Lorena Ochoa fought to recover Saturday from a rough first round in the MasterCard Classic, shooting a 2-under 70 that left the top-ranked Mexican star 11 strokes behind leader Ji-Young Oh. Read Full Story
(DUBAI – Dec 16th 2007) – Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam successfully defended the Dubai Ladies Masters on Sunday and in so doing collected her first victory of 2007.
Sorenstam posted a winning total of 278, 10-under-par, after rounds of 70, 70, 68 and 70 to claim a first prize of 75,000 Euros. Read Full Story
Lorena Ochoa fought to recover Saturday from a rough first round in the MasterCard Classic, shooting a 2-under 70 that left the top-ranked Mexican star 11 strokes behind leader Ji-Young Oh. Read Full Story
Lorena Ochoa clinched her second straight LPGA Tour player of the year award with a runaway victory Sunday in the Samsung World Championship.
She finished at 18-under 270, four shots ahead of Mi Hyun Kim.
“After what happened in 2006, I thought it would be hard to improve, but here I am,” said the smiling Ochoa. She earned $250,000 to push her record total to $3,318,421. Read Full Story
Western Mexico state Jalisco will host the first edition of the one-million-U.S. dollar Lorena Ochoa Invitation Golf Tournament on Nov. 13-16 2008, in Guadalajara Country Club, the Lorena Ochoa Foundation said in a statement today.
Successfully defending her title in the elite event, Ochoa shot a closing six-under 66. Read Full Story
Natalie Gulbis had a great run at the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship finishing in a tie for 3rd place with Michelle Wie. Showing the determination that will make her a winner sooner than later, Natalie Gulbis shot a 4 under par 68 on Sunday to be in contention on the final hole of regulation play. Only a missed birdie putt on 18 kept her from a playoff with Karrie Webb and Lorena Ochoa.
After starting the tournament 11 shots behind Ochoa after round 1, Natalie fought back on the weekend... Read Full Story
Maria Hjorth made along birdie putt on the 17th hole and held on her first LPGA Tour win since 1999 Sunday at the Navistar LPGA Classic. In the process, she also denied Lorena Ochoa for a fourth consecutive win.
“It’s been a while, so it’s just amazing right now,” she said.
She hadn’t won on the LPGA Tour since picking up two victories in 1999, but she had finished second at the Women’s British Open in August. Read Full Story
World No. 1 Lorena Ochoa posted her second successful title defence of 2007 by easily winning the one million-dollar LPGA Samsung World Championship on Sunday.Ochoa started the round tied with Norway’s Suzann Pettersen before going on to shoot a six-under 66 for 18-under 270 and her seventh title of the year. Read Full Story
