Golf: Ochoa back in winners circle

May 19, 2008 – Lorena Ochoa got back on the winning track, claiming another LPGA Tour title in the Sybase Classic.

It may have been the smallest of Lorena Ochoa’s three margins of victory at the event but the Rolex Rankings’ number one pulled off her third-straight victory at the event with a one-stroke margin on Sunday, becoming the first player since Annika Sorenstam in 2005 to win the same event in as many years.

Ochoa (68-67-71=206, -10) also supplanted Sorenstam as the fastest player in LPGA Tour history to reach the $12 million mark, as her $300,000 share of the $2 million purse boosted her across the mark in 5 years, 2 months, 12 days, compared to Sorenstam’s previous record of 9 years, 4 months, 4 days. The win marks Ochoa’s sixth of the season and the 23rd of her career.

Another stroke of genius by Ochoa.