Lorena Ochoa Invitational

The Lorena Ochoa Invitational was a women's professional golf tournament in México 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.

Lorena Ochoa Match Play
Tournament information
LocationMexico City, México
Established2008
Course(s)Club de Golf México
Par72
Length6,684 yards (6,112 m)
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatMatch play
(as of 2017)
Prize fund$1.2 million
Final year2017
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 In-Kyung Kim (2010)
To par−19 In-Kyung Kim (2010)
Final champion
Kim Sei-young
Club de Golf México
Location in Mexico

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 6,684 yards (6,112 m).[1][2]

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.[3] The event was not included on the 2018 schedule.

During the fall of 2018, Mexican media outlets reported a possible return in time for the event to be included in the 2019 LPGA Tour season.[4][5]

Course layout

Club de Golf México

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal[1]
Yards3904531654021895653634034233,3534065494073671823961665073513,3316,684
Par453435444364544343543672

Winners
As a match play event
YearDatesChampionCountryScoreRunner-upPurse
($)		Winner's
share ($)
2018No tournament
2017May 4–7Kim Sei-young South Korea1 up Ariya Jutanugarn1,200,000250,000
As a stroke play event
YearDatesChampionCountryWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upPurse
($)		Winner's
share
2016Nov 10–13Carlota Ciganda Spain67-72-68-68=275−132 strokes Austin Ernst
Jodi Ewart Shadoff
Karine Icher
Sarah Jane Smith
Angela Stanford		1,000,000200,000
2015Nov 12–15Inbee Park South Korea68-71-67-64=270−183 strokes Carlota Ciganda1,000,000200,000
2014Nov 13–16Christina Kim United States65-69-68-71=273−15Playoff Shanshan Feng1,000,000200,000
2013Nov 14–17Lexi Thompson United States72-64-67-69=272−161 stroke Stacy Lewis1,000,000200,000
2012Nov 8–11Cristie Kerr United States67-69-67-69=272−161 stroke Inbee Park
Angela Stanford		1,000,000200,000
2011Nov 10–13Catriona Matthew Scotland69-68-68-71=276−124 strokes I.K. Kim
Anna Nordqvist		1,000,000200,000
2010Nov 11–14In-Kyung Kim South Korea69-68-68-64=269−193 strokes Suzann Pettersen1,100,000220,000
2009Nov 12–15Michelle Wie United States70-66-70-69=275−132 strokes Paula Creamer1,100,000220,000
2008Nov 13–16Angela Stanford United States68-66-72-69=275−131 stroke Brittany Lang
Annika Sörenstam		1,000,000200,000

Tournament record
YearDatePlayerScoreCourseRound
2010Nov 14 Angela Stanford63 (−9)Guadalajara Country Club4th
2015Nov 15 Carlota Ciganda63 (−9)Club de Golf México4th

References
  1. "Lorena Ochoa Invitational 2014 – Yardage". Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  2. "The government of Mexico City (Federal District) and Indeporte Mexico City welcome the Lorena Ochoa Invitational". LPGA. May 20, 2014.
  3. "LPGA adds four events to growing schedule". ESPN. Associated Press. November 30, 2016.
  4. "Torneo de golf 'Lorena Ochoa Invitational' regresaría a Guadalajara". mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 2 October 2018.
  5. "Vislumbran regreso del LOI a Guadalajara". informador.mx (in Spanish). 13 September 2018.

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