Annika Sörenstam Expecting First Child

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Annika Sörenstam has certainly been making the most of her time off! Retiring from professional golf in December, the 38-year-old tied the knot in January and — in a blog on her personal website today — has announced that she’s pregnant.

“[My husband] Mike [McGee] and I are very pleased to announce that we expecting our first child,” she writes. “We have had a lot of exciting changes in the past few months, and adding a new addition to our family later this fall will certainly be at the top of that list. We are absolutely thrilled and look forward to this new chapter of our lives! We appreciate the love and support that we have received from our family, friends, and of course my fans.”

Before stepping away from the sport, Annika won 90 professional tournaments and holds multiple all-time scoring records.

Source: Annika Sörenstam

Comments

Congrats to her and Mike! I figured she might eager to get pregnant once she retired from the pro tour.

- danda_lion on March 19th, 2009

I have absolutely no idea who she is as I don’t follow golf but congratulations to her and her husband.

- M on March 19th, 2009

Congratulation to you and your husband.

- finallyhowitwork on March 20th, 2009

being the daughter of a swedish father, i know who she is very well and i am really happy for her. so, annika, congratulations! i wonder if she’ll raise her baby in sweden or in the us (my bets are on the latter though )

- natalie on March 20th, 2009

Grattis (Congratulations) Annika!

- Marie on March 20th, 2009

Grattis Annika och make!

- Hea on March 20th, 2009

my family and I are big fans of you and we just wanted to congratulate you on have your first child!

- morgan on August 16th, 2009