Legend Lorena Ocho still inspiration as LPGA returns to Mexico

Playa del Carmen, Mexico – Lorena Ochoa is retired from a professional golf 15 years ago, and her influence on Mexican players on and off him remains great.

Eight Mexican golf will compete outdoors in the Golf Club El Camaleon in Mayakobi, and everything will try to follow the former best ocho as LPGA returns to Mexico for the first time since 2017. years.

“She meant everything, every time I saw her, and I have a good year or bad year, I’m such a fault I’m here,” I said Maria Fassi, 2019 NCAA division and a female individual champion while in Arkansas. “It’s really. I didn’t even think about playing professional golf if he wasn’t for her.”

Ochoa was the most popular player in the world for 158 consecutive weeks, from April 2007. to pension in May 2010. years, and was introduced in LPGA HALL from Fame 2022. Years.

27-year-old Fassi, which was the champion of the Mexican Amateur Amateur in 2015. and 2016, qualified for the tournament near Gaby Lopez and Isabella Fierro, and Carolina Rotzinger, María Balcázar, Clarisa Flexing; Fernanda Lira and Andrea Ostos were invited.

“I was lucky I met her at the young age. We had a good relationship since I was 10 or 11,” Fassi added. “It was cold to pick up the phone and ask the question. I hope she knows that she is the reason why we are eight years.”

43-year-old Ochoa is attending a tournament for the promotion of the association called Xubla, which has created to promote women’s golf and guided golfers from amateur circles for professionals.

“We have 45 girls in Xuntas and they are like sponge, they are not shy and want to learn from the best,” Ochoa said. “It’s something really nice, I’m trying to do as much as I can help the new generation of Mexican players.”

The highest ranked Mexican player in LPGA this season is Lopez, which is ranked 59. and works with Ochoom in Xuntas.

“We advocate to help girls and teens, we want to speed up their technical and mental development, aspects that are fundamental,” Lopez said, who won three times on tour, recently 2022. Years. Years. “This type of support did not exist when I started, and I am convinced that it would allow them to change their lives.”

Another Mexican player who recently played on LPGA is 24-year-old Isabella Fierro, who debuts the debtor last year, but he lost a ticket and a goal to bring him back.

“The transition from Amateur to professional was great, and Gaby and Maria help me. We hope that the number could grow, I talk to her twice a week, a lot to me, the inspiration is every day, not only on golf course.”

LPGA signed a five-year contract with the organizers and many local girls will have the opportunity to see the view of the best golf and may be motivated to play sports in the future, just like many today’s golfers in the past.

“Lorena is a goat (the greatest of all time). She is probably the reason I started playing golf,” said Albane in New York, and whose her father was in the icho’s amateur championship, played with Ochoom in the International Amateur Survey Championship.

“My father won Lorena on the day and I grew up as a teenager, she always took me a golf ball, and I was just a very dear memorable.” I think she was the most merciful, a humble champion that golf ever produced. “