Former LPGA Tour winner will be on site March 18 from 4:00-5:00 p.m.

DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, March 11, 2014 – After a two-week break, the Epson Tour, the official Qualifying Tour for the LPGA, is back in action next week at Lake Wales Country Club for the Florida’s Natural Charity Classic, the third event of the season. The ANNIKA Academy will be on-site on Tuesday, March 18 for the first of five professional development sessions for Epson Tour players. The training session, which is open to the media, will take place from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. on the driving range.

In late January, the LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals (T&CP) announced a new three-year partnership with the ANNIKA Academy to become the official elite golf training academy for the Epson Tour. Throughout the year, Epson Tour professionals will have the unique opportunity to improve on and off the course through on-site training sessions from the ANNIKA Academy.

Charlotta Sorenstam, Annika’s younger sister and the Director of Golf Operations at The ANNIKA Academy, will be at Lake Wales Country Club to deliver a session on the “body friendly swing” on March 18. Sorenstam had a successful career on the LPGA Tour, which included a win at the Standard Register Ping in 2000. She recorded 23 career top-10 finishes on Tour and amassed career earnings north of $1 million.

“I am thrilled to have my Academy partner with the LPGA T&CP and the world’s best young professional women’s golfers on the Epson Tour,” said Annika. “We look forward to sharing our ‘Winning Approach,’ which I utilized throughout my career, with their elite athletes as they prepare for successful careers on the LPGA Tour. It’s my goal to help grow the game of golf and I believe this partnership will do just that.”

The ANNIKA Academy has joined forces with the Epson Tour this season to conduct player development sessions on-site at five Epson Tour events, covering a range of elite training topics such as nutrition, fitness, course management and mental training. Annika herself will also host two Q&A Skype sessions, called Power Hours, with Epson Tour members, as well as attend the Epson Tour Championship.

The ANNIKA Academy will also host professional development sessions at the IOA Golf Classic in Longwood, Guardian Retirement Championship at Sara Bay in Sarasota, Chico’s Patty Berg Memorial in Fort Myers and the Epson Tour Championship Presented by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach.

Charlotta Sorenstam to deliver first ANNIKA Academy Development Session at Lake Wales Country Club

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