The ANNIKA Academy, founded by 72-time LPGA Tour winner Annika Sorenstam, is the Official Elite Training Academy of the Epson Tour. This is the second year that the ANNIKA Academy has worked with the Epson Tour to help them develop on and off the course.
This week in Lake Wales, ANNIKA Academy fitness and nutrition expert Kai Fusser will deliver the first of five professional development sessions for Epson Tour players on Tuesday from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Fusser, who worked with Sorenstam during her playing days, will speak to the players on best nutrition practices to prepare and excel in golf.
At the end of the 2015 season, the ANNIKA Academy will select one Epson Tour member to receive the “ANNIKA Academy Elite Athlete Award.” The award will be given to the player who, through her performance in Epson Tour events and her participation in the ANNIKA Academy development sessions, best demonstrates the same holistic “winning approach” philosophy, which Sorenstam applied to her game during competition. The player will receive a $5,000 cash prize.
The ANNIKA Academy also receives a sponsor exemption spot into the field. Riuxin “Rachel” Liu is an ANNIKA Academy elite athlete and will play in the event. Liu has played in one Epson Tour event each of the last two years. She finished in a tie for 48th in 2013 and missed the cut last year.
The 16-year-old from China has already won on the professional level. She won a 2014 Suncoast Ladies Tour event. She finished in a tie for fourth at the ANNIKA Invitational China last year.
)
)
)
)
