (eight) and Mickey Wright (four) as the only players to
win four or more LPGA money titles; and Whitworth (seven), Wright
(five) and JoAnne Carner (five) as the only players to win four or
more Vare Trophies. 
Defeated Sophie Gustafson on the first
hole of a sudden-death playoff for a victory at the Chick-fil-A Charity
Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez, where Sorenstam became the first
LPGA player to cross the $7 million mark in career earnings. Also won the Bank of Montreal Canadian
Women’s Open in August and the CISCO World Ladies Match Play Championship
in October, where she became the first LPGA player to cross the $8
million mark in career earnings. Won the Mizuno Classic for her eighth
win of the season.Teamed with Tiger Woods against Webb and David Duval in the Lincoln Financial Group Battle at Bighorn in July; Sorenstam and Woods defeated the team of Webb/Duval, 1-up, in 19 holes (this marked the LPGA’s first-ever appearance on “prime-time” television). Since joining the Tour in 1994, has missed only seven cuts in 157 starts and has not missed a cut since the 1999 U.S. Women’s Open. Joins Webb as the two players in LPGA history to earn $1 million in four separate seasons. Became the fastest LPGA player to $1 million in single-season earnings (10 events). Won the Wendy’s Three-Tour Challenge with Karrie Webb and Dottie Pepper.Won the State Farm LPGA Series Bonus Pool. In 2000, won her first title of the season in a sudden-death playoff with Pat Hurst at the Welch’s/Circle K Championship, which gave Sorenstam the requisite 27 points to qualify for the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame, however, she must fulfill the 10-year Tour membership requirement, which will be met at the conclusion of the 2003 season; won the Firstar LPGA Classic in conjunction with the Children’s Medical Center; defeated Webb, who beat her in a playoff at the LPGA Takefuji Classic earlier in the season, in a sudden-death playoff at the Evian Masters; won back-to-back titles at the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic and Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic; defeated Rachel Hetherington (Teske), who dealt the Swede her first career playoff loss in 1998, in a two-hole playoff at the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic; recorded her second career hole-in-one during the third round of the Welch’s/Circle K Championship; crossed the $5 million mark in career earnings after the Standard Register PING and the $6 million mark following the Safeway LPGA Golf Championship; earned two points for the victorious European Solheim Cup Team.Won more LPGA tournaments than any other Tour player in the 1990s (18).  In 1999, won the Michelob Light Classic in a
three-hole playoff with Tina Barrett; won her third consecutive victory
at the Michelob Light Classic, making her one of six players in LPGA
history to win the same event three consecutive times; won the New
Albany Golf Classic with all four rounds in the 60s; was a runner-up
four times, including a one-hole playoff loss to fellow Swede Catrin
Nilsmark at the Valley of the Stars Championship; fired a 61 (-11)
during the first round of the Sara Lee Classic, which is the lowest
first round in LPGA history; recorded her first career hole-in-one
during the third round of the Standard Register PING; crossed the
$4 million mark in career earnings. In 1998, defeated Donna Andrews on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff at the Michelob Light Classic; won the ShopRite LPGA Classic and JAL Big Apple Classic with all rounds in the 60s; recorded her 16th career victory at the SAFECO Classic; recorded her first sudden-death playoff loss at the First Union Betsy King Classic to Hetherington (Teske); crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings; became the first player in LPGA history to finish a season with a sub-70 scoring average (69.99); won her third Rolex Player of the Year and third Vare Trophy.
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