The Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex and Jalisco It Happens Within You is a women's professional golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 tournament on the LPGA Tour. Hosted by Lorena Ochoa

Lorena Ochoa

Lorena Ochoa Reyes is a Mexican professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010, and was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for over three years, from April 2007 to her retirement in May 2010...

, the event debuted in November 2008

2008 LPGA Tour

The 2008 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...

 at the course where she learned to play, Guadalajara Country Club in Guadalajara

Guadalajara, Jalisco

Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...

, México

Mexico

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The Lorena Ochoa Invitational is a 72-hole limited-field tournament, limited to 36 golfers. The top five golfers in the Rolex Women's World Rankings are invited, in addition to the top 26 players on the LPGA money list not already in the field via the rankings. Another five golfers are invited through sponsor exemptions.

The course at the Guadlajara Country Club is par-72 and 6638 yards (6,069.8 m) at an elevation

Elevation

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 exceeding 5000 feet (1,524 m) above sea level.

Course layout

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	350	384	545	420	405	170	376	179	507	3,336	475	336	435	152	364	391	405	223	521	3,302	6,638
Par	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	5	36	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	36	72

Winners

Year	Dates	Champion	Country	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Course	Purse ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... )	Winner's share
2011 2011 LPGA Tour The 2011 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 17, 2011 and had its last official event end on November 20, 2011 in Florida...	Nov 10-13	Catriona Matthew Catriona Matthew Catriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...		69-68-68-71=276	-12	4 strokes	I.K. Kim    Anna Nordqvist Anna Nordqvist Anna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...	Guadalajara C.C.	1,000,000	200,000
2010 2010 LPGA Tour The 2010 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 13, 2010 and ended in Florida on December 5, 2010...	Nov 11-14	In-Kyung Kim		69-68-68-64=269	-19	3 strokes	Suzann Pettersen Suzann Pettersen Suzann Pettersen is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. She has held that position at several times, most recently beginning 22 August 2011.-Amateur...	Guadalajara C.C.	1,100,000	220,000
2009 2009 LPGA Tour The 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association ....	Nov 12-15	Michelle Wie Michelle Wie Michelle Sung Wie is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 10, she became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship. Wie would also become the youngest winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the youngest to qualify for a LPGA Tour event...		70-66-70-69=275	-13	2 strokes	Paula Creamer Paula Creamer Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...	Guadalajara C.C.	1,100,000	220,000
2008 2008 LPGA Tour The 2008 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...	Nov 13-16	Angela Stanford Angela Stanford Angela Stanford is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stanford was born in Fort Worth, Texas. As a junior golfer, she won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times , the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas...		68-66-72-69=275	-13	1 stroke	Brittany Lang Brittany Lang Brittany Lang is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior...     Annika Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam is a Swedish-American professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer...	Guadalajara C.C.	1,000,000	200,000

Tournament record

Year	Date	Player	Score	Round	Course
2010	Nov 14	Angela Stanford Angela Stanford Angela Stanford is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stanford was born in Fort Worth, Texas. As a junior golfer, she won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times , the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas...	63 (-9)	4th	Guadalajara Country Club

External links

• LPGA.com official microsite