Friday, May 02, 2008
Ochoa Eyes History

The season promised so much. The world number started on fire. Bagging consecutive tournaments at a rate not seen for many a year. With every victory inching closer to a shot at immortality, and it’s still on.

Lorena Ochoa is going for an LPGA record-tying fifth title in a row at Cedar Ridge in greater Tulsa this week. There’s a lot to like about the diminiutive Mexican, she’s the ultimate “make-lemons-into-lemonade” golfer.

This seems to be the difference between the very good and the great. The great don’t make excuses. When one player may say, “I was hitting good putts out there but they just wouldn’t fall for me” Lorena says, “I never think on challenges or things that are going to make me make mistakes, I think that would be the wrong perspective.”

Or, “I love the wind if that’s the way I wake up. I love the cold weather if it’s cold. If it rains, I love the rain, you know? Just be happy with what we have. I don’t complain.”


Mexican wave.

Ochoa won four weeks in a row — on March 30, April 6, April 13 and April 20 — matching a streak that hadn’t been accomplished on her tour since 1963 by Mickey Wright. Ochoa didn’t play last week’s event, the Stanford International Pro-Am in Florida. Sorenstam won that in a playoff.

We say good luck Lorena. We’re not glory hunting but there is something about being around in the era of a legend. The excitement around Tiger’s potential grand slam at the begging of the year is testament to that.



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