Monday, August 20, 2007

Ochoa and CN Win

Hello. Congrats to Lorena Ochoa for winning the CN Canadian Women's Open. Ochoa had a 4 shot lead heading into Sunday, and managed to hold off Paula Creamer.
What more can you say about Ochoa now? She has silenced all critics now. She's won a major. She's won 5 times this year. She also got her first playoff win. And she held the lead yesterday, something which used to be a problem.
There is no disputing women's golf is in a winning mode now. It's happening without Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie, who are both battling to get back to where they were. Before a tournament had to have one of these players in contention. Now that's not the case (and since it isn't, could we give Wie the attention any other player with her yearly earnings has, which is minimal?).
Part of the momentum the LPGA has even though Sorenstam and Wie are not challenging has to do with the event sponsors. CN has really turned around the Canadian Women's Open to the point where it could be a future major. They must be very excited that Ochoa won this year, and Cristie Kerr won in 2006. Needless to say, a high profile defending champion is great for marketing.
Congrats to Lorena and CN for a fine week!

Regards,
Steve

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