The Swedish world No 1 attempts to become the first player to win the title three years in a row and also the first to win the opening two majors of the season since Pat Bradley in 1986.Sorenstam could hardly be more confident, having clinched her fifth tournament in seven 2005 starts by four shots at the LPGA Classic in Atlantic City on Sunday. But it doesn't faze me."Powell's big decision is whether to pick her most-feared player Kelly Smith, who is still recovering from a fractured foot, or to keep her on the bench and see how things progress.. Last year's Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer has qualified for next week's US Open at Pinehurst. His aggregate 134 easily saw him into the top 20, who all qualify, and left him just three shots adrift of the leader, Australian Geoff Ogilvy.A total of 144 players competed for 20 places and Langer finished fourth. The Swede Carl Pettersson also made it through in joint sixth place. However, Welshman Phillip Price lost out in a seven-man play-off for the last six places.Fredrik Jacobson missed that play-off by one stroke, Greg Owen and Justin Rose by two, Jose Maria Olazabal by three, Jesper Parnevik by seven, and Alex Cejka and Ireland's Richie Coughlan by 10.In Maryland, the defending women's champion and grand slam-chasing Annika Sorenstam has two targets in her sights when she tees off in tomorrow's opening round of the LPGA Championship at Bulle Rock. "The FA have bought me a massive book and I've got to read all of it," she said.

"I've been doing revision between training and swimming because some of the exams have been rescheduled. At the least we must get to the last four."Which is exactly the same goal, of course, as that of the host nation. Powell admitted after the last-gasp 3-2 win over Finland, which drew record viewing figures for a women's match, peaking at 2.9m, that her players were nervous.The star of the show against the Finns was 17-year-old Karen Carney, who not only scored England's winner but troubled the opposition throughout. Such is the part-time nature of women's football that Carney had been revising for her A levels just hours earlier.

Now comes the hard part. England, having successfully got their European Women's Championship campaign off the ground against group outsiders Finland, albeit with far more of a struggle than anticipated, take on Denmark at Ewood Park tonight knowing that victory will guarantee a semi-final place Now comes the hard part. But the manager, who welcomes Gary Caldwell back after a ban, said he could still put out a side capable of victory."We are not struggling to put a team on the pitch," Smith said "We are struggling to know exactly who we can put there. There is a difference and whoever we put on the pitch we are optimistic can play well. We have enough players to do well in the game."Alexander, who played in both full-back positions on Saturday, has a toe injury, centre-back Pressley has a knee problem and striker Miller has strained a thigh.Midfielder Darren Fletcher and forward Lee McCulloch have been passed fit however following treatment for ailments..