“ On manicured greens from Las Vegas to Florida, Ochoa connects most visibly with countrymen who also earn a living off the game, greeting groundskeepers, restaurant and construction workers, signing flags and programs, and hosting breakfasts just hours before tee time to thank them for their work. To many, she embodies their own dreams and struggles to get ahead, at home and in the world. “Mexicans are very proud of you,” President Felipe Calderon told Ochoa at the 2007 LPGA Corona Championship in Morelia, Mexico. “Lorena represents the Mexico we long to see, a Mexico that refuses to be defeated, a Mexico that fights, a Mexico that opens ways in the world, a Mexico that wins.
‘Lorena Effect:’ World’s top women’s golfer popularizes sport across Mexico, world - Golf - Yahoo! Sports
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