The Lorena Ochoa Invitational was a women's professional golf tournament in Mexico 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 .
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 $1.2 million purse. The event was not included on the 2018 schedule and has not returned.
Course layout Club de Golf México Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3904531654021895653634034233,3534065494073671823961665073513,3316,684Par453435444364544343543672 The approximate elevation of the course is above sea level.
Winners As a match play event Year Dates Champion Country Score Runner-up Purse($) Winner'sshare ($)2017 May 4–7 Kim Sei-young 1 up Ariya Jutanugarn 1,200,000 250,000
As a stroke play event Year Dates Champion Country Winning score To par Marginof victory Runner(s)-up Purse($) Winner'sshare ($)2016 Nov 10–13 Carlota Ciganda 67-72-68-68=275 −13 2 strokes Austin Ernst Jodi Ewart Shadoff Karine Icher Sarah Jane Smith Angela Stanford 1,000,000 200,0002015 Nov 12–15 Inbee Park 68-71-67-64=270 −18 3 strokes Carlota Ciganda 1,000,000 200,0002014 Nov 13–16 Christina Kim 65-69-68-71=273 −15 Playoff Shanshan Feng 1,000,000 200,0002013 Nov 14–17 Lexi Thompson 72-64-67-69=272 −16 1 stroke Stacy Lewis 1,000,000 200,0002012 Nov 8–11 Cristie Kerr 67-69-67-69=272 −16 1 stroke Inbee Park Angela Stanford 1,000,000 200,0002011 Nov 10–13 Catriona Matthew 69-68-68-71=276 −12 4 strokes I.K. Kim Anna Nordqvist 1,000,000 200,0002010 Nov 11–14 In-Kyung Kim 69-68-68-64=269 −19 3 strokes Suzann Pettersen 1,100,000 220,0002009 Nov 12–15 Michelle Wie 70-66-70-69=275 −13 2 strokes Paula Creamer 1,100,000 220,0002008 Nov 13–16 Angela Stanford 68-66-72-69=275 −13 1 stroke Brittany Lang Annika Sörenstam 1,000,000 200,000
Tournament record YearDatePlayerScoreCourseRound2010 Nov 14 Angela Stanford 63 (−9) Guadalajara Country Club 4th2015 Nov 15 Carlota Ciganda 63 (−9) Club de Golf México 4th
References
External links
Coverage on the LPGA's official site