World No. 1 Lorena Ochoa became the first U.S. LPGA Tour player in 45 years to win four LPGA tournaments in consecutive weeks on Sunday, firing a final round 3-under 69 to win the Ginn Open. Ochoa, who has now won five of her first six events to begin the season, finished with a 19-under 269 total to shatter the tournament’s 72-hole scoring record by seven on her way to a three shot victory.Ochoa, who wore her trademark white custom Classics each of the four rounds, began the day with a one shot lead but was trailing after narrowly missing birdie putts on Nos. 5, 6, and 7. She finally grabbed the lead with a 10-foot birdie putt on No. 8, then followed with two more on the next two holes to grab the lead for good.She will look to tie the LPGA record of five consecutive victories in two weeks at the SemGroup Championship (May 1-4) in Oklahoma.
THE STREAK
- Fifth win in six events (includes the HSBC Champions, a non-LPGA Tour event)
- Tenth win in her last 15 tournaments, dating to last year
- She opened with an 11-stroke victory in Singapore (HSBC Women’s Champions), defended her Safeway International title with a seven-stroke romp, won the season’s first major by five shots (Kraft Nabisco Championship), and then led all the way last week in Mexico and won by 11 (Corona Championship).
- All five of her victories have come with her leading to start the final round.
- She leads the Tour in driving distance average at 277.5, Rolex Player of the Year points (183), greens in regulation (.810), birdies (124) rounds under par (22 of 23), top-10 finishes (6 of 6) and scoring average (67.8696).
