By Syndicated Content
Jan 7, 2021 3:42 PM
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, facing calls for his removal from office, turned from controversy to ceremony on Thursday as he awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to golfers Annika Sorenstam, Gary Player and Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
With just 13 days left in his term, Trump gave the nationâs highest civilian honor to Sweden's Sorenstam, a 10-times major champion, and South African Player, winner of nine major titles.
Receiving the honor posthumously was Zaharias, who also won 10 golf majors as well as two track & field gold medals at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games and is regarded as one of the greatest American athletes of all time. She died in 1956 at the age of 45.