While Annika Sorenstam is having the year of her career, Michelle Wie is busy launching hers.
The LPGA's present and future are both in Oregon this week for the LPGA Safeway Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club.
Sorenstam won this tournament last year but that seems like a lifetime ago. Since then, there have been two wins in majors, an appearance on the PGA Tour, and the recent Solheim Cup.
"I feel like I've been everywhere," Sorenstam said. "I've been to Asia, I've been on the men's tour, and I've been playing Solheim. And then later in the year I'm going to play the Skins Game. I mean, the spectrum. I've been everywhere it seems like."
Wie, the long-driving 13-year-old phenom, is making her second trip to Oregon this year. She also played in the US Women's Open at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in nearby North Plains.
It also has been a busy year for the Hawaiian. Including an appearance on the Canadian tour, Wie will have played in nine professional tournaments -- with both men and women.
Wie is coming off an appearance last weekend in the Nationwide Tour's Boise Open, where she missed the cut.
Last year Sorenstam shot a 17-under 199 on the 6,327-yard northeast Portland course in a one-shot victory over Kate Golden.
Sorenstam is coming off an emotional victory for Europe in the Solheim Cup at the Barseback Golf & Country Club in her native Sweden.
"I've obviously still got a lot of adrenaline still going from the Solheim Cup two weeks ago, but I'm ready to play for myself this week," she said.
In addition to the Solheim Cup, Sorenstam made history in May at the Colonial as the first woman in 58 years to play on the PGA Tour. Then she won the Women's British Open, her second victory in a major this year, to complete the LPGA career Grand Slam.
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