Mon, 05/10/2010 - 22:52 by Inderjit Singh
Daytona Beach-- Former top-ranked women's golfer Lorena Ochoa was removed from the world rankings Monday, boosting nearly every other Top 10 golfer.
Ochoa announced last month she is retiring as a touring professional and asked that she be removed from the rankings. She slipped to No. 2 last week -- after 158 weeks at No. 1 -- behind Jiyai Shin.
This week's ranking reflect the first placements without Ochoa in the mix and as a result eight Top 10 golfers saw their positions improve. Shin remained No. 1 and Michelle Wie, at No. 8, were the only exceptions. Most of the changes were one spot, with Karrie Webb's move from ninth to seventh the lone exception there.
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Tue, 04/20/2010 - 22:38 by Inderjit Singh
Daytona Beach -- Lorena Ochoa, the world No. 1-ranked women's golfer, plans to announce her retirement Friday from competitive golf, the LPGA said.
The LPGA, in a short announcement Tuesday on its Web site, said it has confirmed with Ochoa's management company the 28-year-old golfer would say at a scheduled news conference Friday she is stepping away from the sport.
The association said Ochoa would give her reasons and timing for the move at a news conference in Mexico City. She is scheduled to be in the field for the LPGA's Tres Marias Championship in Morelia, Mexico, next week.
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Thu, 02/25/2010 - 21:36 by Inderjit Singh
Singapore -- World No. 1 Lorena Ochoa, despite a pair of bogeys Thursday, is tied for the lead after one round of the HSBC Women's Champions LPGA tournament in Singapore.
Ochoa, Cristie Kerr, Park Hee-young and Angela Stanford each shot 4-under-par 68 on the Garden Course at Singapore's Merah Country Club.
They have a 1-shot lead over Sophie Gustafson, Christina Kim, Kim Song-hee and Ai Miyazato, who won the tour's season-opening event last week. Another six golfers shot 2-under 70 in the first round.
Ochoa had an early birdie at the second hole and three birdies over the four-hole span of Nos. 8-11 before she dropped strokes at Nos. 12 and 14. Birdies at 16 and 17 got her back to 4-under.
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Tue, 11/24/2009 - 21:24 by Inderjit Singh
Daytona Beach -- Lorena Ochoa's runner-up finish at the LPGA Tour Championship locked up player of the year and the 2009 No. 1 ranking.
Ochoa was battling Jiyai Shin, who had already sealed LPGA rookie of the year honors, for low scoring average and player of the year going into the 2009 schedule's final event.
Ochoa finished two strokes behind Anna Nordqvist, another tour rookie, while Shin tied for eighth in the rain-shortened Tour Championship, which wrapped up Monday. That result allowed Ochoa to claim her fourth consecutive player of the year award.
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Fri, 11/20/2009 - 10:47 by Rakhi Kaptiyal
Houston -- Lorena Ochoa, trying to rally and win her fourth Player of the Year title, grabbed the lead Thursday after one round of the LPGA Tour Championship at Houston.
Ochoa birdied three of her last four holes to shoot a 6-under 66 at the Houstonian Golf & Country Club.
The event suffered a significant loss, however, with the withdrawal of Michelle Wie -- who won her first tour event last week in Mexico. Wie released a statement saying she had hoped to play through the pain caused by a recurring ankle injury.
"I realized today that I wouldn't be able to continue to play," she said. "I want to make sure that I'm being smart with it, so I will return home to have it looked at by my doctors and follow their advice."
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Fri, 11/13/2009 - 10:20 by shalini.bahadur
Guadalajara, Mexico -- Song-Hee Kim made four straight birdies Thursday, shot a 7-under 65 and owned a two shot lead after one round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.
Jiyai Shin, the LPGA Tour's leading money winner this season, shared second place at 67 with Paula Creamer and Mariajo Uribe. Catriona Matthew and Eun-Hee Ji both had a 68 at the Guadalajara Country Club to tie for fifth place.
Tournament host Ochoa shot a 71 and was tied for 13th.
Kim was already 2-under for her round when she began her birdie streak at the seventh. She closed with another birdie at the par-5 18th.
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Mon, 10/05/2009 - 11:05 by harsheeb
Prattville, Oct. 4 -- Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 2-under-par 70 Sunday and won the Navistar LPGA Classic in Prattville, Ala., by four strokes.
Doug Mientkiewicz had three hits and one RBI. Chin-lung Hu had two hits and one RBI, A.J. Ellis hit an RBI single and Juan Pierre had two hits for the Dodgers, whose 95-67 record was the best in the National League. They face St. Louis in the NL Division Series.
Winner Vicente Padilla (4-0) fanned 10 batters in five innings.
Reliever Ramon Troncoso recorded his sixth save.
Brad Hawpe had two hits and one RBI and Dexter Fowler added two hits for the Rockies, who will play Philadelphia in the Division Series.
The losing pitcher was starter Jason Marquis (15-13).
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Mon, 09/28/2009 - 12:52 by shalini.bahadur
Danville, Calif., Sept. 27: Sophie Gustafson closed with a 4-under-par 68 Sunday and won the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge at Danville, Calif.
Gustafson finished at 20-under 268, four shots ahead of Lorena Ochoa (72), the world's top-ranked woman golfer.
The win at the Blackhawk course was the 35-year-old Swede's fifth on the tour.
Gustafson and Ochoa, who posted an overall score of 272, had shared the lead after three rounds.
Amy Yang (66) and Sun Young Yoo (68) tied for third at 274.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Sun, 09/27/2009 - 12:03 by Inderjit Singh
Danville -- Women's world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa shot a 7-under 65 Saturday to tie Sophie Gustafson for the third-round lead of the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge.
Gustafson, who led after the first two rounds, had a 66 Saturday and she and Ochoa share a six-stroke lead at 16-under 200. They missed the 54-hole scoring record by a single stroke.
Angela Stanford and Sun Young Yoo both had 69s Saturday and share third place at 206.
Gustafson looked as though she was going to run away with the title on the front nine. She made four birdies in a five-hole span and built her lead to four strokes with a birdie on the 10th. But Ochoa played the final seven holes in 5-under to close the gap.
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Fri, 09/18/2009 - 11:32 by shalini.bahadur
Lajolla, Calif., Sept. 18: Jiyai Shin, who last week won her third tournament of the year on the LPGA Tour, shared the first-round lead Thursday at the Samsung World Championship.
Shin shot a 6-under 66 on the South Course of the Torrey Pines Golf Club to tie Song-Hee Kim for the top spot.
A dozen members of the elite 20-player field broke par on the course that hosted the 2008 U.S. Open.
Two-time former champion and world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa was tied for third at 5-under 67 with Sophie Gustafson.
Ai Miyazato and Juli Inkster were at 68. Inkster is one of just six Americans in the field. Paula Creamer shot a 69, Brittany Lincicome was at 70 and the group at 71 included Na Yeon Choi, Anna Nordqvist and Suzann Pettersen.
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Fri, 07/10/2009 - 11:29 by preet_20
Bethlehem, Pa. July 9: Golfweek magazine reported Thursday that the LPGA Tour has decided not to retain Commissioner Carolyn Bivens for the final two years of her contract.
Bivens has been involved in a series of controversies during her four years on the job and recently came under attack from a group of high-profile players.
A group that included Lorena Ochoa, Michelle Wie, Juli Inkster and Paula Creamer sent a letter to the LPGA board of directors asking that Bivens be dismissed, published reports indicated.
Only 10 tournaments have been officially lined up for the 2010 LPGA Tour schedule.
A statement from LPGA spokesman David Higdon said the tour is focused on play at this week's U.S. Women's Open.
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Fri, 05/08/2009 - 10:01 by Salinder Kumar
Williamsburg, Va -- Lorena Ochoa, seeking her second straight LPGA Tour victory, grabbed the lead Thursday after one round at the Michelob Ultra Open.
Ochoa shot a 7-under 64 at the Kingsmill River Course for a one-shot advantage over Lindsey Wright.
After morning rains, the weather quickly improved and low scores were plentiful.
Wright did not suffer a bogey to finish alone in second and those in third place at 66 included Sarah Lee, Hee-Won Han and Minea Blomqvist.
"It was a good start," said Ochoa. "In the morning it was raining and I thought it was going to be a long day. I was planning for it to be a delay. But it ended up being fine."
Ochoa won the most recent stop on the LPGA circuit in her native Mexico.
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