On 3 August 2003, Annika Sörenstam won the Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes. It was the one major she had never held. With it, she completed the career grand slam.
One stroke on the last hole, and the last major
Sörenstam took the lead for the first time with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 11th. Se-Ri Pak fought back, tying with birdies at the 12th and 16th. The championship came down to the closing hole.
With Pak already in a fairway bunker, Sörenstam's caddie called for driver. She found the fairway and set up an easy approach to the green.
Pak, trying to play safe, trickled a 3-wood into a pot bunker. She could not reach the green and closed with a bogey. Sörenstam tapped in for par and a one-stroke win, finishing at 278 (−10).
Sixth woman ever to hold every major
The victory was the sixth of her eventual ten major titles. It placed her in the record book as only the sixth woman to complete the career grand slam. The win also ended a lean spell, as she had not won since the LPGA Championship in June and had withdrawn from the Canadian Open with fatigue.
"I felt the pressure, but then on the other hand, I felt this is what it's all about — to play in a major championship where you have to perform," she told reporters afterwards. "Now I'm here, sitting here with a trophy. This is what I wanted for so long."
The season that followed carried her into the World Golf Hall of Fame at age 33. Of all her titles, the one she won only once at Royal Lytham stayed among the most special.