Sorenstam set for US Open after 14 years

Three-time champion Annika Sorenstam is set to compete in the US Women's Open for the first time since 2008.

Sorenstam has filed an entry for this year's championship, which will be staged from June 2-5 at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in North Carolina, where she won back-to-back US Open titles in 1996.

The 51-year-old Swede earned a place in the field by winning the 2021 US Senior Women's Open by eight shots on her championship debut.

"I'm excited to have the opportunity to play in a US Women's Open again, especially with it being held at Pine Needles," Sorenstam said.

"I really never thought I would play in another one, but everything just sort of fell into place.

"Teeing it up in the greatest championship in women's golf, at a venue that has so many incredible memories for me, and to be able to do so with my family means a lot to us."