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Ochoa wins Nabisco
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif.--For much of the final round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Sunday, about the only remaining suspense was who would join Lorena Ochoa in the traditional champion's plunge in the pond off the 18th green. Ochoa birdied her first two holes and fired a bogey-free round of 5-under-par 67 to win the LPGA Tour's first major of the season by five shots.
It was another dominating performance by the 26-year-old Mexican, who finished at 11-under par overall, five shots better than Annika Sorenstam (68) and Suzann Pettersen (68).
Ochoa's win was her third in four starts this season and her eighth in her last 13 starts, dating back to last year's Weetabix Women's British Open at St Andrews. It was her second consecutive major triumph after going winless in her first 24 attempts.
Ochoa was joined in the traditional jump off the 18th green by her mother and father and several other members of her entourage, including her brother Alejandro and caddie, Dave Brooker, who actually took the leap from the bridge surrounding 18.
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