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This week in golf: Ochoa going after the LPGA’s first major of the year
Ochoa waited until the third tournament of the year to make her 2008 debut, then won by 11 shots. In what might be the strongest field of the year on the LPGA Tour last week, she missed a half-dozen putts inside 10 feet and still won by 7.
And the former No. 1 in the world, Annika Sorenstam says: “She’s playing some spectacular golf right now.”
Still, for all her good golf, she hasn’t won the Kraft Nabisco, played on one of her favorite courses.
She began playing Mission Hills as a teenager when she dominated college golf at Arizona. The support she feels in the Coachella Valley is second only to what she gets in her native Mexico, with so many family and friends in the gallery, along with fans from the area who make their presence known by waving the Mexican flag.
•TV: 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 5:30 p.m. Saturday on ESPN2; 2 p.m. Sunday on CBS.
•Houston Open
•Phil Mickelson heads a field that includes six of the world’s top 12 players. The course is set up with fast greens, tight fairways — very similar to the Augusta National Course where the Masters will be played next week.
“It’s a great place to get ready for next week,” Mickelson said. “They even mowed the grain into you in the fairways, just like Augusta does.”
•TV: 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday on Golf Channel.1 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday on NBC
Champions Tour
•Cap Cana Championship in the Dominican Republic (Friday-Sunday)
•Joey Sindelar is making his Champions Tour debut, Ian Woosnam is making his second straight start. Bernhard Langer, who won the Ginn Championship last week also is on the field.
•TV: Noon Friday-Sunday on Golf Channel