Tag Archives: Lorena Ochoa
Wie leads Tres Marias Championship
Michelle Wie shot 68 in the second round of the Tres Marias Championship in Mexico to take a one shot lead over Ai Miyazato and Brittany Lincicome. Wie got off to a great start with seven birdies in the first 12 holes. After a bogey on the 14th, Wie made a birdie on the 16th [...]
Miyazato leads Tres Marias Championship
Ai Miyazato shot a 10-under par, 63, to lead the Tres Marias Championship by two shots over Azahara Munoz. Defending champion Lorena Ochoa, who will retire after this week, is tied for third place with an opening round 66. Miyazato, who won the first two LPGA events of the season, started on the back nine [...]
Ochoa plays final event on home soil
Lorena Ochoa will play her final LPGA event this week at the Tres Marias Championship in Morelia, Mexico. Ochoa is the two-time defending champion and has won here three of the past four years. Ochoa, who announced she will retire from professional golf following this event, will have the home crowd behind her as she [...]
Lorena Ochoa to retire
News surfaced today that will rock the LPGA. Lorena Ochoa, the top ranked player on the Tour, is set to retire from professional golf. Ochoa has scheduled a press conference to go into further details on Friday. It will be a tough pill for a tour that is down to 25 events on the 2010 [...]
Stanford, Kim lead HSBC Women’s Champions
Angela Stanford and Song-Hee Kim lead the HSBC Women’s Champions at Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore after two rounds. Stanford and Kim are at five-under par after rounds of 71 and 70, respectively, gave them a one shot lead over five players. Stanford was four-under par through 11 holes of the second round but [...]
Ochoa, Kerr lead HSBC Women’s Champions
Lorena Ochoa leads a group of four players tied atop the HSBC Women's Champions leaderboard through the first round. Ochoa, with Cristie Kerr, Angela Stanford and Hee Young Park, shot 68 on the Tanah Merah Country Club course in Singapore.
Pettersen, Hur lead Honda-PTT LPGA Thailand
Suzann Pettersen and M. J. Hur shot opening round 66s to take a one shot lead at the Honda-PTT LPGA Thailand at the Siam Country Club. Pettersen was bogey-free in the first round. After a birdie on the first hole, she made eight straight pars. She started the back nine with a birdie and finished [...]
Ochoa to defend Honda-PTT LPGA Thailand
Lorena Ochoa will once again lead the LPGA Tour as the number one ranked player in the world as they begin the 2010 season at the Honda-PTT LPGA Thailand. Ochoa beat Hee Young Park by three shots to win last year’s event and returns to the Siam Country Club to make it two in a [...]
LPGA set to start 2010 season
The LPGA gears up for the first tournament of the 2010 season at the Siam Country Club in Thailand. The Honda-ptt LPGA Thailand kicks off with defending champion Lorena Ochoa ready to take on the best players in the world as they try and knock her from the top seed in the Rolex Rankings. The [...]
Nordqvist wins LPGA Tour Championship
Anna Nordqvist won the LPGA Tour Championship by two shots over Lorena Ochoa for her second win of her 2009 rookie season. The season-ending event was shortened to 54-holes after heavy rains washed out play on Saturday. Nordqvist, who won the McDonald’s LPGA Championship earlier in the season, shot a seven-under par, 65, in the [...]
LPGA Tour Championship delayed by rain
The second round of the LPGA Tour Championship at The Houstonian Golf & Country Club in Texas was suspended due to darkness after rain kept play delayed until the afternoon. Only 58 of 116 players started the second round as play will resume Saturday morning. There will be a first cut made after the second [...]
Ochoa leads LPGA Tour Championship
Lorena Ochoa leads the LPGA Tour Championship with a first round 66, six-under par, to lead Reilley Rankin by one shot at The Houstonian Golf & Country Club in Houston, Texas. Ochoa started her round on the 10th hole with a birdie and added another on the 12th hole before finishing the side bogey-birdie. After [...]
Preview: LPGA Tour Championship
The LPGA is in Houston, Texas for the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship, presented by Rolex. The Houstonian Golf and Country Club will play host as the top 120 players in the world fight for a share of the $1.5 million prize. The two top ranked players in the world – Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin [...]
Song wins LPGA Mizuno Classic
Bo Bae Song beat Lorena Ochoa by three shots to win the LPGA Mizuno Classic at the Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club in Shima-shi, Mie, Japan. Song, who plays on the Japan LPGA, shot 68 in the final round for a 15-under par total for her first LPGA Tour victory. Song made five birdies through 13 [...]
Choi wins Hana Bank KOLON Championship
Na Yeon Choi wins the Hana Bank KOLON Championship with a birdie on the final hole at the Sky 72 Golf Club in South Korea. Choi edged out Yani Tseng and Maria Hjorth by one shot for her second victory of the 2009 LPGA season. Choi shot a bogey-free 67 in the final round. She [...]
Preview: Hana Bank KOLON Championship
The LPGA Tour is in South Korea for the Hana Bank KOLON Championship at the Sky 72 Golf Club. The event kicks off a two week Asian stretch on the LPGA schedule. Defending champion Candie Kung, who was runner-up at this year’s U. S. Women’s Open, looks to earn her first victory of the 2009 [...]
Ochoa repeats at Navistar LPGA Classic
Lorena Ochoa won her first tournament since April with her successful title defense at the Navistar LPGA Classic at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill in Alabama. Ochoa shot 70 in the final round to finish four shots ahead of Michelle Wie and Brittany Lang. Ochoa had a rough start with a bogey [...]
Ochoa leads by 3 at Navistar LPGA Classic
Lorena Ochoa shot 66 to take a three shot lead over Sandra Gal at the Navistar LPGA Classic heading into the final round. Ochoa, who is looking for her first win since April, started the day with six straight pars before carding three consecutive birdies. She added birdies on the 12th, 14th and 17th holes [...]
Five tied at Navisar LPGA Classic
Lorena Ochoa and 14-year-old Alexis Thompson are part of a five-way tie for the lead at the Navistar LPGA Classic at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Capitol Hill in Alabama. Yani Tseng, Laura Davies and Giulia Sergas are part of that lead group at 10-under par. Ochoa started on the back nine and made [...]
Moodie leads Navistar LPGA Classic
Janice Moodie shot an eight-under par, 64, to lead the Navistar LPGA Classic after the first round of play at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill. Fourteen-year-old amateur Alexis Thompson is in second place at eight-under par. Moodie was bogey-free in the first round. She started on the 10th hole and made birdies [...]
Preview: Navistar LPGA Classic
Lorena Ochoa is back in Alabama for the Navistar LPGA Classic, where she defeated Cristie Kerr and Candie Kung in a sudden-death playoff. Ochoa will battle against a strong field that features current front runner for both Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors Jiyai Shin, Suzann Pettersen, Yani Tseng and Cristie [...]
Gustafson edges Ochoa to win CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge
Sophie Gustafson went wire-to-wire to win the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge by three shots over Lorena Ochoa. The pair were tied at the start of the round with Gustafson shooting a three-under par, 69, to Ochoa’s even-par, 72. Gustafson took sole possession of the lead with a birdie on the first hole and never looked back. [...]
Ochoa, Gustafson tied at CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge
Lorena Ochoa moved into a tie for the lead with Sophie Gustafson heading into the final round of the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge at Blackhawk Country Club in California. Ochoa shot a bogey-free 65 in the third round to get to 16-under par for the week. Ochoa made birdies on the fifth and sixth holes to [...]
Gustafson leads CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge; Ochoa one back
Sophie Gustafson shot a three-under par, 69, to stay on top of the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge leaderboard at Blackhawk Country Club in California. She leads Lorena Ochoa, Maria Hjorth and Shanshan Feng by one shot heading into the weekend. Gustafson started the day with birdie and added two more at the fourth and ninth holes. [...]
Miyazato wins Tres Marias Championship, Ochoa sixth