A few weeks ago I interviewed Mia Hamm, one of the greatest athletes of all time. I asked her about her passion for golf, her travel habits, if her husband, Nomar Garciaparra, has a funky pre-shot routine in golf (like he does in baseball), and I asked her about her upcoming charity golf match with Annika Sorenstam. The complete Q&A won't come out until the first week of May, but because the match with Annika is Friday, Feb. 19, at the Origins Golf Club in WaterSound, Fla., I thought I'd release a portion of our conversation today, as an audio file (see below)."Mia is one of the greatest female athletes of our generation and an inspiration to so many people worldwide," says Sorenstam. "I am a big fan of hers, and we are honored to have her take part in the ANNIKA Experience at WaterSound."
The match will be 10 holes, in a par-3 configuration. Mia and Annika will have a different junior golfer as a partner on each hole. The event will benefit local charities and the ANNIKA Foundation, which "teaches children the importance of living a healthy, active lifestyle through fitness and nutrition and offers aspiring junior golfers opportunities to pursue their dreams."Here's a portion of my interview with Hamm, who says she has a low score of 76 and used to break 80 frequently, but that was before she gave birth to twins.
(Poor Mia, she thought she was playing with Annika, not against her):
Even George Will would agree, Hamm's record as a collegiate soccer player at North Carolina has to be one of the best sports stats ever--she was 94-1 and won four national championships. Hamm still remembers the loss. "We played UConn at UConn," she says. "I think the score was 3-2."
--Matty G.
(Photographs by Getty Images.)
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