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GOLF / Ochoa carries on for win

Apr. 27, 2009
Lorena Ochoa shot a 5-under-par 68 on Sunday to hold off Norway's Suzann Pettersen by a stroke in a dramatic final round to win the LPGA Corona Championship in Morelia, Mexico, for the second straight year. Ochoa, who also won the tournament in 2006, had...
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Ochoa repeats as Corona winner in Mexico

Ochoa repeats as Corona winner in Mexico

MORELIA, Mexico, April 26 (UPI) -- Lorena Ochoa fired a 5-under-par 68 Sunday to win the Corona Championship in Mexico for the second year in a row and third time in four years.

Ochoa's lead cut to one stroke after three

MORELIA, Mexico, April 25 (UPI) -- Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 4-under 69 Saturday, but her lead was reduced to one after three rounds of the Corona Championship.

Pettersen leads Kapalua Classic

KAPALUA, Hawaii, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Suzann Pettersen, looking for her first victory this year after winning five times in 2007, took the lead Thursday in the opening round of the Kapalua Classic.

Pettersen wins, still ranked fourth

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Suzann Pettersen collected her second consecutive LPGA title last weekend but wasn't able to improve her No. 4 world ranking among women golfers.

Ochoa repeats at Palm Desert

PALM DESERT, Calif., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Lorena Ochoa Sunday closed with a 6-under-par 66 to capture the LPGA’s Samsung World Championship at Palm Desert, Calif., by three strokes over Mi Hyun Kim.

Ochoa, Pettersen tied for Samsung lead

PALM DESERT, Calif., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Suzann Pettersen birdied the last four holes Saturday and came back from five shots down to tie Lorena Ochoa for the lead at the Samsung World Championship.

Pettersen beats Ochoa in playoff

DANVILLE, Calif., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Suzann Pettersen beat Lorena Ochoa in a two-hole sudden-death playoff Sunday to win the Longs Drugs Challenge at Danville, Calif.

Pettersen leads Kane, Ochoa at Longs Drugs

DANVILLE, Calif., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Suzann Pettersen shot an 8-under 64 Saturday to take a one-shot lead over Lorie Kane going into the final round of the LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge.

Pettersen moves into women's golf Top 10

PHILADELPHIA, June 11 (UPI) -- LPGA Championship titlist Suzann Pettersen vaulted into the Top 10 and runner-up Karrie Webb is ranked second in the women's golf world rankings.

Rookie Na On Min leads LPGA Championship

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., June 9 (UPI) -- Na On Min, a rookie from South Korea, posted a 7-under 65 Saturday to take the third-round lead at the McDonald's LPGA Championship at Havre de Grace, Md.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch