Retirement Week

I was just as surprised as the golf blog as first Annika Sorenstam announced her retirement and then one day later Tennis No. 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne did the same (at age 25). Justine and Annika surely had some good years in competitive sports ahead of them, but they surely have their personal reasons.

Geoff Shackelford has some “Annika Stepping Away Stories“, BBC Sport has a career picture gallery and The Golf Blog has some more footage. Pgatour.com has the impressive comparison Annika vs. Tiger.

Personally, I believe that her saying goodbye isn’t forever, but we’ll see. Until then, best of luck Annika.