President Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday, the highest civilian honor, to retired golfers Annika Sörenstam, Gary Player, and the late Babe Zaharias. The White House released a statement in March 2020 saying that Trump would present the Medal of Freedom to Sörenstam and Player later that month, but the event was postponed due to the pandemic. Player and Sörenstam joined Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Charlie Sifford, and Tiger Woods to become the only golfers to have received the Medal of Freedom. Annika is known for her legendary career as a golf player. She broke world records and entered the World Golf Hall of Fame, “after becoming the only player in Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour history to shoot 59, achieve 89 worldwide victories (including 72 LPGA and 10 Major Championships),” according to a White House press statement. She also received other prestigious awards, such …