PRATTVILLE, Ala., Oct. 4 (UPI) --
Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 2-under-par 70 Sunday and won the Navistar LPGA Classic in Prattville, Ala., by four strokes.
Ochoa, the world's top-ranked woman golfer, had an overall score of 18-under 270 at the Capitol Hill Golf Club.
Ochoa, who won $195,000, said she has been playing well in recent weeks.
the Mexican star said.
Michelle Wie shot a 66 and Brittany Lang had a 70 to finish tied for second place at 274 and Yani Tseng (70... Read Full Story
PRATTVILLE, Ala., Oct. 1 (UPI) --
Janice Moodie took the lead at the Navistar LPGA Classic Thursday by one shot over 14-year-old amateur sensation Alexis Thompson.
Michelle Wie, who will turn 20 next month, was two shots off the lead, tied with world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa.
The unlikely first-round leaderboard set up what could be one of the year's most significant events on the LPGA Tour.
Thompson has been touted as a future superstar in the sport and was in contention midway through... Read Full Story
Updated: October 03, 2009, 18:46
PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead in the Navistar LPGA Classic, leaving 14-year-old Alexis Thompson eight strokes behind. Ochoa, second last week behind Sophie Gustafson in California, had a 16-under 200 total on The Senator course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Capitol Hill complex. She birdied six of her final 12 holes in the bogey-free round. The top... 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
Updated: September 30, 2009, 18:19
PRATTVILLE, Ala.(AP) Lorena Ochoa has made a habit of ending streaks at the Navistar LPGA Classic, whether she wanted to or not. Ochoa beat Candie Kung with a 2-foot par putt on the second hole of a playoff last year after coming in winless in seven starts. Two years ago, Maria Hjorth kept the Mexican star from a fourth consecutive victory. Ochoa hopes to snap an 11-tournament winless stretch dating back to the Corona Championship in... Read Full Story
Updated: October 02, 2009, 20:03
PRATTVILLE, Ala.(AP) Ninth-grader Alexis Thompson shot a 3-under 69 on Friday for a share of the lead with top-ranked Lorena Ochoa and three others after the second round of the Navistar LPGA Classic. The 14-year-old Thompson, from Coral Springs, Fla., is trying to become the second-youngest winner in LPGA Tour history - and the youngest in a full event. Marlene Hagge won the 1952 Sarasota Open 14 days after her 18th birthday and took the... Read Full Story
Athletes experience two deaths: Long before they confront their biological demise, they face an only slightly less traumatic end called retirement. Once brilliant performers , they are forced to surrender their careers at a stage in life when most professionals are just reaching their peak. The subject of retirement is an especially timely one on the LPGA Tour at the moment, with Annika Sorenstam and Nancy Lopez facing the subject from opposite ends of the age spectrum.
On the one hand... Read Full Story
The LPGA Sybase Classic is leaving the Upper Montclair Country Club, and it may be moving out of New Jersey. Club president and tournament director Tony Vespa disclosed Saturday that Sybase officials are considering changes to the tournament and have decided to leave Upper Montclair after a three-year stay. Vespa said the club had a three-year contract and spoke with Octagon Golf, which manages the event for the LPGA Tour, about extending it another three years provided that Sybase signed on... Read Full Story
Updated: September 23, 2009, 19:41
DANVILLE, Calif.(AP) 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... Read Full Story
The 2010 LPGA Tour will consist of 24 tournaments, four fewer than this year, in 10 countries.
The season tees off in Thailand from Feb. 18-21 and stays in Asia a week later with an event in Singapore.
“We have made great strides in our long-term goal of building an intelligent and sustainable schedule for the LPGA Tour,” acting commissioner Marty Evans told a news conference on Wednesday at the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship.
“We look forward to a wonderful season finale this... Read Full Story
