Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Nov. 29. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer.
CNN's Justin Armsden goes behind the personality of Lorena Ochoa to see how she became so successful in golf.
Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 3. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays, click here.
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa won her first major title Sunday with a four-stroke victory at the Women's British Open - the first women's professional tournament played at venerable St. Andrews.
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa only set her sights higher after validating her status as the No. 1 player in women's golf by winning for the first time since supplanting Annika Sorenstam.
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- Sarah Lee went shot for shot with defending champion Lorena Ochoa and got the best of the No. 1 player in women's golf.
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- Sarah Lee presumably was long gone from the Upper Montclair Country Club by the time Lorena Ochoa finished her round Friday in the Sybase Classic. That might have been a good thing.
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- Had it not been for been Sarah Lee, defending champion Lorena Ochoa would be atop the leaderboard again at the Sybase Classic.
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa's charge fizzled Saturday in the second round of the SemGroup Championship.
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) -- Nicole Castrale shot a 4-under 67 in muddy conditions Friday to take the first-round lead in the SemGroup Championship.
SI.com: News and Notesupdated: Tue May 01 2007 09:46:00
Teeing it up for the first time as the No. 1 in the LPGA's Rolex Rankings and playing in her home country at the Corona Morelia Championship in Morelia, Mexico, Lorena Ochoa couldn't ice the cake with a storybook win, but she did birdie the final hole to tie for second with Julieta Granada at 18-under 274.
MORELIA, Mexico (AP) -- Silvia Cavalleri became the first Italian winner in LPGA Tour history Sunday, closing with a 7-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Mexican star Lorena Ochoa and Paraguay's Julieta Granada in the Corona Morelia Championship.
MORELIA, Mexico (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa shot a 9-under 64 on Saturday to tie Julieta Granada and Silvia Cavalleri for the third-round lead in the Corona Morelia Championship, the Mexican star's first tournament as the No. 1 player in the world.
MORELIA, Mexico (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa struggled in her second round as the No. 1 player in the world, shooting a 1-over 74 in windy conditions Friday to drop five strokes behind the leaders in the Corona Morelia Championship.
MORELIA, Mexico (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa shot a 5-under 68 on Thursday in the Mexican star's first round as the No. 1 player in the world, leaving the defending champion a stroke behind leader Stacy Prammanasudh in the Corona Morelia Championship.
MORELIA, Mexico (AP) -- The timing was perfect for Lorena Ochoa.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- After missing two chances to become No. 1 in women's golf, Lorena Ochoa finally replaced Annika Sorenstam at the top Monday without even hitting a shot.
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa discovered one of the pitfalls of being right behind top-ranked Annika Sorenstam in the world of women's golf.
SI.com: Golf Capsulesupdated: Sun Apr 15 2007 20:00:00
REUNION, Fla.(AP) Brittany Lincicome entered the final round of the Ginn Open believing that par would be a sensational score.
REUNION, Fla. (AP) -- Brittany Lincicome had a small bag that held a new necklace, one of the gifts for winning the Ginn Open.
REUNION, Fla. (AP) -- For three days, Lorena Ochoa and Laura Davies have matched each other shot for shot at the Ginn Open, finishing every round knotted atop the leaderboard.
REUNION, Fla. (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa would prefer a head-to-head victory against Annika Sorenstam to become No. 1 in the women's world rankings.
REUNION, Fla. (AP) -- The Ginn Open has plenty of story lines.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) -- Se Ri Pak kept her mistakes to a minimum, finished with a 35-foot birdie putt and now stands one round away from becoming the seventh woman to complete the career Grand Slam.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa and Paula Creamer stared over the water to a peninsula green on the par-5 18th hole at a different point in their rounds and a different time of day in the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa was in the rough on the left, under the trees on the right and not always sure where the next shot was headed. When a demanding day ended at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, she was right where she wanted to be.
SI.com: Sorenstam Stumblesupdated: Thu Mar 29 2007 19:33:00
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa took the first step toward overtaking Annika Sorenstam at No. 1 in the world.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa finds inspiration just about everywhere she turns in the California desert.
Lorena Ochoa won the Safeway International on Sunday with the ugliest shot she hit all week, a drop-kicked three-wood that expired in a bunker 70 yards short and right of its target. That was her second stroke on the par-5 13th hole, and the feeble effort was indicative of what to that point had been a disastrous round.
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN, Ariz. (AP) - Lorena Ochoa blew a four-stroke lead to Suzann Pettersen, then birdied four of the last five holes for a two-stroke victory in the Safeway International on Sunday.
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN, Ariz. (AP) -- Lorena Ochoa has come a long way since that awful afternoon two years ago.
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN, Ariz.(AP) Lorena Ochoa has come a long way since that awful afternoon two years ago.
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN, Ariz. (AP) - Lorena Ochoa made two eagles to take a one-stroke lead over Catriona Matthew in the suspended second round of the Safeway International on Friday.
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN, Ariz.(AP) -- A year ago, Lorena Ochoa broke Annika Sorenstam's five-year stranglehold on the LPGA Tour's player of the year award.
SI.com: Sincerely Yoursupdated: Tue Mar 20 2007 11:41:00
In the U.S., Lorena Ochoa is most readily identified as the reigning Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year. In her native Mexico she is much more: the nation's sweetheart. Two weeks ago Ochoa played in front of her compatriots at the MasterCard Championship, outside Mexico City, and you had to be there to comprehend the intensity of the ardor.
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