Cristie Kerr, Karrie Webb and Se Ri Pak -- all major championship winners -- have to be considered contenders. So does Mi Hyun Kim, who with eight career wins shares the dubious distinction with Rachel Hetherington of being the active player with the most victories without a major.
Kim is the only player to finish in the top 10 in the first three majors of the year. Hetherington was second at Sunningdale in 2004 and could factor again. Sherrie Steinhauer and Sophie Gustafson always play well in the Women's British.
And then there is the 37-year-old Sorenstam. This may very well be her last major championship. She says she will step away from competitive golf at the end of the year and the only door she has left open to playing again is years down the road, perhaps after having a child.
If she had putted even a little bit better she could have won the Kraft Nabisco, where she was second, and the McDonald's, where she finished third. Sorenstam also hit the ball great at the Women's Open, only to be sabotaged by her putter, finally fading to T-24.
Annika has a flair for history and she could make some at Sunningdale. Her first LPGA victory was the 1995 U.S. Women's Open. Perhaps she has in mind ending her major-championship career by book-ending things with the Women's British Open. She'll just have to put those kids in their place.
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