Article: IMPORTANT TIME FOR LPGA TOUR WOMEN NEED TO RIDE ANNIKA'S MOMENTUM BY DOUG FERGUSON ASSOCIATED PRESS.(SPORTS)

For three months leading up to the Colonial and two rounds that she spent as the first woman in 58 years on the PGA Tour, Annika Sorenstam brought more attention to women's golf than at any other time in history.

The trick is getting it to last.

Sorenstam goes back to where she belongs this week -- those are her words, not Vijay Singh's -- when she defends her title in the Kellogg-Keebler Classic outside Chicago.

Media requests have doubled. Advance ticket sales are up 50 percent.

The ripple effect from Colonial is not quite the tidal wave that Tiger Woods creates whenever he wins majors, but at least it's visible.

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