The 10-time major winner announced that she will make her comeback at the Gainbridge LPGA Championship which commences on February 25-28.

Sorenstam retired from golf in 2008 to start a family and later announced that she will be participating in the Tour event held on her home course of the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, Orlando.

“It will be my first LPGA tournament since I stepped away from competition to start a family in 2008,” the 50-year-old wrote in her newsletter.

“A lot has changed for the better during that time, most notably the birth of our two children. Ava and Will are excited to see ‘Mama’ play. I have to admit if this tournament hadn’t moved to our home course, it never would have crossed my mind to enter.

“But it makes sense to do so, not just because it will be a ‘home game,’ but also because my goal, schedule permitting, is to play in the U.S. Senior Women’s Open later this summer. To work toward that goal, I have realized that I need more tournament reps to have a chance to reach my potential. I’m not expecting much, but I look forward to the challenge!”

Sorenstam played her first Tour event in 1993 and in 2003, became the first woman to play in a men’s PGA Tour event in 58 years.

She won 72 LPGA Tour titles during her time on the golf course, the third most of all time. She has also been inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame.

More recently, Sorenstam received heavy criticism for choosing to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom from former US President Donald Trump a day after rioters stormed the US Capitol, a decision she defended.

“I like to look forward, not spend energy on what could have been,” Sorenstam told the Golf Channel when asked if she would act differently in hindsight.

“It’s all about opening doors. That’s one thing I’ve learned. I’ve heard from a lot of people. You can imagine a lot of opinions, a lot of comments and I hear clearly what those people say. I know they see it differently. But I listen and I embrace them all.”

She was also part of the celebrity field at the season-opening Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions last month.

World No. 4 Nelly Korda said the return of such a legend was “really cool.”

“She still has it,” the American said. “She has her touch around the greens. It was honestly surreal. That you can still compete at her age… Once you have it, you never lose it.”

Law enforcement officials said the 15-time major champion, who has been plagued by injury in recent years, would not face reckless driving charges for the crash which didn’t involve any other cars.

Woods was driving alone Tuesday morning in a Los Angeles suburb on a road notorious for fatal accidents when his SUV hit the center median, crossed into the opposing lane, struck a tree and then rolled over several times.

“A reckless driving charge has a lot of elements into it, this is purely an accident,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told reporters.

He added that the most Woods could face would be a low-level offense known as an infraction if investigators conclude that he was speeding or not paying attention.

Investigators hope the new vehicle was equipped with a “black box” data recorder that will help shed light on the cause of the third high-profile car incident involving Woods in recent years.

Woods underwent surgery to repair “significant orthopedic injuries” to his lower right leg and ankle, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center chief medical officer Anish Mahajan said.

This included the insertion of a rod into Woods’s shin bone and the use of “a combination of screws and pins” to stabilize his foot and ankle.

In the same statement posted on Woods’s Twitter account, his representatives said he was “currently awake, responsive, and recovering in his hospital room.”

The crash comes just two months after the golfing phenomenon underwent his fifth back operation.