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--------------------------------------- english script --------------------------------------- world number one lorena ochoa has won the 2 million dollar hsbc women's champions golf tournament at tanah merah country club in singapore. the mexican coasted to an eleven stroke victory, beating former number one, swede annika sorenstam and american paula creamer. soundbite: (english) "well, you know, i came here prepared to win. you know i did it. i just, i practised really hard in the off season and i knew i could do it. i have faith in my game. so far, one of one. so i'm going to keep trying and hopefully this is a great year." ochoa won eight times on the lpga tour last year and hopes to improve on that this year. even two rain breaks in the afternoon could not halt ochoa’s march to victory. the eleven stroke win is ochoa’s biggest victory margin and won her the 300 thousand dollar first prize. --------------------------------------- chosen soundbites for no-speak --------------------------------------- soundbite: (english) "well, you know, i came here prepared to win. you know i did it. i just, i practised really hard in the off season and i knew i could do it. i have faith in my game. so far, one of one. so i'm going to keep trying and hopefully this is a great year." --------------------------------------- original script --------------------------------------- restrictions: sntv clients only, see script source: img media duration: 2:02 type:english/nat sound world number one lorena ochoa of mexico coasted to an 11-stroke victory with a final tally of 20-under 268 in the inaugural us 2 million hsbc women's champions tournament in singapore on sunday (2nd march). ochoa fired a 4-under 68 in the final round to be a runaway winner in her first tournament of the lpga season. former world number one annika sorenstam of sweden came second with a overall total of 9-under 279 while american paula creamer finished third, two strokes behind. ochoa pocketed the winner's prize of us 300-thousand and became the first winner of the women's champions event. suggested voiceover: world number one lorena ochoa of mexico had an eight-stroke cushion as she started the final round of the inaugural us 2 million women's champions tournament at the tanah merah country club in singapore on sunday. ochoa quickly extended that lead by another stroke after sinking this 25-foot birdie putt on the third hole. while ochoa went about her business, american laura diaz made her move up the leaderboard. this approach on the fourth would set up the first of her three birdies of the day. diaz would card a round of one-under 71 for a total of six-under 282 and an outright fourth position. talented korean ji-yai shin impressed many with her round of even par 72, with this birdie on the seventh hole being the highlight for her. twenty-year old shin finished with a total of four-under 284 and an outright seventh position. american paula creamer, who started her final round in joint second at eight-under, played the shot of the day on the eighth hole. creamer, winner of last week's fields open in hawaii, read the lines perfectly as she rolled in this putt for a spectacular birdie from the fringe of the green. creamer carded a one over 73 for a seven-under 281 total to finish in third position. at that stage, the course was hit by a torrential downpour, forcing the players to run for cover. the afternoon had two rain breaks and when play finally resumed, the winner of the tournament was a foregone conclusion. but former world number one annika sorenstam had yet to clinch the second position on the leaderboard - this superb approach on the 16th, however, would set up a birdie for the swede. sorenstam would tap that in and end the round with a one-under 71, two strokes ahead of her closest rival, creamer. meanwhile, ochoa continued her birdie run as she rolled this twelve-footer (4 metres) to move to 20-under on the 16th hole. on the final hole, ochoa was left with a foot-long par putt and the mexican would effortlessly make that and celebrate her wire-to-wire win in her first tournament of the season. ochoa won eight times on the lpga tour last year and the mexican is hoping to do better this year after her resounding win in her season-opener. soundbite: (english) "well, you know, i came here prepared to win. you know i did it. i just, i practised really hard in the off season and i knew i could do it. i have faith in my game. so far, one of one. so i'm going to keep trying and hopefully this is a great year." super caption: lorena ochoa, hsbc women's champions tournament winner the 11-stroke win is the biggest victory margin on the lpga tour for lorena ochoa. additional information: leading scores after sunday's final round of the us2 million (1.33 million) hsbc women's champions golf tournament at the par-72, 6,455-metre (7062-yard) garden course at tanah merah country club: lorena ochoa, mexico 66-65-69-68_268 annika sorenstam, sweden 71-67-70-71_279 paula creamer, united states 67-71-70-73_281 laura diaz, united states 70-71-70-71_282 stacy prammanasudh, united states 70-69-73-71_283 karrie webb, australia 69-70-70-74_283 ji-yai shin, south korea 73-69-70-72_284 morgan pressel, united states 70-71-73-71_285 christina kim, united states 73-71-73-68_285 kim in-kyung, south korea 68-70-74-73_285 lindsey wright, australia 76-70-74-66_286 lee seon-hwa, south korea 73-75-69-70_287 angela stanford, united states 73-69-72-73_287 natalie gulbis, united states 72-68-75-73_288 zhang na, china 70-74-75-69_288 choi na-yeon, south korea 73-72-74-69_288 birdie kim, south korea 72-71-71-74_288 pat hurst, united states 70-71-73-75_289 catriona matthew, scotland 74-72-69-74_289 ai miyazato, japan 67-74-77-71_289 diana d. alessio, united states 72-71-76-70_289 jimin kang, united states 73-69-76-71_289 jang jeong, south korea 73-72-76-69_290 katherine hull, australia 73-70-78-69_290 hong jin-joo, south korea 74-74-73-70_291 juli inkster, united states 74-74-74-69_291 lee jee-young, south korea 68-72-75-76_291 alena sharp, canada 75-74-69-73_291 sarah lee, south korea 70-71-76-74_291 maria hjorth, sweden 73-70-75-74_292 suzann pettersen, norway 72-71-75-74_292 meaghan francella, united states 71-74-75-72_292 janice moodie, scotland 74-76-71-71_292 shotlist: tanah merah country club, singapore - march 2, 2008 1. 00:00 lorena ochoa birdie on 3rd hole 2. 00:13 laura diaz 2nd shot on 4th hole 3. 00:31 jai yi shun birdie on 7th hole 4. 00:41 paula creamer birdie on 8th hole 5. 00:54 various of rain 6. 01:05 annika sorenstam 2nd shot on 16th hole 7. 01:17 lorena ochoa birdie on 16th hole 8. 01:30 lorena ochoa par putt on 18th, celebrates win 9. 01:40 soundbite (english) lorena ochoa, hsbc women's champions tournament winner 10. 01:52 ochoa with trophy source: img media print this page