Sophie Gustafson

Idle Ochoa leads LPGA Tour Championship

USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Sophie Gustafson has moved within two shots of leader Lorena Ochoa at the weather-delayed LPGA Tour Championship.

Idle Ochoa leads LPGA Tour Championship

Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Sophie Gustafson moved within two shots of leader Lorena Ochoa at the LPGA Tour Championship on Friday before second-round play was suspended because of bad weather. Rain swamped the Houstonian Golf and Country Club before dawn and the start of the second round was pushed back six hours. The tournament resumed at 1 p.m., but light rain started falling about two hours later and play was halted for the...

LPGA Tour Championship: Sophie Gustafson threatens leader Lorena Ochoa as darkness halts play

ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Sophie Gustafson has moved within two shots of leader Lorena Ochoa at the weather-delayed LPGA Tour Championship.

Idle Ochoa Leads LPGA Tour Championship

New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

RICHMOND, Texas (AP) -- Sophie Gustafson moved within two shots of leader Lorena Ochoa at the LPGA Tour Championship on Friday before second-round play was suspended because of bad weather.

Idle Ochoa leads LPGA Tour Championship

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Sophie Gustafson moved within two shots of leader Lorena Ochoa at the LPGA Tour Championship on Friday before second-round play was suspended because of bad weather.

Idle Ochoa leads LPGA Tour Championship

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Sophie Gustafson moved within two shots of leader Lorena Ochoa at the LPGA Tour Championship on Friday before second-round play was suspended because of bad weather.

Rain halts Tour Chamionship

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Sophie Gustafson climbed within two shots of overnight leader Lorena Ochoa at the LPGA Tour Championship as rain wreaked havoc on the second round.

Mizuno Classic Friday: Lang Leads, Shin, Miyazato, and Tseng Lurk

Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

LPGA Player of the Year rivals Ji-Yai Shin (5-birdie 69 with bogeys on 9 and 18), Ai Miyazato (bogey-free 69), and Lorena Ochoa (2-birdie 71) didn't hurt themselves in the 1st round of the Mizuno Classic , but they didn't light it up like the leaders. Brittany Lang lead the way with a 66 that was sparked by an eagle on the par-5 7th, but hot on her heels were former KLPGAer Hee Young Park (who started...

Masters GC Ladies Saturday: Fukushima Eagles Twice, Takes Lead

Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009

Akiko Fukushima can be one of the most exciting golfers in the world. Like Karrie Webb, Sophie Gustafson, Helen Alfredsson, and Hee Young Park she's not afraid to go super-low and she can make birdies in bunches, but she's also wildly inconsistent. If you like roller coasters, these are the players to follow in women's golf. For a long time this season on the JLPGA, Fukushima hadn't been worth following,...

Navistar Classic Sunday: Ochoa Finds Another Gear, Finally Gets '09 Win #3

Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009

Lorena Ochoa recovered from a double bogey on the par-5 5th that dropped her to -14 by playing her last 13 holes in bogey-free -4 fashion at the Navistar Classic yesterday. The world #1's 3rd win of 2009 and 1st since April didn't come as easy as her final 4-stroke margin of victory might suggest. Brittany Lang had closed within a single stroke of Ochoa on the front, but couldn't keep pace with her...

Ochoa pulls away in third round

Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead in the Navistar LPGA Classic, leaving 14-year-old Alexis Thompson eight strokes behind. Ochoa, second last week behind Sophie Gustafson in California, had a 16-under 200 total on The Senator course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Capitol Hill complex. She birdied six of her final 12...

Ochoa takes LPGA lead, teen drops back

Charlotte Observer: Sports (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009

(Associated Press) Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead in the Navistar LPGA Classic, leaving 14-year-old Alexis Thompson eight strokes behind. Ochoa, second last week behind Sophie Gustafson in California, had a 16-under 200 total. She birdied six of her final 12 holes in the bogey-free round.

Navistar Classic Saturday: Kerr's 64 Gets Her Halfway to Ochoa

Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009

Cristie Kerr was on fire today at the Navistar Classic , making 8 birdies and no bogeys for a 64 that brought her to -8, tied with Na Ri Kim (67), Hye Jung Choi (72), Michelle Wie (72), and Alexis Thompson (74). But she and they were only halfway to Lorena Ochoa 's total number of strokes under par after the world #1 shot her 2nd bogey-free 66 in 3 rounds. Besides Kerr, the only player in the field...

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Ochoa vaults in front, leaves 14-year-old 8 behind

Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009

Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead in the Navistar LPGA Classic, leaving 14-year-old Alexis Thompson eight strokes behind. Ochoa, second last week behind Sophie Gustafson in California, had a 16-under 200 total on The Senator course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Capitol Hill complex. She birdied six of her final 12 holes in the bogey-free...

Alexis Thompson, 14-Year-Old, Tied For LPGA Tour Lead

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009

PRATTVILLE, Ala. — Ninth-grader Alexis Thompson is trying to avoid getting to far ahead of herself in the Navistar LPGA Classic. "I'm an amateur, and I'm just going to look at it and just be like, 'Whatever,'" said Thompson, tied for the second-round lead. "Because I just try to come into these and just play well. It's just good competition for me. Best in the world." Attempting...