Lorena Ochoa chases down Annika Sorenstam to win Samsung Championship
Mark this day on your calendar. It may turn out to be the day there was a changing of the guard on the LPGA tour. Starting the day at the Samsung Championship, 23-year-old Lorena Ochoa was 3 shots back of leader Annika Sorenstam. By the end of the 15th hole, Lorena had not only chased down Annika with five birdies and an eagle, Lorena had opened a 3-stroke lead over Annika. When it was all said and done, Lorena shot 7-under for -16 for the tourney; Annika shot 3-under for -14.
When Lorena won last week in Mexico, I blogged about why Lorena Ochoa is better than Michelle Wie. (Wie finished +5, 17th place out of 20 golfers this week.) Basically, it comes down to putting. Lorena is a natural putter and she rolls in just about everything when she gets hot. Today, she had 23 putts after 16 holes -- you do the math on how good that is. Today, Lorena solidified her claim to being the heir apparent to Annika Sorenstam. Lorena won 12 times out of 20 tournaments in her NCAA career. I wouldn't be surprised to see Lorena rattle off those kind of numbers on the LPGA tour.
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El tigre feminino !! As I said last Thursday,"Annika vs Lorena....this is a preview of the distaff version of The Bear trying to hold off The Tiger."
Yea, your right, she's good. She's certainly the best player on the LPGA tour right now. Saying she's better than Michelle Wie though is kind of like saying she's better.......than me! Like, yea! I had to laugh (again), Wie shot 74 and had a quad boggie, and said she didn't play badly. Maybe not for......ME! But for a pro? Who is she kidding?
Anway, back to real players. If players like Ochoa, Gulbis, Creamer and Cristie Kerr continue to sit on the leaderboards the LPGA tour will do very well, thank you!
Gotta give props to Sorenstam for a great game however. Despite being on the wrong side of a 2-shot swing at #5, she closed out the front side with two unanswered birdies. Then, again, at #15 when a 2-shot swing gave Ochoa a three stroke lead, Sorenstam came right back with birdie. She's got game. And so does Ochoa, staring down "The Queen".
I'm looking forward to seeing these two competing against each other the way they did today!
That was just amazing.
Congratz LORENA!!!
it's nice to see two players who let their games speak for themselves (instead of their marketing machines - like wie & gulbis).
i'm tired of hype artists who get big $$$ for stunting on the men's tour or who have tv shows but who can't close the deal when they are in the hunt.
Lorena is a winner - she battled it out and never flinched. Annika fought till the end. no marketing hype - just good old fashioned shotmaking and putting. when was the last time the any of the "marketing mavens" made a 60 footer when it counted.
long live the purests!!
long live Lorena!!
long live Annika!!
Let's roll back the clocks a year. Back then, there was a player who was being touted as the big challenger for Annika and who was a natural putter. That player was Paula. Back then Lorena was being called O-Choke-a.
Actually, I think Lorena has a better shot at being the next Annika than Paula did, but the point is a lot can change in a year. Lorena is doing great, but let's give her a little time before declaring her the Annika killer. Don't forget there are other great players who are doing well this year too including Cristie, Karrie and yes Michelle.
Michelle didn't play well this week, but she still had a great year, especially in the majors. If you don't think 6 top 5s in 8 tournaments is great, you have lost perspective.
Congrats to Lorena. Impressive win.
Maybe all of the talk about if Wie should have played more Am events should have been should she have planned on playing college golf in the state of Arizona?
Ochoa, Arizona
Sorenstam, Arizona
Furyk, Arizona
Mickelson, Arizona State
or at least in the Pac 10
Woods, Stanford
I'm a great fan of Lorena too, nice gentle girl, very friendly and for sure a real competiter. A great champion.
I taked some pictures of her in Evian in July, you can see there
http://www.pbase.com/isogood/image/64435307
or on my blog
http://isogood.blogphotography.com/archives/5899_1853563210/170315
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