Will Asia save her?

On Monday world number one, Lorena Ochoa, presented the last LPGA tournament that will be played in Mexico, the Lorena Ochoa Invitational. After she read the list of golfers that will attend, she surprised the media when she announced her intentions to play in both events that will take place in Asia.

The Mexican superstar is currently 5 points behind South Korean Jiyai Shin in the Player of the Year category.

The first one is the Hana Bank Kolon Championship which will be played in South Korea from October 30th. to November the 1st.  Ochoa has only played in 3 editions: in 2003 she had her worst score as she tied for 13th; in 2004 she came back with a 4th; and in 2007 she managed to take the 12th spot.
The next tournament is the Mizuno Classic from November 6th. to 8th. The last time Lorena appeared in the field was in 2004 when she scored –3 overall, and got the 39th position. One year later she claimed the 10th.

Jiyai Shin will defended her title at the Mizuno Classic; last year she won with 201 strokes, 15 under par.

During the press conference Lorena assured she wants to take the Player of the Year Award home, so she can make it 4 in a row. Nevertheless, this seems quite complicated since Jiyai Shin has been playing her “A” game, specially in the HSBC Women’s Championship, the Wegman’s LPGA and the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship, events which she won easily.
Let’s see if Lorena can keep up the pace and reclaim her throne, which has been occupied by others.