Golf legend Annika Sorenstam talks charitable efforts ahead of American Century celebrity tournament

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Golf legend Annika Sorenstam will be back in the field at the American Century Championship, and she’s doing more than just trying to win the celebrity golf tournament.

Sorenstam, who won 72 LPGA Tour tournaments, including 10 majors, during her illustrious career, will raise awareness for the Annika Foundation while competing at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Club near Lake Tahoe next month. 

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Annika Sorenstam (Isaiah Vazquez/Clarkson Creative/Getty Images)

The foundation aims to use golf to support young women across the globe.

"My foundation has been around almost 20 years, and it is all about providing playing opportunities and empower and advance young women through the sport," Sorenstam told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "Different initiatives, tournament initiatives, resources, mentorship, scholarship, etc., so, we have done some clinics in the area, invite young girls to participate, it has been great. 

"We have about 1,000 girls each year, and we have given back almost $10 million to girls’ golf. Wherever I go, I push the foundation and it has been great to get young girls to pick up a club or continue to play."

Sorenstam said she looks forward to playing in the tournament each year.

She was the runner-up with former NHL star Jeremy Roenick in 2014 when former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien won the tournament for the second time.

Condoleezza Rice, left, and Annika Sorenstam (Kyle Terada-Imagn Images)

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