Worldwide Golf

MEXICAN World No.1 Lorena Ochoa has announced her retirement from the game at the age of 28. The two-time Major winner has been the dominant force on the LPGA Tour since taking over the top spot from Annika Sorenstam three years ago but an announcement on her website read: “Lorena Ochoa has confirmed her retirement from the LPGA Tour.”

Ochoa’s Major wins came at the Women’s British Open in 2007 at St Andrews and the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2008 and has recorded 27 victories in eight seasons on the LPGA Tour and missed just four cuts in 172 LPGA events.