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LPGA Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam’s historic career ended on Friday with a 3-over-par 75 as the 38-year-old Swede failed to qualify for the third round of the ADT Championship.

Sorenstam, whose 72 career tour event wins have ranked her second in the world only behind Lorena Ochoa, has decided to retire her clubs for marriage and motherhood.

Golf Etail wishes Sorenstam the best in her domestic endeavors!

Carlsbad, California-based Callaway Golf Company continues its X series irons with the performance-enhancing X-22, featuring Precision Notch Weighting; a Modified Tru-Bore design that softens vibration for an enhanced feel; a PGA Tour-inspired thinner top-line and sole; and VFT Technology, which maximizes ball speed and perimeter weighting for more distance and forgiveness.

Constructed from 17-4 stainless steel, the new X-22s provide stability at impact even on off-centered hits, and the center of gravity position has been strategically placed for optimal ball-flight trajectories.

Just in time for the holidays, GolfEtail offers the new Callaway X-22 irons for nearly 30% off MSRP!

Looks like somebody landed on Santa’s “Nice” list.

It’s about time, too.

According to this GOLF.com article, a survey published in a recent issue of Street & Smith’s SportBusiness Journal revealed that a meager 30% of avid golfers (described as “someone who looks up Tour scores several times a week, watches at least 11 tournaments per year and has a favorite player”) are aware that mail carrier FedEx is the title sponsor of the PGA Tour’s season-long points race and four-tournament playoff series.

To make matters worse, 4% of respondents named Nike as the Tour’s playoff sponsor while 3.5% percent claimed that Coca-Cola held the title.

Unfortunate news for FedEx, right? It’s all relative.

The mail carrier is “enjoying higher awareness levels than many of the Tour’s other partners,” the paper said, including MasterCard, which was correctly identified as the Tour’s official credit card by only 17% of avid fans. Adding insult to injury, 35% of those surveyed thought American Express, which has no ties to the Tour, was the official card.

Joining AMEX on the list of would-be sponsors getting something for nothing: AT&T. Thirty-six percent of avid fans think the telecom giant is the official wireless carrier of the Tour – despite the fact that the Tour has no wireless partner.

Donald Trump’s plan to build an exclusive $2.4 billion golf resort on the Aberdeenshire coastline in Scotland has been approved by the Scottish government, according to this article on The Australian, the online edition of Australia’s biggest-selling national newspaper.

Proposals for the property include more than 1,000 home and holiday apartments, a 450-bedroom Gothic-style hotel and two golf courses.

Trump said he’s “deeply honored” by the decision.

Completion of construction is expected by early 2011, and the resort will create upwards of 6,000 jobs, 1,400 of which will be permanent positions.

“In tough economic times, substantial investment of this kind is at a premium,” said Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister.

Expect fees and dues at the resort to be at a premium as well – if Trump’s stateside golf resorts are any measure. Green fees for Donald Trump’s existing public clubs in California and New York can cost up to $375 on weekends.