RICOH Women’s British Open wraps up 2008 major championships
Lorena Ochoa Womens British Open
World No.1 Lorena Ochoa defends the RICOH Women’s British Open, the final major championship of the season, at Sunningdale’s Old Course in Berkshire, England, this week.
Last year, in a season where Ochoa earned eight victories, it was at the birthplace of golf—the Old Course at St. Andrews—where Ochoa secured her first major championship victory by two strokes over Maria Hjorth and Jee Young Lee.
Already with an incredible six LPGA Tour events to her name in 2008, including her first Kraft Nabisco title, (a second major championship) Ochoa tied for fifth at last week’s Evian Masters and should be primed for a solid defence of her title this year.
Sunningdale Golf Club last played host to the final major championship of the season in 2004 when England’s own Karen Stupples won the event.
In 2004, Karen Stupples defeated Australian Rachel Hetherington by five shots after the Englishwoman produced a miraculous opening to her final round with an eagle and albatross in her first two holes and raced ahead.
