Lorena Ochoa

Jiyai Shin and Lorena Ochoa will take their duel for LPGA Player of the Year honors down to the wire this week at the LPGA Tour Championship. South Korea's Shin is trying to become the first player since LPGA legend Nancy Lopez in 1978 to win both Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year. If she can pull it off, she'll end world number one Ochoa's three-year reign. Shin, 21, won three times last year before joining the LPGA Tour, including the Women's British Open. She followed with three more wins and 11 top-10 finishes this year to secure Rookie of the ... Read Full Story

Jiyai Shin and Lorena Ochoa will take their duel for LPGA Player of the Year honors down to the wire this week at the LPGA Tour Championship. South Korea's Shin is trying to become the first player since LPGA legend Nancy Lopez in 1978 to win both Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year. If she can pull it off, she'll end world number one Ochoa's three-year reign. Shin, 21, won three times last year before joining the LPGA Tour, including the Women's British Open. She followed with three more wins and 11 top-10 finishes this year to secure Rookie of the ... Read Full Story

Michelle Wie withdrew from the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship because of a sprained left ankle Thursday, a few hours after Lorena Ochoa shot a 6-under 66 in breezy conditions to take a one-shot lead over Reilley Rankin. The 20-year-old Wie, fresh off her first LPGA victory last week at Ochoa's tournament in Mexico, shot a 72 in the afternoon. She limped through her round on the gimpy ankle that she sprained during the Solheim Cup in August. "I wanted to do everything I could do to fight through the injury," Wie said in a statement. "It bothered me last week in Mexico, but I ... Read Full Story

Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin fought to the last hole for the LPGA's top player award. By the slimmest of margins, Ochoa won — and for the fourth straight year, too. She finished two strokes behind tournament winner Anna Nordqvist at the LPGA Tour Championship on Monday. The 22-year-old's final-round 65 was good enough to beat Ochoa in the weather-shortened event at 13 under par on Monday. Shin needed to finish seventh or better to win the LPGA player of the year award, but missed a birdie putt on the 18th hole that tied her for eighth and gave Ochoa a 160-159 victory in ... Read Full Story

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Reuters) - Michelle Wie broke through for her first professional tour victory on Sunday, winning the LPGA Lorena Ochoa Invitational by two strokes over fellow American Paula Creamer. The 20-year-old Hawaiian, who first qualified for an LPGA event when she was 12, closed with a three-under par 69 for a 13-under 275 total to collect a $220,000 cheque. "It feels, it sounds cliche, but it feels awesome," Wie told the LPGA website (www.lpga.com) after her round. "For sure, it's definitely (a monkey) off my back. I think that hopefully life will be a lot better, but I still have a lot of ... Read Full Story