The Associated Press

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Annika Sorenstam can make history on the golf course before she plays against men at the Colonial.

This week at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, Sorenstam will try to become the first woman to win a major championship three years in a row since Patty Berg won three straight Titleholders in the 1930s.

If it means much to her, it's hard to tell from the taciturn Swede whose thoughts rarely seem to stray far from her next shot.

"I'm very familiar with the history of the LPGA and so forth," Sorenstam said. "But you stand on the first tee and I try not to think about those things."

Sorenstam's not the only player with more at stake than just a major title win beginning today at Mission Hills Country Club. Se Ri Pak, who beat Sorenstam last week, could become the youngest player to win the career grand slam by winning here.

And Laura Davies not only could complete the grand slam but get enough points to qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame if she were to win.

But all the attention is on Sorenstam.

Her decision to play in the Colonial in May has threatened to overshadow the rest of the players on the LPGA Tour, which she dominated last year by winning 11 times.

Sorenstam drew the largest galleries in her season debut last week in Phoenix, and nearly all the media attention. But she faded in the final round and it was Pak who won with a final-round 64 to Sorenstam's 71.

For all the focus on Sorenstam, Pak is the one player who has shown she's not intimidated. Pak won five times last year - four victories coming in head-to-head competition with Sorenstam - and she's eager to do it in a tournament she has never won.