In March 2008 I received a call, it was the Publishing Coordinator of Caras Sports Magazine (previously Caras Golf). To tell the truth I was shocked since it had been almost 6 months from the last time he published me, when I covered the 2007 RICOH Women’s British Open. After exchanging a few words he told me that we might gather with a player named Erica Blasberg and that I was going to interview her a couple of days before the third edition of the MasterCard Classic took place. So, the LPGA... Read More »

She made her last putt as an active LPGA member on Sunday; she scored par in the 18th of the Tres Marías Country Club. She was accompanied by thousands who followed her on the course and from thousands more who believed in her since she took a club for the very first time. With tears, hugs, smiles and cheers everyone said goodbye to the greatest golfer Mexico has had… During her career, Lorena Ochoa won dozens of awards and recognitions, her accomplishments on the course were always a matter... Read More »

With 36 holes to go in the Tres Marías Championship, Mexican Lorena Ochoa is still on her feet and hoping to fight for the crown in her farewell. Even when she’s away from the top, the Guadalajara native has a chance to make it through. Lorena was joined by her family and husband. Tied in the 6th position, world number 1 is happy to see her fans support her, but being close to the leaders is a bigger incentive. Joined by Miyazato and Gulbis, Lorena fought hard to make birdies, but she only... Read More »

Mexican Lorena Ochoa started her participation in the Tres Marías Championship breaking par and with a very consistent game. She’s 7 under par and in good position to leave on Sunday with a win. Lorena controlled her approaching shots and putted excellent, which she hadn’t done in sometime. This was reflected in her first hole (#10) where she shot an eagle after sinking a 3 footer. Her round was strong from beginning to end and, even when she showed frustration after some shot, she... Read More »

That’s the question that many have been asking themselves about Lorena Ochoa’s retirement. Since Tuesday I’ve received several comments regarding this issue and it’s been curious to compare Mexican and non Mexican mails; trust me, they are way different. Guadalajara’s sweetheart debuted in 2003 as a LPGA member She was the best female golfer in the world for 3 years, she won the Player of the Year award 4 consecutive seasons, she received the National Sport’s... Read More »

Lorena Ochoa dispelled all the doubts regarding the retirement statement Grupo Ochoa made last Tuesday. She’s not pregnant and is saying goodbye from competitive golf because she wants to spend more time with her family. Nevertheless, she’ll stay as a non active member of the LPGA and will compete annually at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational. Ochoa was joined by her family, sponsors and LPGA executives. Thru a long later she explained her decision; even when she tried, she couldn’t... Read More »

Mexican super star and world number one, Lorena Ochoa, is about to retire indefinitely from professional golf. Grupo Ochoa, who’s in charged of representing her, announced that she’ll giver her reasons and further details this Friday, during a press conference. Ochoa has battled with her consistency since last year. Lorena’s  management group sent the invitation last Thursday and cleared out that the reasons for this unusual event was to celebrate her 3rd anniversary as women’s... Read More »

Anna Nordqvist is a 22 year old Swedish golfer who made her debut on the LPGA last season. As many Scandinavian athletes, she was drove by her parents to practice sports. Still, she didn’t planned to make golf her priority. With only 10 months as an exempt member of the LPGA, she has won 3 times. At age 10 her older brother introduced her to golf, but after three months she gave up and decided to focus on other disciplines. Even when she had already chosen to leave the clubs in the garage,... Read More »

Tiger Woods attended, for the first time, a press conference and even when he talked about his infidelity exclusively with Golf Channel and ESPN, he hadn’t given a shot to the rest of the media. Still, he finally broke silence prior to the Masters. The press conference lasted around 30 minutes. Forty thousand people went to Augusta National to follow closely Woods’ first practice round. The galleries were huge and it seemed like it was a regular tournament day which reaffirmed that Tiger... Read More »