The Tres Marias Championship was a women's professional golf tournament on the

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, played from

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, at Tres Marias Residential Golf Club in Morelia, Michoacan,

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. From 2005 through 2009 the title sponsor of the tournament was Mexican beer

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Lorena Ochoa Lorena Ochoa Reyes (; born 15 November 1981) is a Mexican former professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010. She was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for 158 consecutive and total weeks (both are LPGA ...

of Mexico won the event three times: 2006, 2008, and 2009. The

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tournament was originally scheduled for April 21–24. On February 2, the LPGA announced that the tournament had been canceled because of concerns about violence in the Mexican state of Michoacan but in reality there was a lack of sponsors to keep going the tournament as Lorena Ochoa retired that year.''USA Today''
LPGA cancels a Mexico event due to safety concerns
2011-02-03. Retrieved 2011-02-05. The tournament was not scheduled in

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Tournament names

*2005-2006: Corona Morelia Championship *2007-2009: Corona Championship *2010: Tres Marias Championship

Winners

Tournament record

References

External links

LPGA official tournament micrositeTournament results at golfobserver.com
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