When Annika Sorenstam retired from professional golf in 2008, she never envisioned making a comeback. And 10 years later, when the U.S. Golf Association held the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Chicago Golf Club and people started to gauge the LPGA legend’s interest in competing, Sorenstam was consistent in her response: I’m too young, I’m too young.

“Well, now I’m not too young,” said Sorenstam, who turned 50 in October.

On the heels of the year’s final major, the U.S. Women’s Open, Sorenstam revealed that she has dusted off her clubs with the intention of returning to competition in 2021. Don’t call it a comeback, though; Sorenstam says she’s not interested in playing LPGA events, or even much on the Legends Tour, the LPGA’s senior circuit.

However, the Aug. 19-22 national championship at Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield, Connecticut, is definitely on her radar in what would be her first professional start in nearly 13 years.

“When I retired, I didn’t want to play then; I was done with my career, I had achieved what I wanted to achieve, and sometimes you just need a little space, a little gap,” Sorenstam told GolfChannel.com on Tuesday. “It’s been 12 years now and I’m starting to maybe appreciate it again, and the pressure is not there. … I don’t have the pressure of feeling like I have to shoot 59 every time I go out; that gets tiring and very hard on you. I think I have enough space now to where if I have to use my clubs to do a little bit more of the talking, I’m ready to do that.”

Article originally appeared on: Golfchannel.com