The Lorena Ochoa Invitational was a women's professional golf tournament in México on the LPGA Tour. Hosted by Lorena Ochoa, the event debuted in November 2008 at the course where she learned to play, Guadalajara Country Club in Guadalajara.

Lorena Ochoa Match Play
Tournament information
LocationMexico City, México
Established2008
Course(s)Club de Golf México
Par72
Length6,684 yards (6,112 m)
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatMatch play
(as of 2017)
Prize fund$1.2 million
Final year2017
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 In-Kyung Kim (2010)
To par−19 In-Kyung Kim (2010)
Final champion
South Korea Kim Sei-young
Club de Golf México is located in Mexico
Club de Golf México
Club de Golf México

The Lorena Ochoa Invitational was a 72-hole limited-field tournament, limited to 36 golfers. The top five in the Rolex Women's World Rankings were invited, in addition to the top 26 players on the LPGA money list not already in the field via the rankings. Another five players were invited through sponsor exemptions.

In 2014, the tournament moved to the Club de Golf México in Mexico City, a par-72 layout set at 6,684 yards (6,112 m).[1][2]

In November 2016, it was announced that the event would move to the first week of May in 2017 as a match play event, the Lorena Ochoa Match Play, with a field of 64 players and $1.2 million purse.[3] The event was not included on the 2018 schedule.

During the fall of 2018, Mexican media outlets reported a possible return in time for the event to be included in the 2019 LPGA Tour season.[4][5]

Course layout edit

Club de Golf México

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total[1]
Yards 390 453 165 402 189 565 363 403 423 3,353 406 549 407 367 182 396 166 507 351 3,331 6,684
Par 4 5 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 36 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 36 72

Winners edit

As a match play event
Year Dates Champion Country Score Runner-up Purse
($)
Winner's
share ($)
2018 No tournament
2017 May 4–7 Kim Sei-young   South Korea 1 up   Ariya Jutanugarn 1,200,000 250,000
As a stroke play event
Year Dates Champion Country Winning score To par Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Purse
($)
Winner's
share ($)
2016 Nov 10–13 Carlota Ciganda   Spain 67-72-68-68=275 −13 2 strokes   Austin Ernst
  Jodi Ewart Shadoff
  Karine Icher
  Sarah Jane Smith
  Angela Stanford
1,000,000 200,000
2015 Nov 12–15 Inbee Park   South Korea 68-71-67-64=270 −18 3 strokes   Carlota Ciganda 1,000,000 200,000
2014 Nov 13–16 Christina Kim   United States 65-69-68-71=273 −15 Playoff   Shanshan Feng 1,000,000 200,000
2013 Nov 14–17 Lexi Thompson   United States 72-64-67-69=272 −16 1 stroke   Stacy Lewis 1,000,000 200,000
2012 Nov 8–11 Cristie Kerr   United States 67-69-67-69=272 −16 1 stroke   Inbee Park
  Angela Stanford
1,000,000 200,000
2011 Nov 10–13 Catriona Matthew   Scotland 69-68-68-71=276 −12 4 strokes   I.K. Kim
  Anna Nordqvist
1,000,000 200,000
2010 Nov 11–14 In-Kyung Kim   South Korea 69-68-68-64=269 −19 3 strokes   Suzann Pettersen 1,100,000 220,000
2009 Nov 12–15 Michelle Wie   United States 70-66-70-69=275 −13 2 strokes   Paula Creamer 1,100,000 220,000
2008 Nov 13–16 Angela Stanford   United States 68-66-72-69=275 −13 1 stroke   Brittany Lang
  Annika Sörenstam
1,000,000 200,000

Tournament record edit

Year Date Player Score Course Round
2010 Nov 14   Angela Stanford 63 (−9) Guadalajara Country Club 4th
2015 Nov 15   Carlota Ciganda 63 (−9) Club de Golf México 4th

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Lorena Ochoa Invitational 2014 – Yardage". Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "The government of Mexico City (Federal District) and Indeporte Mexico City welcome the Lorena Ochoa Invitational". LPGA. May 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "LPGA adds four events to growing schedule". ESPN. Associated Press. November 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "Torneo de golf 'Lorena Ochoa Invitational' regresaría a Guadalajara". mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 2 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Vislumbran regreso del LOI a Guadalajara". informador.mx (in Spanish). 13 September 2018.

External links edit

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