Mr. Norman, not to be outdone, recruited Lorena Ochoa, the recently retired women's world No. 1, to be his partner and co-marketer.

WSJ: Fairway to Rio: Golf Comes to the Olympic Games

Tseng, Kerr, Miyazato, Mexico's Lorena Ochoa, Sweden's Annika Sorenstam and Jiyay Shin of South Korea are the only other golfers to have held the distinction.

CNN: Lewis usurps Tseng to top world rankings

Mexico's Lorena Ochoa had played herself into contention with four birdies in seven holes from the turn to reach three over for the tournament, the eventual winning score.

BBC: SPORT | Golf | Kim claims two-shot Open triumph

Our visit to Mexico for a special Living Golf with Lorena Ochoa is almost at an end and I must say the team is rather keen to get moving and back to our families in London.

CNN: Wild card boost for Euro Ryder Cup team

World number one Lorena Ochoa, who is seeking her third straight major title after winning the Kraft Nabisco Championship earlier this year and last year's women's British Open, posted a 69 to lie three shots off the lead.

BBC: Kane and Bastel share LPGA lead

Despite winning just two LPGA tournaments since joining the elite women's tour fulltime in 2009 the 2009 Lorena Ochoa Invitational and the 2010 Canadian Women's Open Wie still has her sights set on one day taking on the men in the U.S. Masters.

NPR: Wie Revamps Game After Worst Year Of Career

But for all their collective success in recent years, South Korea has yet to produce an individual golfer to dominate the game in the way that Sweden's Annika Sorenstam did in the early 2000s or Lorena Ochoa of Mexico did in the latter half of the decade.

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