Updated: November 08, 2009, 06:46
SHIMA, Japan(AP) South Korea's Bo Bae Song won the Mizuno Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 for a three-stroke victory over top-ranked Lorena Ochoa, Brittany Lang and Hee Young Park. "Honestly I couldn't sleep last night because I was so nervous,'' said Song, the Japan Women's Open winner last month at Abiko. "I went to bed at 11 last night, but woke up around 3. Usually that doesn't happen... Read Full Story
SHIMA-SHI, Japan, Nov. 8 (UPI) --
Song Bo-bae shot 4-under-par 68 Sunday in finishing off a 3-stroke her first LPGA tournament victory at the Mizuno Classic in Japan.
Song had five birdies and one bogey in the final round and ended up at 15-under 201 for the 54-hole tournament. That was three strokes better than runners-up Brittany Lang, Lorena Ochoa and Park Hee-young.
Ochoa, the No. 1 ranked women's golfer in the world, had a bogey-free 8-under 64 Sunday to pull near the top of the... Read Full Story
World number one Lorena Ochoa goes in search of her fourth victory of the year this week as the LPGA Tour starts a two-week swing through Asia. The 27-year-old Mexican successfully defended her title at the Navistar Classic in Alabama at her last event earlier this month and tees off at the Hana Bank Kolon Championship in fine form. But she has a top field of players to contend with, led by defending champion Candie Kung of Taiwan, who defeated Australia's Katherine Hull by a stroke last... Read Full Story
Mexico's Lorena Ochoa shot a six- under-par 66 and moved into sole possession of first place with a three-stroke lead following the third round of the LPGA's Navistar Classic. Defending champ Ochoa moved to 16-under 200 ahead of Germany's Sandra Gal at The Senator Course at Capitol Hill Golf Club. Gal also fired a 66 on Saturday. "It was a good day," Ochoa said. "I didn't make many birdies early. My first birdie was on hole number seven. "Once I made that, I just give myself more of a better... Read Full Story
Sophie Gustafson questioned whether she would ever win another LPGA Tour title. "Yeah, absolutely," she said, grinning. Gustafson is finally an LPGA Tour winner again, six years after her last championship, cruising to a four-stroke victory over top-ranked Lorena Ochoa in the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge on Sunday. The 35-year-old Swede shot a 4-under 68 at Blackhawk Country Club and finished at 20-under 268 for her first title since the 2003 Samsung World Championship. She takes home the... Read Full Story
World number one Lorena Ochoa won her third title of the year with her second successful title defense of the season, capturing the LPGA Navistar Classic by four strokes on Sunday. The 27-year-old Mexican star, who began the day with a three-stroke edge, fired a final-round 70 to finish 72 holes on 18-under par 270 and defeat Americans Michelle Wie and Brittany Lang by four strokes each. Taiwan's Yani Tseng and Britain's Janice Moodie shared fourth on 275 with Sweden's Maria Hjorth and... Read Full Story
World number one Lorena Ochoa makes her last of eight LPGA title defences this year starting Thursday at the 1.3 million-dollar Navistar LPGA Classic, hoping for a third win of the season. Ochoa's only successful repeat crown so far this year came in her homeland of Mexico at April's Corona Championship. She also won in March at Thailand and last week settled for second place at the CVS Challenge, boosting the 27-year-old star above one million dollars in prize money for the year. "I think... Read Full Story
World number one Lorena Ochoa makes her last of eight LPGA title defences this year starting Thursday at the 1.3 million-dollar Navistar LPGA Classic, hoping for a third win of the season. Ochoa's only successful repeat crown so far this year came in her homeland of Mexico at April's Corona Championship. She also won in March at Thailand and last week settled for second place at the CVS Challenge, boosting the 27-year-old star above one million dollars in prize money for the year. "I think... Read Full Story
Sophie Gustafson returned to the US LPGA tour winner's circle on Sunday with a victory in the 1.1 million-dollar LPGA Challenge. The 35-year-old Swede triumphed for the first time since the 2003 Samsung World Championship, and admitted that she was starting to wonder if she'd ever add another title to her resume. "Yeah, absolutely," she smiled. When it did come, Gustafson made it look easy as she cruised to a four-shot victory over world number one Lorena Ochoa of Mexico. Gustafson carded a... Read Full Story
Lorena Ochoa is running out of tournaments in a startlingly average season for a player who won 21 times in the previous three years. Since winning the Corona Championship in her native Mexico in late April for her second victory of the year, the top-ranked Ochoa is winless in 10 starts. South Korea's Jiyai Shin leads the player of the year — and rookie — races and is within striking distance of catching Ochoa in the rankings. Norway's Suzann Pettersen and a handful of other players are also... Read Full Story
