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Sunday 8 October 2006LPGA TourYear in Review
Ochoa wins Corona Morelia Championship
Tres Marias Residential Golf Club, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 October 2006 · Lorena Ochoa’s win no. 7 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,000,000 USD · Corona
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/12°C · wind 18 km/h NNE, gusts 50 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/13°C · wind 13 km/h NNE, gusts 37 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/12°C · wind 6 km/h NNE, gusts 25 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/13°C · wind 9 km/h NNE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Julieta Granada PAR · 277Started three back, birdied the fourth and sixth to get within a stroke, but closed with a 71 as Ochoa birdied the eighth and three more on the back nine to win by five Mexico's Ochoa captures tourney in own backyard (AP) - The Honolulu Advertiser, Oct 9 2006
· cut +5, 70 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Corona Morelia Championship
Tres Marias Residential Golf Club, Tres Marias Residential Golf Club, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lorena Ochoa
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press (The Honolulu Advertiser)
9 October 2006
Definitely this is the most important day of my professional career. For me, this was the most important tournament. I enjoyed it so much.
Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
8 October 2006
There are those who say we are behind Annika. With all of this, maybe we are showing we are catching up with her a bit.
Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
8 October 2006
I just don't know how to get the mechanics right on that one
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | 71 · 64 · 68 · 69 | 272 | −20 |
| 2 | Julieta Granada | 70 · 70 · 66 · 71 | 277 | −15 |
| 3 | Paula Creamer | 76 · 66 · 71 · 65 | 278 | −14 |
| 4 | Young-A Yang | 70 · 73 · 70 · 69 | 282 | −10 |
| T5 | Wendy Ward | 72 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 283 | −9 |
| T5 | Morgan Pressel | 69 · 72 · 71 · 71 | 283 | −9 |
| T5 | Silvia Cavalleri | 72 · 69 · 72 · 70 | 283 | −9 |
| T5 | Kelli Kuehne | 69 · 70 · 75 · 69 | 283 | −9 |
| T5 | Becky Morgan | 74 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 283 | −9 |
| T10 | Stacy Prammanasudh | 72 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 284 | −8 |
| T10 | Brandie Burton | 68 · 75 · 67 · 74 | 284 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1981-11-15, Guadalajara, Mexico; MEX; turned pro 2002; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet