[Women’s Golf] Ochoa Wins 3rd Straight LPGA Event

Lorena Ochoa seems to have no match in the LPGA.

The Mexican yesterday won her third straight tournaments and her fourth in five tries this year at the Corona Championship in Morelia, Mexico.

She finished four-under in the final round and won with a combined score of 25-under 267, beating runner-up Kim Song-hee of Korea by a whopping 11 strokes.

Ochoa has won her four titles this year by an average of 8.5 strokes. She earned 195,000 dollars yesterday for 21st victory on the LPGA Tour, raising her total to 1,050,550 dollars this year.

She surpassed the million dollar mark in five events, the fastest in LPGA history.

Ochoa also earned 27 points and qualified for the LPGA Hall of Fame. She still needs to complete ten years on the tour and is not eligible for induction until 2012.

Only a triple bogey on the 11th hole prevented Ochoa from breaking the LPGA 72-hole scoring record of 27-under 261 set by Annika Sorenstam in 2001.

Inbee Park of Korea tied for third and rookie Choi Na-yeon tied for fifth.

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