Lorena Ochoa, Mexico's most successful and decorated professional golfer, will participate in the Mayakoba Golf Classic's Wednesday Pro-Am this week when Mexico's Only PGA TOUR Event celebrates its fifth anniversary.
This will mark the first time Ochoa will visit the Mayakoba Golf Classic at El Camaleón Golf Club.
"This is a great honour to have Lorena join us for this special fifth year celebration," says Mayakoba Golf Classic Tournament Director Larson Segerdahl. "Not only does she represent the very best in the game of golf but she represents the very best of Mexico and shares our passion for growing the game of golf."
While the Wednesday Mayakoba Golf Classic Pro-Am is traditionally not open to the public, tournament officials are providing those who purchase tournament day tickets are invited to attend this year's Pro-Am.
"I am so excited to finally be able to be part of this event," says Ochoa. "I have heard so many great things about it that I cannot wait longer to be there. Besides this, El Camaleon at Mayakoba is one of my favourite courses in México."
Ochoa retired from the LPGA on April 23, 2010 after holding the No.1 spot in the LPGA Rankings as the best player in the world for three consecutive years. In her eight years on the LPGA Tour, she won 27 times and was among the top three 63 times. She finished among the top-10 an incredible 108 times in the 172 tournaments in which she competed. She was also a collegiate standout at the University of Arizona, where she won a record seven consecutive tournaments.
In November of last year, Ochoa and Greg Norman, who designed El Camaleón Golf Club, announced a partnership to jointly design championship and resort golf courses worldwide. To start this historic partnership, the two golf superstars have contacted the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in hopes of being selected to co-design the golf course that will host the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
In its first four years, the Mayakoba Golf Classic has donated nearly $1 million USD in an effort to give back to the community through various philanthropic organizations and charitable groups as well as promote the game of golf within the Cancun and Riviera Maya regions.
