When Lorena Ochoa, the number one ranked female golfer in the world, steps onto the Cedar Ridge Country Club course for the SemGroup Championship presented by John Q. Hammons, she will be attempting to put her name in the record books once more in her young career. If Ochoa wins the Tulsa LPGA Tour event, she will tie Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam for the most consecutive wins in tournaments participated, with five. Don’t miss Ochoa’s quest for history, May 1 – 4.
“This is a unique opportunity for fans to see a professional golfer in the prime of her career, as she tries to etch her name in the Tour record books,” said Tournament Director Doug Eibling. “We hope fans take notice of this, and come out and support her run at history and the other LPGA Tour stars as they try to hold her off on Cedar Ridge, one of the toughest courses on Tour.”
Ochoa will discuss her quest for the record books, thoughts on Cedar Ridge and expectations for the SemGroup Championship in a pre-tournament interview scheduled for Wednesday, April 30 at approximately 1:40 p.m. CST.
Ochoa has had an amazing season to date. She has won her past four events and five of six starts in 2008. She became the fastest player to reach $1 million in a season by doing it in five events. Ochoa became the second-youngest LPGA member to meet the points criteria for the LPGA Tour and World Golf Halls of Fame. However, Hall of Fame qualifying criteria requires an LPGA Tour member to have been active on Tour for 10 years; therefore, Ochoa will become eligible in 2012.
Ochoa has competed in Tulsa three times, and though she has experienced some success, she has been unable to breeze through the Cedar Ridge track like she has done at so many other courses. Her best finish was in 2006 when she made a final round charge to finish 3rd behind Cristie Kerr and Annika Sorenstam, respectively. That year she shot 203 (-10), a score that would have been good enough to win any of the other three years that Cedar Ridge has hosted. Last year, she was unable to recapture that magic and she settled for a T5 finish at 212 (-1). In 2003, Ochoa finished T15 while competing at Tulsa Country Club.
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