‘… I Couldn’t Believe’: Annika Sorenstam Recalls Her Caddying Experience During Junior Days

Annika Sorenstam is a name synonymous with women’s golf. The former golfer etched her name in the history books with her 72 wins on the LPGA Tour. She was a young prodigy right from her junior days, but did she ever caddie for a golfer before? Sorenstam once recalled her experience from her young days, wherein she caddied at a professional men’s tournament in Europe.

Sorenstam’s first experience as a caddie

A surreal winner back in her days, Sorenstam came from humble origins on her way to mesmerize the golf world. It started with her first experience inside the ropes, as a caddie for the European tour’s Scandinavian Enterprise Open.

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At the time, players didn’t typically have regular caddies and instead picked someone from a group of people waiting in the parking lot. “I was on the national team, and my sister (Charlotta) and I went to caddie, and there was another girl there,” Sorenstam said. However, she and her sister were among those left waiting, but were the last to be chosen.

She ended up caddying for American golfer, Peter Teravainen. While he didn’t make the cut, Sorenstam learned bucket-loads about the game. To her surprise, she also received a treasured gift from Teravainen.

Annika Sorenstam receives a farewell gift

In her endeavor, Sorenstam was surprised to see that Teravainen changed his golf balls out on every hole, using expensive balata balls. To her delight, he gave her the used balls at the end of the week, leaving her with pockets full of balatas.

“He played balata golf balls. They were expensive, and he changed them out on every hole, which I couldn’t believe,” she said. “And he gave them to me, and so my pockets were filled with balatas balls.”

The experience set Sorenstam on her path to becoming a golfer on her own. She was offered another chance of caddying at a similar tournament but refused to concentrate on her budding career.

As for Teravainen, the 66-year-old continued on his quest to play overseas after an unfruitful PGA Tour expedition initially. He emerged victorious at the 1995 Czech Open on the European Tour and the 1996 Japan Open on the Japan Golf Tour.

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