Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam completed the Career Grand Slam on August 3, 2003, at what was then known as the Weetabix Women’s British Open.
Sorenstam beat Republic of Korea native Se Ri Pak by one stroke at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England with a four-day total of 10-under to become the sixth LPGA athlete in history to capture the Career Grand Slam. Only Inbee Park has since joined the elite group of Slammers.
The LPGA recognizes the Career Grand Slam to be when a player wins four different major championships throughout their career. Before her victory in the United Kingdom, Sorenstam had earned titles at the 1995 and 1996 U.S. Women’s Opens; the 2001 and 2002 Kraft Nabisco Championships, what’s currently dubbed The Chevron Championship; and the 2003 McDonald’s LPGA Championship, now the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
After her triumph at the Women’s British Open, Sorenstam won the 2004 and 2005 McDonald’s LPGA Championships; the 2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship; and the 2006 U.S. Women’s Open, which was her final major victory as an LPGA Tour member.
Sorenstam is the second most recent athlete to have finished the Career Grand Slam and is the only European to ever have accomplished the feat. The 10 major championship victories the Swede racked up is tied for fourth-most of all time, alongside LPGA Founder Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
Of her 10 major championship titles, Sorenstam’s AIG Women’s Open win 22 years ago remains the first and only time the 72-time Tour champion tallied a victory in that tournament.