Golf News, Source, GolfDigest.com.- RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Lorena Ochoa only had 100 or so people following her record round Thursday in the Kraft Nabisco Championship, which was fine with her. She was able to hear that familiar voice, her father urging her to attack the flags and stick it close.

Just like this," Javier Ochoa said to her after Ochoa began the first round with a 9-iron to 2 feet to set up a birdie.

And she obeyed, knocking down flags on a calm morning in the desert, piling up birdies until she was in the record books with a 10-under 62 that gave her a four-shot lead over 16-year-old Michelle Wie.

Wie got all the attention and matched her best score on the LPGA Tour, a bogey-free 66 in which she played with poise and precision and had a birdie putt on every hole.

Ochoa gladly settled for a record score at Mission Hills, matching the lowest round in an LPGA major championship to take a big lead in the first major of the year.

"I thought to myself, 'This is a good start to the tournament.' I didn't think it was going to be this good," Ochoa said. "Everything was easy, and everything was so clear. It was fun to be out there."

It was simply stunning to everyone else.

Defending champion Annika Sorenstam glanced at the leaderboard when she was playing the sixth hole, saw the "10" next to Ochoa's name, and couldn't believe it.

"We had to look twice. We didn't know if she was on her 10th hole or she was 10 under," Sorenstam said after making birdie on the last hole for a 71. "This golf course is not easy. She made it look easy."

Ochoa finished her round with a sand wedge into 12 feet -- only one of her 10 birdies was longer -- and broke the tournament record by one shot, set in 1997 by Mary Beth Zimmerman. The only other 62 in an LPGA major was by Minea Blomqvist in the 2004 Women's British Open at Sunningdale.

Bien por Lorena. Felicidades!

Asi debe seguir y se llevara este Major.

Saludos.

Excelente comienzo, esperamos que termine con una buena ventaja.

Arriba Mexico!!!!!!!

Ese es el potencial que tiene Lorena, sabemos que le falta consistencia, pero una ronda más de esas y nadie la podrá alcanzar.

Necesitamos ese triunfo!!

Felicidades por nuestra Tapatia Lorenita, ha dejado huella de lo que es capaz y de lo que siempre supo hacer ser lider desde pequeña, feliciades mantente como tu sabes y ganaras.

Bravo Lorenita! este major ES TUYO. Estamos contigo todos aca en Guadalajara! Te mereces este torneo mas que ninguna. Vamos!!!

Esta Jalisco contigo Lorena "VAMOS" sigue así y tendrás la Victoria!!!!.
Pongamos a México en alto.
Gracias Lorena!!!!.

Excelente comienzo, habrá que mantener el paso y FELICIDADES por esa actitud !!! Saludos y a concentrarse.

We knew it. When you’re hitting the ball so well; when you have confidence in your putt and believe in your game all around, it couldn’t be different.
We Mexicans love to see Lorena in this position because she has the character, the talent and the game to show to ‘propios y extraños’ (the world) she’s indubitably one of the top players in Tour, even though the Television networks in USA don’t pay attention to her. We only see two or three shots per tournament and that is if she is in top five other wise... forget it. It’s a shame.
We’ll see if after this splendid performance they change their attitude to let everyone enjoy her outstanding game and unique personality.
Reginaldo “Chacho” Cepeda
Golf Writer

Lorena espero que ganes tu 1er mayor Animo chiquita hermosa