Monday, March 3, 2008

Former Wildcat Ochoa turning heads in LPGA tour

Mexican golfer Lorena Ochoa is turning into the female equivalent of Tiger Woods. After dominating this past weekend's LGPA tournament, winning by 11 strokes over another former Wildcat, Annika Sorenstam, the former Arizona Wildcat is being noticed for more than just her efforts on the women's side of the golf world. An article posted by Fox Sports examines the possibility that Woods may finally have a challenger in the golf world, and it may be Ochoa.

Ochoa grew up in Guadalajara, Mexico, started golfing at the age of five, and won her first state event at the age of six, first national event by age seven and had won 22 events by her junior year of high school, winning five consecutive Junior World Golf Championships. In 2000, she enrolled at the University of Arizona, and was the national player of the year for her first two years of college. 

Now, the equivalent to Ochoa on the Arizona women's golf team is Alejanda Llaneza, who I will be writing about this week for Border Beat.

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