Ochoa Wins The Ginn Open 2008
April 21st, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
The 26-year-old Ochoa became the first LPGA Tour player in 45 years to win four tournaments in consecutive weeks. The world’s No. 1 player shot a 3-under 69 in the final round of the Ginn Open on Sunday and beat rookie Yani Tseng by three strokes for her fifth victory in six starts this year.
“I’m very grateful. It’s been a blessing, you know,” Ochoa said. “But I know that bad times will come. It’s just the way life is. I’m just trying to enjoy my moment, and I would like to enjoy it for a long time. So even if it’s going to be an up-and-down ride, hopefully I can stay there.”
Ochoa remained steady in the final round, carding four birdies and one bogey – only her third of the week - to hold off runner-up Yani Tseng (68-64-69-71=272, -16) and finish the week at 19-under-par 269. She also shattered the Ginn OPEN 72-hole scoring record previously set by Mi Hyun Kim (-12, 276). On the week, she was 12-under on the par-5’s, including 8-under on holes 9 and 10 alone. She leads the Tour in driving distance average at 277.5, Rolex Player of the Year points (183), greens in regulation (.810), birdies (124) rounds under par (22 of 23), top-10 finishes (6 of 6), scoring average (67.8696), and is the only person to qualify for the season-ending ADT Championship, having won all three First-Half Winner Events.
Ochoa tapped in for par on No. 18, then raised both arms in celebration. She congratulated Tseng and told her they were going to see each other on many Sundays.
Ochoa won a car and $390,000, raising her 2008 earnings to $1,440,500. She also took home another trophy. She grabbed the giant, shell-shaped glass bowl with one hand and held up four fingers with the other.
Final Top Ten Scores
POS, NAME, SCORES STATUS, OFFICIAL MONEY
- 1 Lorena Ochoa 68-67-65-69 269 -19 $390,000
2 Yani Tseng 68-64-69-71 272 -16 $233,732
T3 Suzann Pettersen 68-66-72-71 277 -11 $150,362
T3 Teresa Lu 67-69-69-72 277 -11 $150,362
T5 Song-Hee Kim 71-70-69-68 278 -10 $95,976
T5 Candie Kung 74-67-68-69 278 -10 $95,976
7 Carin Koch 67-69-70-73 279 -9 $72,301
T8 Stacy Prammanasudh 71-69-71-69 280 -8 $57,371
T8 Karen Stupples 70-69-71-70 280 -8 $57,371
T8 Minea Blomqvist 69-66-73-72 280 -8 $57,371
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