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| Birth | November 15 1981 Mexico |
| Height | 5 ft 6.1 in (1.69 m) |
| Nationality |  Mexico
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| Residence | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| College | University of Arizona (two years) |
| Career | |
| Turned Pro | 2002 |
| Current tour | LPGA Tour (joined 2003) |
| Past tour | Futures Tour (2002) |
| Professional wins | 21 (LPGA Tour: 18, Futures Tour: 3) |
| Major Championships Top Finishes Wins: 1 | |
| Kraft Nabisco | 2nd: 2006 |
| LPGA Championship | T5: 2005 |
| U.S. Women\'s Open | T2: 2007 |
| Women\'s British Open | Won 2007 |
| Awards listed here | |
Lorena Ochoa (born in Guadalajara, Jalisco on 15 November 1981) is a Mexican golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is currently the number one ranked woman golfer in the world. She is considered one of the best Mexican golfers of all time, as she is the first Mexican golfer of either gender to be ranked number one in the world. Leonard Shapiro (2007-04-27). Say Hello to the Ochoa Era. Washington Post. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
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Ochoa grew up next door to the Guadalajara Country Club Michael Arkush (2003). The Pride of Mexico. Golf for Women magazine. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. and took up golf at the age of five. She won her first state event at the age of six and her first national event at seven. All told as a junior she captured 22 state events in Guadalajara and 44 national events in Mexico. She won five consecutive titles at the Junior World Golf Championships Junior World Golf Championships 1990 Champions. Junior World Golf Championships. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. Junior World Golf Championships 1991 Champions. Junior World Golf Championships. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. Junior World Golf Championships 1992 Champions. Junior World Golf Championships. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. Junior World Golf Championships 1993 Champions. Junior World Golf Championships. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. Junior World Golf Championships 1994 Champions. Junior World Golf Championships. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. and in 2000 she enrolled at the University of Arizona in the United States.
She was very successful in women\'s collegiate golf in the next two years, winning the NCAA Player of the Year Awards for 2001 and 2002, finishing runner-up at both the 2001 and 2002 NCAA National Championship NCAA Names Lorena Ochoa Division 1 Women’s Golf Most Outstanding Student Athlete. NCAA (2006-05-05). Retrieved on 2007-04-27. and being named to the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) 2001 All-America First team.
Marta Prieto Earns All-America Honors. Atlantic Coast Conference (2001-05-29). Retrieved on 2007-04-28. She won the 2001 Pac-10 Women\'s Golf Championships,
2001 Pac-10 Women\'s Golf Championships. PAC-10. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. was named PAC-10 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year 2001 and was All Pac-10 First team in 2001 and 2002. PAC-10 Women\'s Golf. PAC-10. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
In her sophomore year she had eight tournament wins in ten events she entered and set an NCAA record with seven consecutive victories in her first seven events.
Arizona Golfer Lorena Ochoa Makes It Seven-In-A-Row With Win at PING/ASU Invitational. University of Arizona (2002-04-07). Retrieved on 2007-04-28. She won the Golfstat Cup, which is given to the player who has the best scoring average versus par with at least 20 full rounds played during a season in both 2001 and 2002,
Golfstat Cup Award. National Golf Coaches Association. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. setting the single-season NCAA scoring average record as a freshman at 71.33 and beating her own record the next year by just over a stroke per round with a 70.13 average.
In November 2001, Ochoa was presented with Mexico\'s National Sports Award by Mexican President Vicente Fox. She was the youngest recipient of her country\'s highest sporting accolade, and the first golfer to receive it. In 2006 she was named NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Most Outstanding Student Athlete, an award which was bestowed as part of the 25th Anniversary of Women’s Championships celebration, taking into account outstanding performances over the past 25 years. She was the recipient of the 2003 Nancy Lopez Award which is presented annually to the world\'s most outstanding female amateur golfer. Ochoa receives Nancy Lopez Award. Lorena Ochoa Official Site (2003-04-24). Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
Ochoa left university after her sophomore year to turn professional. She won three of her ten events on the 2002 Futures Tour, and topped the money list to earn membership on the LPGA Tour for the following season. Lisa D. Mickey. Silver Anniversary Salute: FUTURES Tour Prepares For Next 25 Years. Duramed Futures Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. She was also Duramed FUTURES Tour Player of the Year. Duramed FUTURES Tour Awards. Futures Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
In her rookie season she gained eight top-10 finishes including two runner up finishes at the Wegmans Rochester and Michelob Light Open at Kingsmill ending the season as the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Winners. LPGA Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. and ninth on the money list. In 2004 she won her first two LPGA Tour titles, the Franklin American Mortgage Championship (where she became the first Mexican born player to win on the LPGA Tour) and the Wachovia LPGA Classic. Lorena Ochoa Career Biography. LPGA Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-28. That same year she placed in the top ten in three of the four majors.
In 2005, she won the Wegman\'s Rochester LPGA. In 2006, her first round score of 62 in the Kraft Nabisco Championship tied the record for lowest score ever by a golfer, male or female, in any major tournament. Her playoff loss to Karrie Webb marked her best finish until 2007 in an LPGA major. By the end of the year she won six tournaments, topped the moneylist and claimed her first LPGA Tour Player of the Year award which goes to the player who gains the most number of points throughout the season based on a formula in which points are awarded for top-10 finishes and are doubled at the LPGA\'s four major championships and at the season-ending ADT Championship. Rolex Player of the Year Winners. LPGA Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-28. She also won the LPGA Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour. Vare Trophy Winners. LPGA Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
Her achievements were recognized outside the sport of golf when Ochoa won the 2006 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year award and received the National Sports Prize for the second time. No-one Has the Right to Think or Decide for the People: President Vicente Fox. Presidency of the Republic (2006-11-21). Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
In April 2007, Ochoa overtook Annika Sörenstam to become World number one ranked golfer. Geoff Grammer (2007-04-24). Ex-Wildcat shuffle: Ochoa passes Sörenstam as No. 1. Tucson Citizen. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
In August 2007, Ochoa won her first major championship at the historic home of golf, the Old Course at St. Andrews, with a wire-to-wire win by four shots at the Women\'s British Open. Bethan Cutler (2007-08-05). Ochoa crowned Ricoh Women’s British Open Champion at St Andrews. Ladies European Tour. Retrieved on 2007-08-27. She won the next two LPGA events, the CN Canadian Women\'s Open and the Safeway Classic, the first to win three consecutive events since Annika Sörenstam in 2005. Associated Press. Safeway Classic win gives Ochoa third straight LPGA title. EPSN. Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
Also in 2007, Ochoa became the first woman ever to earn more than $4,000,000 in a single season, surpasing Annika Sörenstam\'s previous record of $2,863,904.
LPGA Majors are shown in bold.
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
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| Kraft Nabisco Championship | DNP | T21 | 8 | 3 | T8 | T35 | 2 | T10 |
| LPGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | T20 | T8 | T5 | T9 | T6 |
| U.S. Women\'s Open | CUT | DNP | WD | T13 | T44 | T6 | T20 | T2 |
| Women\'s British Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | T24 | 4 | CUT | T4 | 1 |
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
| Year | # of events | Cuts made | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Earnings ($) | Rank | Scoring average |
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| 2003 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 823,740 | 9 | 70.97 |
| 2004 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 1,450,824 | 3 | 70.02 |
| 2005 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1,201,786 | 4 | 71.39 |
| 2006 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 2,592,872 | 1 | 69.24 |
| 2007 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 4,364,994 | 1 | 69.68 |
| 2008* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 300,000 | 3 | 67.00 |
*Official as of March 2, 2008
| Preceded by Annika Sörenstam | Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year 2006 - | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Annika Sörenstam | World No. 1 Ranked Golfer April 23, 2007 - | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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| NAME | Ochoa, Lorena |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Professional Golfer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guadalajara, Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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