Ochoa named Mexico's 2006 Female Athlete of the Year; Tennessee LPGA event loses sponsor
Lorena Ochoa, the 2006 Rolex Player of the Year, was honored as Mexico’s Female Athlete of the Year yesterday. Mexican President Vicente Fox gave Ochoa and baseball player Vinny Castilla their awards at a ceremony at the presidential residence …
Franklin American Mortgage, the title sponsor of the LPGA Tour event in Tennessee, will not sponsor the tournament next year. For the last three years, the company has sponsored the event at Vanderbilt Legends Club, but it has struggled with attendance and several other factors …
The field is nearly set for the 2006 Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship. World number four-ranked player Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy and Robert Allenby have confirmed their participation in the event, held Dec. 7-10 at the Hyatt Regency Coolum …
USA Today writer Larry Olmsted lauded Brandon Tucker, a writer for GolfEurope.com, in this golf travel column yesterday. Olmsted, who met Tucker on a recent trip to Portugal, praised his decision to move to Europe to cover golf in countries as diverse as Scotland, Portugal and Poland.
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In comparison, Canada has a population of 30M, they have the MVP of MLB AL, MVP of NBA, and the MVP of NHL.
As for the LPGA in TN, where you have all the Kims, Parks, and Lees winning most of the tournaments, it is not hard to see why the support is dwindling. It is like brinnging Formula One races to the heartland of America.
Ochoa is bringing golf to the average people of Mexico. It may take time but her efforts are truly the beginning of a golf revolution in that country.
I think Ochoa is deserving of the POY honor on the LPGA and her achievement is indisputable. However, Golf will never be a grass root sports for the country of Mexico.
Bull figthing, soccer, boxing, baseball, and basketball are much more popular and has mass appeal than golf.
Both Rafael Marquez and Marco Antonio Barrera can arguably be the athlete of the year in Mexico for their accomplishment this year.
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