Lorena Ochoa Visits Tres Marias Golf Course.......

Lorena Ochoa HEIGHT: 5'6" BIRTH DATE: 11/15/1981 BIRTH PLACE: Guadalajara, Mexico RESIDENCE: Guadalajara, Mexico EDUCATION: University of Arizona TOUR STATUS: Exempt ROOKIE YEAR: 2003 OFFICIAL WEBSITE International Player SEASON OVERVIEW STARTS: 20 VICTORIES: 3 TOP 10 FINISHES: 15 2006 EARNINGS: $1,931,324.00

Tuesday afternoon Sandra and I were out practicing our game when Jorge, our golf coach told us that Lorena Ochoa was playing a practice round with her professional teacher. Now, we have been following Lorena's progress on the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) for the past 2 years and were quite excited to actually get a chance to see her play. We watched her play two holes, she was hitting several balls trying to land on different parts of the greens. Sandra and I were amazed at her length off the tee and the absolute ease of her swing. Lorena is a petite young woman, but has an absolute perfect swing, generating lots of club speed and can really crush the golf ball. All of her drives went about 270 yards and ended up right in the middle of the fairway. No one else was watching her, the course was empty so we had an opportunity to talk to her and get autographs on a hat and golf glove. I will post a few pictures we took and then I copied some facts out of the LPGA web site for those unfamiliar with Lorena. I think Steve and Stacy will enjoy this blog because they know how much we all enjoyed collecting sports memorabilia back in California.

My observation:

Lorena, the youngster, and Anika Sorenstam, the seasoned pro are battling it out for #1 woman golfer in the world this year. It reminds me of the titanic battles years ago between Arnold Palmer and the youngster Jack Nicklas. The LPGA will be playing their next tournament here in Morelia October 4-8 and Sandra and I are rooting for Lorena to win for Mexico!