1.   And the biggest thing in Swedish golf is Jesper Parnevik.

2.   Both sisters had the same coaches while on the Swedish national golf team, Pia Nilsson and Henri Ries.

3.   Range Servant America, the U.S. subsidiary of a Swedish golf driving-range equipment maker, found itself in the rough this year as gasoline prices soared.

4.   Swedish golf coach Pia Nilsson, the former All-American at Arizona State, is here this week in a new capacity as the European Solheim Cup captain.

5.   The Swedish golf organization sends its young prospects to Spain to play the winter months when Sweden is iced over.

6.   Under her direction, the Swedish junior golf program has become just about the hippest club around.

7.   Peter Henriksson made Swedish golf history Saturday with eight straight birdies on the front-nine as he won the Helsingborg Open.

8.   Swedish golf star Jesper Parnevik had just finished his breakfast at a hotel in Manhattan when he heard about the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

9.   The award reflects the fact that Swedish golf players have been increasingly successful in the game.

10.   Whatever happens it will be a memorable day for Swedish golf.