The Week: His-and-Her Citations

Vijay's a chick? Annika's got the yips? Missed 59s and corporate gold mines? Here's our report from a historic, and histrionic, Colonial

By Alan Shipnuck

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WINNERS

ANNIKA Ms. Sorenstam was a picture of poise, but that was no surprise from such a classy champion. The revelation was her warmth and humor, which she has always disguised so well.

THURSDAY Sorenstam conducted a ball striking exhibition, hitting 13 of 14 fairways and coming within a few feet of 18 greens in regulation during one of the most electric rounds in history.

DEAN WILSON The rookie's go annika button was the most eloquent statement of the week, and playing alongside Sorenstam, he displayed disarming charm and a solid game.

KENNY PERRY With all eyes on the Colonial, this amiable veteran flirted with a 59 on Saturday, on his way to a commanding six-stroke win.

MICHELLE WIE Sorenstam will be remembered as the Lee Elder to Wie's Tiger Woods, breaking barriers so another can later break records.

BANK OF AMERICA The first-year title sponsor of the Colonial reaped a p.r. bonanza and deserved it -- after all, it was the company's execs who pushed Colonial officials to extend an invitation to Sorenstam.

PHIL MICKELSON From the start he was Annika's most eloquent booster, rightly pointing out that the PGA Tour is for the best players, period.

MALE EGO Do men have physiological advantages that make the game easier? No question, and the Colonial proved it, as 95 of the 110 gents in the field finished ahead of the LPGA's best player.

LOSERS

ANNIKA'S SHORT GAME Her only weakness was painfully exposed in the exacting conditions and under the suffocating pressure. Expect quick improvement from this tireless worker.

FRIDAY The emotional letdown was palpable among both Annika and her fans, as she doinked trees, fluffed chips and made five bogeys on the way to shooting 74 and missing the cut.

VIJAY SINGH While he was home licking his wounds, one creative fan came up with a classic put-down: a hat that looked like a chicken, scrawled with Vijay on both sides

JULI INKSTER She roared to victory at the LPGA Corning Classic with a closing 62, the equivalent of a tree falling in an uninhabited forest.

SUZY WHALEY With the novelty now gone, Whaley's star turn at July's Greater Hartford Open will be a regional story, at best.

CBS The story was already old by the time the Tiffany Network came on the air on Saturday afternoon, and by Sunday, CBS's desperation was so acute it set Annika highlights to the strains of Kelly Clarkson. Yikes!

NICK PRICE He found religion in the end, going out of his way to compliment Sorenstam, but it will be his first, sour comments that endure.

MARK BROOKS , JOEL EDWARDS , BOB ESTES , KEVIN SUTHERLAND , CRAIG PERKS , SCOTT MCCARRON These Tour winners will spend the rest of their careers explaining how they got beat by a girl.

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