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Lorena Ochoa wins The 2008 Safeway International Presented by Coca Cola

March 31st, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed

Lorena Ochoa Wins the Safeway International

The venue was Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club in Arizona and the
competition was hot. Lorena Ochoa started the final round with a one stroke lead over Angela Stanford and Jee Young Lee. She fired a final round 6 under par 66 and successfully defended the title she won last year. The Safeway was the first of eight titles Lorena won in 2007.

Ochoa and Lee briefly shared the lead when Ochoa bogeyed the par-4, 6th hole, but world ranked number one ladies player followed with back-to-back birdies on holes 8 and 9 to regain a two-stroke lead. Ochoa was bogey-free on the back nine, and after three of birdies on holes 13, 14, and 15, and claimed her seven-stroke victory in front of the largest crowd in this tournament history on the 18th green. Her score set a LPGA tour record for the lowest score at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club. (65-67-68-66=266).

“It was a great feeling, you know? It’s very nice to see the support and the love and they care so much,” Ochoa said. “And like, I always say – it’s motivation to play. Feels very nice. And they know that I played not only for me, but for all of them. And not only Mexico. There are so many Americans all over the world that they are around and come and watch us play, and thank you to all the fans.”

This win gives Ochoa her 16th victory in 48 starts since 2006 and is her second win this year.

South Korean Jee Youg Lee carded an even par round of 72 to finish in second place.
(67-67-67-72=273).

Finlands Minea Blomqveist recorded a career best third place finish on the LPGA tour. She shot a final round 7 under par 67 to jump from a tie for eigth place to outright third, and secures a place in next week’s Kraft Nabisco Championship field (70-68-69-67=274.

Final round top ten
Position Player Score

1 Lorena Ochoa -22
2 Jee Young Lee -15
3 Minea Blomqvist -14
4 Eun-Hee Ji -13
4 Angela Stanford -13
6 Brittany Lang -12
6 Maria Hjorth -12
6 Christina Kim -12
9 Laura Davies -11
9 Annika Sorenstam -11