What one thing will Lorena Ochoa be most known for after she retires?

Blue · 04-25-2010, 04:29 PM

What one thing will Lorena Ochoa be most known for after she retires?

cleo · 04-25-2010, 04:46 PM

Make that 4 straight times POY.

Saint-Just X · 04-25-2010, 04:52 PM

The Mexican option.

From here until eternity,any female golfer from Mexico will cite Lorena as her inspiration.

That's a nice legacy...

Pax Vobiscum
Saint-Just X

Blue · 04-25-2010, 07:04 PM

The wins and the awards were memorable but will be topped eventually, possibly this decade. No one will top what she did for opening up golf in Mexico and in Central and South America.

She will also be known for retiring at age 28. People will always wonder what she could have accomplished had she stayed around for another 10 or 20 years.

Rusty · 04-26-2010, 12:58 AM

I think she will probably be most known for being world number one woman's golfer. And hopefully her charity work.

DJGOLFER59 · 04-26-2010, 01:45 AM

This may sound bad, but I hate to say I think she will be remembered as the player who couldn't carry the tour after Annika left. She had a great career, but it could have been better, only 2 majors won't make her a legend, and a lot of people will think she 'dominated' against a weak tour after Annika left. I like Lorena, so that remark is not personal. Had she stayed on tour longer, all the things I just said could become very untrue. As of now though, she will be remembered for her off course achievements, instead of her on course achievements, and it seems that is ok with Lorena, and that is great. She is a great person.

dangerbob · 04-26-2010, 09:07 AM

Lorena Ochoa will be remembered for all of the above who married an older rich Divorce man with kids and quit before fulfilling the number of years needed to be inducted to the LPGA's Hall of Fame.

cleo · 04-26-2010, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by DJGOLFER59

This may sound bad, but I hate to say I think she will be remembered as the player who couldn't carry the tour after Annika left. She had a great career, but it could have been better, only 2 majors won't make her a legend, and a lot of people will think she 'dominated' against a weak tour after Annika left. I like Lorena, so that remark is not personal. Had she stayed on tour longer, all the things I just said could become very untrue. As of now though, she will be remembered for her off course achievements, instead of her on course achievements, and it seems that is ok with Lorena, and that is great. She is a great person.

DJ, I've even heard some joker on the golf channel say Annika beat "a bunch of nobodies". Winning POY 4 straight times is something only Annika has also done ( and bettered). The only blemish on her record is her majors.

As far as what Lorena might have done down the road, she has previously said that 10 years was as long as she wanted to play. Lorena was clearly not the same player she was prior. As I see it Lorena was never the same player (dominant) after Annika beat her badly one on one the Saturday before Annika won the Mic Ultra in early 08. Really that was the last great rivalry on the LPGA. Annika was so elated to "get that monkey" off her back she announced her retirement just after. Lorena announced her supremacy, so to speak, with that final day, head to head win over Annika at the Samsung in 06. It took a year and a half for Annika to get that revenge and show everybody she still could beat Lorena. It seems after that Saturday Lorena's "magic putting stroke" lost it's dominant quality.

Blue · 04-26-2010, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by cleo

Winning POY 4 straight times is something only Annika has also done ( and bettered).

???
Lorena and Kathy Whitworth also won POY 4 straight times.

golfnut · 04-26-2010, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by Blue

???
Lorena and Kathy Whitworth also won POY 4 straight times.

But Annika won it five times in a row, 2001-2005. Hence the "bettered" quote.

View Poll Results: What one thing will Lorena Ochoa be most known for after she retires?
27 wins, 2 majors	1	5.56%
4 times POY, 4 times Vare Tropy winner, 3 times money list winner	2	11.11%
Putting Mexico golf on the map	10	55.56%
Class and style	1	5.56%
Retiring at age 28	4	22.22%
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04-25-2010, 04:29 PM	#1
Blue Forum Moderator Contests: Joint 3rd place overall winner 2009. Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,650 Images: 6	What one thing will Lorena Ochoa be most known for after she retires? What one thing will Lorena Ochoa be most known for after she retires?

04-25-2010, 04:46 PM	#2
cleo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: PA Posts: 1,494	Make that 4 straight times POY. __________________ "There's no use arguing with a fool. He only rages and scoffs, and tempers flare."

04-25-2010, 04:52 PM	#3
Saint-Just X Senior Member Contests: Joint 3nd place overall winner 2010 Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,676	The Mexican option. From here until eternity,any female golfer from Mexico will cite Lorena as her inspiration. That's a nice legacy... Pax Vobiscum Saint-Just X __________________ I have sent the most relevant posts you made about Paula Creamer to her lawyers. Hope they take action against your statements - Elf

04-26-2010, 09:07 AM	#7
dangerbob Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 4,872	Lorena Ochoa will be remembered for all of the above who married an older rich Divorce man with kids and quit before fulfilling the number of years needed to be inducted to the LPGA's Hall of Fame. __________________ "On this hapless EARTH There's small SINCERITY of mirth And LAUGHTER oft is but an ART To drown the outcry of the HEART!"

04-25-2010, 07:04 PM	#4
Blue Forum Moderator Contests: Joint 3rd place overall winner 2009. Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,650 Images: 6	The wins and the awards were memorable but will be topped eventually, possibly this decade. No one will top what she did for opening up golf in Mexico and in Central and South America. She will also be known for retiring at age 28. People will always wonder what she could have accomplished had she stayed around for another 10 or 20 years.

04-26-2010, 12:58 AM	#5
Rusty Administrator Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northern Territory Posts: 905 Images: 79	I think she will probably be most known for being world number one woman's golfer. And hopefully her charity work.

04-26-2010, 01:45 AM	#6
DJGOLFER59 Contest Statistician Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,685	This may sound bad, but I hate to say I think she will be remembered as the player who couldn't carry the tour after Annika left. She had a great career, but it could have been better, only 2 majors won't make her a legend, and a lot of people will think she 'dominated' against a weak tour after Annika left. I like Lorena, so that remark is not personal. Had she stayed on tour longer, all the things I just said could become very untrue. As of now though, she will be remembered for her off course achievements, instead of her on course achievements, and it seems that is ok with Lorena, and that is great. She is a great person.

04-26-2010, 10:24 AM	#8
cleo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: PA Posts: 1,494	Originally Posted by DJGOLFER59 This may sound bad, but I hate to say I think she will be remembered as the player who couldn't carry the tour after Annika left. She had a great career, but it could have been better, only 2 majors won't make her a legend, and a lot of people will think she 'dominated' against a weak tour after Annika left. I like Lorena, so that remark is not personal. Had she stayed on tour longer, all the things I just said could become very untrue. As of now though, she will be remembered for her off course achievements, instead of her on course achievements, and it seems that is ok with Lorena, and that is great. She is a great person. DJ, I've even heard some joker on the golf channel say Annika beat "a bunch of nobodies". Winning POY 4 straight times is something only Annika has also done ( and bettered). The only blemish on her record is her majors. As far as what Lorena might have done down the road, she has previously said that 10 years was as long as she wanted to play. Lorena was clearly not the same player she was prior. As I see it Lorena was never the same player (dominant) after Annika beat her badly one on one the Saturday before Annika won the Mic Ultra in early 08. Really that was the last great rivalry on the LPGA. Annika was so elated to "get that monkey" off her back she announced her retirement just after. Lorena announced her supremacy, so to speak, with that final day, head to head win over Annika at the Samsung in 06. It took a year and a half for Annika to get that revenge and show everybody she still could beat Lorena. It seems after that Saturday Lorena's "magic putting stroke" lost it's dominant quality. __________________ "There's no use arguing with a fool. He only rages and scoffs, and tempers flare."

04-26-2010, 01:24 PM	#9
Blue Forum Moderator Contests: Joint 3rd place overall winner 2009. Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,650 Images: 6	Originally Posted by cleo Winning POY 4 straight times is something only Annika has also done ( and bettered). ??? Lorena and Kathy Whitworth also won POY 4 straight times.

04-26-2010, 02:16 PM	#10
golfnut Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mandeville, Louisiana Posts: 484	Originally Posted by Blue ??? Lorena and Kathy Whitworth also won POY 4 straight times. But Annika won it five times in a row, 2001-2005. Hence the "bettered" quote.

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