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Well, it’s official. Lorena Ochoa is now the women’s number 1 player in the world. Her consistent play finally moved her .14 points in front of Annika Sorenstam. It’s not much, but when it’s for number one, it doesn’t matter by how much, just that you did it. Does it mean Sorenstam can’t get it back? Of course not. All she needs to is have strong summer when she returns from her back injury and maybe win a major or two.
It also appears official that Phil Mickelson left former teacher Rick Smith behind so he could train with Butch Harmon, Tiger’s previous coach. There’s no doubt that Mickelson has struggled off the tee this year, and he obviously felt Smith wasn’t helping him correct his swing flaws. It will be interesting to see how the the Mickelson-Harmon relationship develops as Harmon doesn’t seem to be the coddling type of coach that Smith and Pelz seem to be. Not that Mickelson likes or needs to be coddled, but he’s no Tiger either.