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Lorena Ochoa Invitational

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.

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).

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. 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.

Course layout

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
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

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 Thailand 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 United States Austin Ernst
England Jodi Ewart Shadoff
France Karine Icher
Australia Sarah Jane Smith
United States Angela Stanford
1,000,000 200,000
2015 Nov 12–15 Inbee Park  South Korea 68-71-67-64=270 −18 3 strokes Spain Carlota Ciganda 1,000,000 200,000
2014 Nov 13–16 Christina Kim  United States 65-69-68-71=273 −15 Playoff China Shanshan Feng 1,000,000 200,000
2013 Nov 14–17 Lexi Thompson  United States 72-64-67-69=272 −16 1 stroke United States Stacy Lewis 1,000,000 200,000
2012 Nov 8–11 Cristie Kerr  United States 67-69-67-69=272 −16 1 stroke South Korea Inbee Park
United States Angela Stanford
1,000,000 200,000
2011 Nov 10–13 Catriona Matthew  Scotland 69-68-68-71=276 −12 4 strokes South Korea I.K. Kim
Sweden Anna Nordqvist
1,000,000 200,000
2010 Nov 11–14 In-Kyung Kim  South Korea 69-68-68-64=269 −19 3 strokes Norway Suzann Pettersen 1,100,000 220,000
2009 Nov 12–15 Michelle Wie  United States 70-66-70-69=275 −13 2 strokes United States Paula Creamer 1,100,000 220,000
2008 Nov 13–16 Angela Stanford  United States 68-66-72-69=275 −13 1 stroke United States Brittany Lang
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
1,000,000 200,000

Tournament record

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

References

  1. ^ "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.

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