European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 52 stars and stripes thursday april 19 2007 sore Stams career at the Crossroads by Doug Ferguson the associated press reunion Fia Annika Morenstam was on her feet for nearly two hours hosting a Golf clinic for children speaking to sponsors and dignitaries from behind a podium cutting the rib Bon to officially open the Annika Academy and giving her guests a tour then it was time to slip into something More comfortable so she put on her neck Brace Morenstam sat in a conference room resting her right Arm on a table unable to lift it Over her shoulder she gently rubbed an area at the base of her Index Fin Ger that she said was numb her goal is to return to the Lyga tour by May 31 for her new tournament the Ginn tribute hosted by Annika but even that is in doubt because no one knows the extent of her injury she has a ruptured disk in her neck and a bulging disk in her Back which explains Why she is off to her worst Start since 1999 thing affecting her game not even an Fri can detect de sire nor can a neck Brace keep the 36yearold swede from looking More Content than Ever Morenstam once found her Ful fitment on the Golf course whether that meant shooting a 59 tee ing it up against the men at the co Lonial winning the career grand slam pursuing the Calendar grand slam and otherwise establishing herself As the greatest of her generation i do want to make Clear that the Competition still Means a lot said Morenstam who is third on the Lyga career list with 69 Victo Ries and tied for fourth with 10 majors theres nothing like going Down the 18th Fairway with your adrenaline pumping and when i get that Chance i dont think about other things but when youve got the tournament weeks the practice until you get to sunday if s Tough to get the match lit what motivates her More these Days is building a Brand she opened the 5400squarefoot Academy Mon Day and has plans to design a Golf course Morenstam is so involved with details that she even picked out the Grayan Blue carpeting in the Academy right now this is what excites me that s really the truth she said Ive tried to motivate my self at times i know i can play ref i really have to gear up for an event i can do it but if s almost like the done that so Many times this is thrilling to me this is More about giving Back in very Complete right now Morenstam has dropped casual hints in the past several years that she wants More out of life than a collection of trophies even As they were piling up at a ridiculous rate she won 43 times in a five year Span starting in 2001 after each season it seemed inevitable that she eventually would Challenge the record 88 victories by Kathy Whitworth that record now looks out of reach Lorena Ochoa is on the verge of replacing Morenstam at no 1 in the world ranking a fresh Chal Lenge finally appears to have arrived from Young americans such As Morgan Pressel Brittany Lincicome and Paula Creamer winning is harder even before the injury now if s like in Frozen so Ernstam said i cant do any thing i Hope in ready to come Back the time off however Long it turns out to be might be the Best thing for her it will give her body time to heal and allow her to de cide How much Golf Means to her at this stage in her career Dottie Pepper a 17time win Ner on the Lyga tour remembers the first time she had Shoul Der surgery and sat out four months it was her first time away from Golf and she Learned that it want All bad i dont blame her one bit for feeling that Way Pepper said in Ancikas Case she has poured 150 percent of herself into Golf then you go through this life experience and learn something else is out there you realize youre a lot More rounded person than you give yourself credit for Morenstam has known Only one gear during her domination of women Golf a few years ago she was so exhausted at the end of the season that she began to itch she discovered a horrendous Case of the hives and 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