Golfer Ochoa Wins AP Female Athlete
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-- Lorena Ochoa didn't have a blueprint for becoming the best in the world, and she certainly didn't have a role model. Mexico had yet to produce anything resembling a world-class golfer, and Ochoa did not look like one at age 12.
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(New York-AP) Dec. 28, 2004 - Golfer Annika Sorenstam has been voted The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row.
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AUBURN, United States : Christina Kim fended off challenges from veterans Karrie Webb and Julie Inkster and red-hot Hee-Won Han to win her first LPGA title, a one-stroke victory in the one million-dollar Longs Drugs Challenge.
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With a major championship in her grasp, Suzann Pettersen never flinched. Not at the furious charge from 18-year-old Na On Min, who made four straight birdies to pull within one shot. Not at the relentless pressure from Karrie Webb, who birdied the last two holes. And not at memories of a major meltdown 10 weeks ago.
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Mexico's Lorena Ochoa has slowly but surely loosened Annika Sorenstam's stranglehold on the women's game and their battle for supremacy is likely to be a major factor on the 2007 LPGA Tour.
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WEST PALM BEACH, United States : Annika Sorenstam captured her eighth title of the year here Sunday, beating Cristie Kerr in a playoff for the season-ending LPGA ADT Championship with a bogey on the first playoff hole.
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Lorena Ochoa carded a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 to erase a five-shot deficit and win the Wachovia LPGA Classic. Entering the final round five shots behind Grace Park, Ochoa was able to come all the way
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Jane Park won the U.S. Women's Amateur on Sunday, clinching her first U.S. Golf Association title when Amanda McCurdy bogeyed the 36th and final hole.
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Michelle Wie was in good company at the U.S. Women's Open, but in the worst way. In a rugged start to the biggest event in women's golf, the 17-year-old from Hawaii continued her free fall Thursday by hitting only four fairways and matching her highest score ever in this championship with an 82.
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In the sweltering heat of late afternoon, Lorena Ochoa kept a steady stride as she ran briskly along the fairways and pine trees, rarely taking her eyes off the cart path. Constantly pushing herself to get stronger, fitter and better, Ochoa also is starting to race time.
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SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina  - Eighteen-year-old Brazilian Angela Park held on to her overnight lead but defending champion Annika Sorenstam made her presence felt with a 70 as the storm-hit first round of the U.S. Women's Open finally ended on Friday.
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Kutztown, Pa. -- Lorena Ochoa birdied three of the final four holes yesterday to overcome a five-stroke disadvantage and win the Wachovia LPGA Classic.
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Annika Sorenstam won her fifth LPGA Tour event of the year, closing with a 1-under 70 Sunday for a four-shot victory at the John Q. Hammons Classic.
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West Palm Beach - Annika Sorenstam has captured her eighth title of the 2004 on Sunday, beating Cristie Kerr in a play-off for the season-ending LPGA ADT Championship with a bogey on the first play-off hole.
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SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina  - American Cristie Kerr shot a final round 70 on Sunday to win the U.S. women's Open at Pine Needles. On five-under-par 279 she lifted the $560,000 top prize by two shots.
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SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina  - Brazilian teenager Angela Park led on three-under-par 68 when storms stopped play at the U.S. Women's Open on Thursday.
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November 09, 2004 ã¡ Swedish golfer Annika Sorenstam, 34, again rewrote the history of the Ladies&#39; Professional Golf Association.