UPDATE 2-Golf-Sorenstam misses cut in LPGA Tour swansong

Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:14pm GMT
 
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MIAMI, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Annika Sorenstam's LPGA Tour farewell came to a shuddering halt when she missed the cut at the season-ending ADT Championship on Friday.

A four-times winner of the elite event, the Swede slid to a three-over-par 75 in the second round at Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach for a five-over tally of 149.

Only 16 players in the 32-strong field advanced to Saturday's third round and Sorenstam missed out by two shots after finishing in a seven-way tie for 18th.

"It's been an emotional week," the world number two told reporters. "You go back and forth from happy to being sad, and you always think: 'Have I made the right decision?'

"All of a sudden the time is here," added Sorenstam, who announced in May she would be quitting golf at the end of the year.

"It was always at the end of the year, in another month or so. And then all of a sudden you're standing on the 18th fairway and it's the last approach shot in an LPGA event.

"A lot of thoughts go through your head and you're trying to win a golf tournament and you're trying to enjoy it."

Taken aback by the huge galleries following what proved to be her final round on the LPGA Tour, Sorenstam said she was looking forward to her life away from the game.  Continued...

 

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