GOLF Koch, Sorenstam are team in Solheim Cup

Carin Koch loves the Barseback Golf and Country Club course in Sweden.
ODDEKOPINGE, Sweden (AP) -- Carin Koch is eager to team up with Annika Sorenstam again.
"Who wouldn't want to play with Annika? She's the best player in the world," Koch said Tuesday after an 18-hole practice round at Barseback Golf and Country Club, the site of this weekend's Solheim Cup.
Koch and Sorenstam were on the wind-swept course with other European players, but Sorenstam's round lasted just nine holes.
Koch, unbeaten in two Solheim Cup appearances, liked the course, which is situated on the southern tip of Sweden.
"The course is absolutely beautiful," Koch said of the Barseback layout that has four seaside holes near the Oresund Strait, which separates Sweden and Denmark. "It's a great course to play. It's a lot of fun. The wind, of course, makes it pretty challenging. We had good matches going in our practice today."
Beautiful layout
Barseback is arguably Sweden's best golf course. Jack Nicklaus called it "one of the most beautiful and best golf resorts in Europe" in 1983, when he shot a 69 in an exhibition.
A year earlier, Lee Trevino, Curtis Strange, Lanny Wadkins, Nancy Lopez and Sally Little also praised the course in a Sweden-United States match.
The club has hosted the Scandinavian Masters, a men's European Tour event, four times and the Compaq Open -- now the HP Open -- Ladies European Tour twice.
"I've played the course quite a bit," said Koch, who grew up a few hours drive north of the course on the Swedish west coast.
Koch, an LPGA regular since 1994 whose only win came in the 2001 Corning Classic, has earned 71/2 points in eight Solheim matches. But she believes past success means nothing this time.
"I get reminded of that a lot," she said. "It's a different tournament. It's a new tournament. I don't go out thinking of that. I want to win every match I go out and play. If I do that, then of course my record is going to take care of itself. I know it's my advantage when I stand on the first tee."
Koch's most memorable moment in the Solheim came in Scotland three years ago when she holed the winning putt at Loch Lomond.
"There's been a lot of exciting moments, a lot of good matches, but that will always stand out, to turn that match around and to win it was very important."
Koch was pregnant
Last fall, when the U.S. team beat Europe 151/2-121/2 at Interlachen in Minnesota, Koch was pregnant, but played all three days.
She's prepared to play all three days again.
"Sure, if that's what my captain wants me to do, then I'll do it," Koch said. "I'll probably feel a little better this time. I was very tired playing 36 holes."
The Solheim Cup begins Friday, with four alternate-shot and four best-ball matches Friday and Saturday, followed by 12 singles matches Sunday.