Look through a year-by-year breakdown of Lorena Ochoa's career highlights.
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PROFESSIONAL
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| 2009 |
| In 2009, won three events en route to a fourth consecutive Rolex Player of the Year award and Vare Trophy. |
| Posted a victory at the Honda LPGA Thailand and defended her titles at the Corona Championship and the Navistar LPGA Classic Presented by Monaco RV. |
| 2008 |
| In 2008, won seven events, including five of the first six events she entered, en route to her third-straight Rolex Player of the Year, Vare Trophy and LPGA Official Money List honors. |
| Successfully defended her title at the Safeway International Presented by Coca-Cola and also won the Ginn OPEN, which made her the fourth player in LPGA history (Mickey Wright, Kathy Whitworth, Annika Sorenstam) to win four consecutive scheduled events. |
| 2007 |
| In 2007, retained her position as the top player on the LPGA Official Money List and took over the top spot on the Rolex Rankings from Annika Sorenstam in April. |
| Ochoa earned her second consecutive Rolex Player of the Year award and Vare Trophy honors. |
| Won three events in a row starting with the RICOH Women’s British Open on the Old Course at St. Andrews, which was her first LPGA major championship victory in 24 attempts, and went on to win the CN Canadian Women’s Open and Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi |
| Recorded a Tour-high 21 top-10 finishes in 25 starts (84 percent), which included eight wins, five runner-up finishes and six additional top-six finishes. |
| 2006 |
| In 2006, captured her first Rolex Player of the Year award, Vare Trophy and ADT Official Money List honors. |
| Won six tournaments and posted an additional 14 top-10 finishes. |
| Became the second player in LPGA history to
surpass the $2 million mark in season earnings (Karrie Webb became the third later in the season to join Annika Sorenstam). |
| 2005 |
| In 2005, picked up the third win of her career at the Wegmans Rochester LPGA, where she birdied six of her last seven holes and also crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings. |
| 2004 |
| In 2004, recorded the first two wins of her career, at the Franklin American Mortgage Championship benefiting Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, where she became a Rolex First-Time Winner and first Mexican-born player to win on the LPGA Tour, and the Wachovia LPGA Classic Hosted by Betsy King. |
| Notched 18 top-10 finishes, including a tie for second at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill. |
| Posted her first LPGA career hole-in-one during the first round of the CJ Nine Bridges Classic Presented by Sports Today. |
| Set LPGA single-season records for most birdies (442), most rounds under par (75) and most rounds in the 60s (51). |
| 2003 |
| In 2003, had a stellar season that included eight top-10 finishes, giving her a decisive victory in the race for the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award. |
| 2002 |
| In 2002, turned professional in May. |
| Finished first on the Duramed FUTURES Tour money list to earn exempt status for the 2003 LPGA Tour. Won the JWA/Michelob Light Futures Charity Golf Classic, the Ann Arbor Futures Classic and the Betty Puskar Futures Golf Classic on the Futures Tour; |
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AMATEUR
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| Ochoa had a record-setting amateur career that included 12 collegiate victories at the University of Arizona, eight of which came in 10 events in her sophomore year. She was also NCAA Player of the Year and NCAA Freshman of the Year in 2001. Her eight consecutive wins in the 2001-02 season is an NCAA record. She was the NCAA Player of the Year and a First-Team All-American in 2002 after finishing tied for second in the NCAA Championship. |
| She was a two-time winner in Japan as a junior, a five-time U.S. 8-12 Junior World Championship winner, a three-time champion in Colombia and an eight-time national champion in her native Mexico. She was the 2003 recipient of the Nancy Lopez Award, which is given to the best female amateur golfer from the previous year. |
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Topics: Ochoa, Lorena
