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Lorena Ochoa, the top-ranked woman golfer is the world, racked up her 25th LPGA career victory this past weekend as she won the Honda LPGA tournament in Thailand. Ochoa trailed third-place finisher Paula Creamer by three strokes going into the final round, but her six-under round of 66 was more than enough to secure her the trophy. Hee Young Park of South Korea finished second.
Said Ochoa to the Associated Press, “It has been a great week. My goal was to win the tournament. Here I am with the trophy and I am very pleased. I played especially well.”
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The LPGA announced on Friday that it had reconsidered a portion of its proposed requirement that two members demonstrate English proficiency within two years of joining the tour or face suspension. The meat of the proposal hasn’t really changed, but the tour vows to find other ways to communicate with its members without the threat of suspension. Said LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens in a statement on Friday:
“The LPGA has received valuable feedback from a variety of constituents regarding the recently announced penalties attached to our effective communications policy. We have decided to rescind those penalty provisions.
After hearing the concerns, we …read more

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Behind most every golf champion is a mother watching stoically from the stands. In the spirit of Mother’s Day, here are the mothers of some of golf’s most prominent players.
Kultida Woods (mother of Tiger Woods)
Marcella Ochoa (mother of Lorena Ochoa)
Mary Mickelson (mother of Phil Mickelson)
Bo Wie (mother of Michelle Wie)
Happy Mother’s Day to all “Green Posse” readers.
(all photos © newscom)

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Twenty-one year old Paula Creamer won the SemGroup Championship yesterday, ending Lorena Ochoa’s bid (at least for now) to win five consecutive LPGA championships. But, it wasn’t easy.
Creamer blew a two-shot lead on the final hole, forcing a playoff with 47-year-old Juli Inkster. Creamer finally won the playoff by sinking an eight-foot birdie putt.
This win is Creamer’s sixth career win and second this year. (She won the Fields Open in February.)
(photo © Newcom)

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While many in the golf world had their eyes on the Masters Tournament, Tiger’s knee surgery, and Trevor Immelman’s surprising win at Augusta, the best woman golfer in the world was quietly winning…and winning…and winning again. On Sunday, she handily won the Ginn Open, her fourth win in a row and her fifth win this year.
Ochoa’s win on Sunday is #22 in her career. That puts her two wins behind the all-time top LPGA winners, Se Ri Pak and Donna Caponi. Will Ochoa be breaking that record this season?

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Lorena Ochoa is tied for the lead with Heather Young after two rounds in the Kraft Nabisco Championship. This one hasn’t been easy for her, however, as this video of her hitting behind a tree shows.

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If the first two rounds of the HSBC Open in Singapore are any indication, this is going to be an exciting LPGA season (as if we didn’t already suspect that). Last year’s top-ranked player, Lorena Ochoa, debuted at this event and marched right to the top of the leader board. She finished Thursday’s round with a one stroke lead at six under and returned to shoot a seven under on Friday.
Trailing Ochoa by seven strokes are last week’s Fields Open champion, Paula Creamer; Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam (never one …read more

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Lorena Ochoa overcame a double bogey on the 17th with an amazing shot out of the rough and over the water to 3 feet for birdie Sunday. With the victory, Ochoa won the ADT Championship and claimed the $1 million prize – the largest in women’s golf.
When Ochoa double-bogey’d on 17 and Natalie Gulbis birdied, Ochoa’s lead was cut to one stroke, but she held on for the victory.
The win was her eighth victory of the year, joining Annika Sorenstam and Nancy Lopez as the only players to accomplish that in the last 20 years.
Read more about Ochoa’s ADT …read more

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The LPGA Tour season ends this week with the four-day ADT Championship. Thirty-two golfers have qualified for the event. They will now compete for a $1.55 million purse with $1 million of it going to the winner. The $1 million prize is a record-tying amount for first-place on the LPGA Tour.
The ADT Championship is held at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. The 2006 ADT Champion was Julieta Granada, who beat Lorena Ochoa by two strokes.
The 32 players will compete in three days (November 15-17, 2007) of “playoffs” and then a …read more

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For the second year in a row, Lorena Ochoa received the National Sports Award in her native country of Mexico for her work in promoting the sport of golf, as well as for her charity work through the Lorena Ochoa Foundation.
This is the third time that Ocho received the award, which is presented annually by the president of Mexico. In 2001, she was the first golfer to receive the honor.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa honored Ochoa after the final round of the 2007 Corona Championship, soon after she was named the number one player in the world on the …read more

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