It may have been the smallest of Lorena Ochoa's three margins of victory at the Sybase Classic Presented by ShopRite, but the Rolex Rankings' number one pulled off her third-straight victory at the event with a one-stroke margin on Sunday, becoming the first player since Annika Sorenstam in 2005 to win the same event in as many years. Ochoa (68-67-71=206, -10) also supplanted Sorenstam as the fastest player in LPGA Tour history to reach the $12 million mark, as her $300,000 share of the $2 million purse boosted her across the mark in 5 years, 2 months, 12 days, compared to Sorenstam's previous record of 9 years, 4 months, 4 days. The win marks Ochoa's sixth of the season and the 23rd of her career.
“I feel I've been blessed and I'm very fortunate, and I don't take it for granted,” Ochoa said. “We work really hard, and it's very special. You can say that very easily, but it took a lot of years of hard work, and I also try to help as much as I can and give back to the community, to my community, to my people in Mexico. The more I can win, the more I can help, so that's a great motivation to me.”
