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Article: Ochoa promoting golf: She is trying to make the sport more popular in Mexico.

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September 10, 2006
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Byline: Lynn Jacobsen

Sep. 10--BROKEN ARROW --Annika Sorenstam routinely draws comparison to Tiger Woods because of their success in golf.

Lorena Ochoa is finding herself in that elite company for another reason.

The Guadalajara, Mexico, native is hoping to make golf a household word in her native land much as Woods has for the sport among minorities in America.

"That's what we (our foundation) are trying to do," Ochoa said Saturday, following her second consecutive round of 69 at the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic at Cedar Ridge Country Club.

"Golf isn't so big in Mexico. There aren't many courses in Mexico and they're ...

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