Posts Tagged ‘Lorena Ochoa’

Lorena Ochoa will try to join a select club this week as she seeks her fourth straight title in the $2-million LPGA Sybase Classic. Only Swedish superstar Annika Sorenstam, and 20-time LPGA tour winner Laura Davies of England, have won the same title four consecutive times -- Sorenstam nabbing the Mizuno Classic five straight years from 2001-05 and Davies the Standard Register PING four straight seasons ...
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Williamsburg, VA (Sports Network) - Cristie Kerr shot a one-under 70 on Sunday and squeezed past a tight leaderboard to win the Michelob Ultra Open for the second time. Kerr, also the 2005 champion, finished at 16-under-par 268 for a two-stroke victory. It was the 12th title of her career and first this season. Her $330,000 winner's check vaulted her to the top of the money ...
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MORELIA, Mexico— Mexican star Lorena Ochoa shot a 5-under 68 on Sunday to hold off Norway's Suzann Pettersen by a stroke in a dramatic final round and win the Corona Championship for the second straight year. Ochoa, who also won the tournament in 2006, had back-to-back birdies on the 15th and 16th holes to break a ...
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Site: Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico Course: 6,539 yards, par 73 Purse: $1,300,000 Status: Official Rank Player Today Thru To Par 1 2 3 4 Total Winnings 1 Lorena Ochoa -5 F -25 65 65 69 68 267 $195,000 2 Suzann Pettersen -5 F -24 69 64 67 68 268 $120,662 3 Na Yeon Choi -3 F -18 66 69 69 70 274 $87,531 4 Wendy Ward -3 F -17 71 68 66 70 275...
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Morelia, Mexico (Sports Network) - Lorena Ochoa, the hometown favorite and defending champion, shot a four-under 69 on Saturday, but saw her lead cut down to one after three rounds of the Corona Championship. Ochoa finished 54 holes at 20-under 199, which was one off her tournament record from last year, and is one ahead of Suzann Pettersen, who fired a six- under 67 on Saturday. ...
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MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — Lorena Ochoa had another big day at the Corona Championship. The defending champion and top-ranked golfer on the LPGA Tour shot an 8-under 65 on the Tres Marias course to take a one-stroke lead over South Korea's Na Yeon Choi after the first round on Thursday. "It was a good day, there is really not much more to add if you look at ...
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Apr. 24, 2009 MORELIA, Mexico (AP) -- Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a bogey-free 8-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Michelle Wie and Na Yeon Choi after the first round of the Corona Championship on Thursday. "It was a good day. There is really not much more to add if you look at the score, I'm very happy because I'm in control," said Ochoa, the ...
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - With the LPGA Tour off last week for the Masters, there were few changes to the top 20 in this week's world rankings. Lorena Ochoa, Yani Tseng, Jiyai Shin, Paula Creamer and Suzann Pettersen completed the top five again this week. Cristie Kerr, Angela Stanford, Karrie Webb, Helen Alfredsson and Seon-Hwa Lee ...
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MORELIA, Mexico -- Lorena Ochoa wasn’t distracted when the fans chanted her name on only the second hole. She stayed focused on her game, even as the crowd grew to thousands by the end of the day. But by her last stroke on the 18th hole Sunday, the emotions were too much. The Mexican star had ...
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Tres Marias Residential Golf Club Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico April 23 - 26, 2009 Purse: $1,300,000.00 Defending: Lorena Ochoa
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