The Lorena Ochoa Invitational was a women's professional

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tournament in

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on the

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. Hosted by Lorena Ochoa, the event debuted in November

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at the course where she learned to play, Guadalajara Country Club in Guadalajara. The Lorena Ochoa Invitational was a 72-hole limited-field tournament, limited to 36 golfers. The top five in the Rolex Women's World Rankings were invited, in addition to the top 26 players on the LPGA money list not already in the field via the rankings. Another five players were invited through sponsor exemptions. In

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, the tournament moved to the Club de Golf México in

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, a par-72 layout set at . In November 2016, it was announced that the event would move to the first week of May in 2017 as a

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event, the Lorena Ochoa Match Play, with a field of 64 players and $1.2 million purse. The event was not included on the 2018 schedule. During the fall of 2018, Mexican media outlets reported a possible return in time for the event to be included in the 2019 LPGA Tour season.

Course layout

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of the course is above

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Winners

;As a match play event ;As a stroke play event

Tournament record

References

External links

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Coverage on the LPGA's official site
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