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Ochoa: a Lady Tiger?

Posted Apr 21, 08 11:31 AM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – Golf fans should have no trouble choosing between the Lady or the Tiger at the moment: The best player in the world today, Ed Sherman writes in the Chicago Tribune, is Lorena Ochoa. With four victories in a row and five in six tournaments, the 26-year-old Mexican has already qualified for the LGPA Hall of Fame and has the chance for a Grand Slam.

Ochoa seems to be having fun despite the pressure of measuring up to Tiger Woods. "This year he had a better start than me. He won those first three tournaments, and I was a little behind," she said. "So I was just joking, 'OK, we need to catch up.' " Even competitors like her: "She's definitely a role model," says fellow pro Brittany Lincicome.

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Lorena Ochoa of Mexico, left, plunges into the lake alongside the 18th green after her victory in the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club.   (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, holds up the Kelly Jo Dowd championship trophy along with four fingers to signify her four-straight LPGA wins on Sunday, April 20, 2008.   (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)
Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, waves to the gallery after sinking a birdie putt on the eighth hole during the final round of the Ginn Open in Kissimmee, Fla., Sunday, April 20, 2008.   (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)
Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, waves to the gallery after sinking a birdie putt on the 17th hole during the second round of the Ginn Open LPGA golf tournament in Reunion, Fla., Friday, April 18, 2008.   (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Lorena Ochoa of Mexico hits out of a sand trap on the eight hole during the third round of the LPGA Corona Morelia Championship at the Tres Marias Residential Golf Club, in Morelia, Mexico.   (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, celebrates after her putting at the first hole during the fourth round of the LPGA Corona Morelia Championship, Sunday, April 13, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, celebrates making birdie on the eighth hole in the final round on her way to victory in the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship golf tournament.   (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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