2014 Lorena Ochoa Invitational

Club de Golf Mexico - Mexico City, Mexico

November 16, 2014

Hometown/Resides: San Jose, California/Orlando, Florida

Birthdate: March 15, 1984 – currently 30 years, 8 months, and 1 day

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Qualified for the LPGA Tour by finishing second on the 2002 Futures
Tour season-ending money list

Turned Professional: 2002

VICTORIES

LPGA: Third-career victory. Previous wins: 2005 The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions, 2004 Longs Drug Challenge

LET: One career victory. 2011 Sicilian Ladies Italian Open

RACE TO CME GLOBE

Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings moves from 40th to 23rd in the Race to CME Globe with 1,435 points

ROLEX RANKINGS

Christina is projected to move up from No. 76 to No. 58 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings

MONEY

CAREER: With the $200,000 first-place check, Christina remains 50th on the LPGA Career Money List with $4,783,556.50

SEASON: Has earned $555,658 this season and moves from 43rd to 27th on the 2014 LPGA Official Money List

TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC

Becomes the seventh different winner of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational
This is the third time she has played in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, finishing 33rd in 2010 and T34 in 2008

2014 IN A NUTSHELL

25 events, 20 cuts made, $505,658 earned, two additional top-10’s, previous best finish - 2nd at ShopRite Classic

OF NOTE

1st career playoff win, lost only other in 2010 L. Na Yeon Choi, Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented
by Kroger (SD2).
First LPGA win since the 2005 The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions, 9 years and 3 days between wins
Becomes the 21st different player to record a win this season on the LPGA Tour
Christina Kim finished 4th in the 2003 Rolex Rookie of the Year standings with 376 points - the winner that year was Lorena Ochoa
The $505, 658 total earned in 2014 is the fifth-highest total in her career - she earned $678,598 in 2008

In the Winner's Circle with Christina Kim

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