Lorena Ochoa

Lorena Ochoa , born the November 15th 1981 with Guadalajara is a professional Golf euse Mexican.

Biography

Born in Guadalajara in an easy family, it takes her first steps on the golf of Guadalajara Country Club very close as of 5 years, then gains its first victory at 6 years. Baited and assiduous, it goes to the practice every evening, and it accumulates the titles. Its talent crossed the borders, with 5 consecutive victories in the championship of the world junior, is one moreover than Tiger Woods.

Follows then two years in the American universities, gaining two titles of players NCAA of the year. These performances are worth to him to be named a Mexican athlete of the year in 2001, the first for a sportsman practitioner the golf, and youngest of the history.

Spent professional in May 2002, it gains three of the ten tournaments over a circuit qualifier with obtaining a chart over the circuit PGA. At the time of the first season in 2003, it gains the title of rookie of the year, finishing in the ninth place with the classification of the profits. It is the following year which it gains its first title over the circuit LPGA.

In 2005, it gains a new title and 5 second place. But one of the fact major of the season is located at the time of the US Open where, whereas it is in position to gain the title, its drive dispatched in water, followed of a quadruple relegates it to the sixth place.

It fails a news at the time of major at the time of the Kraft Nabisco Championship 2006: it begins with one 62 at the time of the first turn, which equalizes the score low carried out on a tournament of the Grand Slam, man or woman. Then, it carries out at the time of the second and third turns before losing in play-off vis-a-vis Australian the Karrie Webb.

It finished however first of the classification of the profits on LPGA Tour in 2006. It continues to occupy this row during the beginning of the season 2007. During this one, it is again private of a major title at the time of the US Open: second with a blow of American the Cristie Kerr at the beginning of the last turn, it cannot make crack this one which gains its first Major. Ochoa finishes finally second with two blows with dimensions of Brazilian the Angela Park. After a third place at the time of the Evian Masters, It gains finally its first Major at the time of the British Open. It takes the head at the conclusion of the first turn more to leave it, finishing with four blows in advance on its following.

With the August 4th 2007, it gained thirteen tournaments over the LPGA-Turn.

In 2006, it was indicated better sporting year by Associated Press.

Professional prize list

Tournament Major

2007 : Open British

Future Tower (3)

2002 (3): JWA/Michelob Light FUTURE Charity Golf Classic, Ann Arbor FUTURE Classic, Betty Puskar FUTURE Golf Classic

LPGA Turn (14)

2004 (2): Franklin American Mortgage Championship, Wachovia LPGA Classic Hosted by Betsy King
2005 (1): Wegmans LPGA
2006 (6): LPGA Takefuji Classic, Sybase Classic, Wendy' S Championship for Children, Corona Morelia Championship, Samsung World Championship, The Mitchell Company Tournament off Champions
2007 (5): International Safeway, Sybase Classic, Wegmans LPGA, Open , Open British female of Canada

Results in the major tournaments

CUT = missed the cut
AB = abandon
Fund green: victory; Fund yellow: signal 10.

See too

List of Mexican sportsmen by discipline

External bonds

/Official site of the player
Card of the player on the official site of the LPGA Turn

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