Ochoa, 28, has hinted that her competitive career may not extend much beyond 2012, her 10th year as a card-carrying member of the L.P.G.A. Tour, after which she will be eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame.
If that is true, Friday at the Kraft Nabisco Championship was a snapshot for the memory album. With a two-under-par 70 on the Dinah Shore course at Mission Hills Country Club, Ochoa moved into a tie for second at six-under 138 with Karen Stupples of Great Britain and the American Cristie Kerr, who recorded the low round of the day, a 67. Song-hee Kim is the leader at seven-under 137.
When it was suggested that Ochoa put too much pressure on herself in the majors, she did not disagree. “You only have four chances,” she said, “and you like to win them, so sometimes the frustration if you miss a shot or if you have a bad round is a little bit more than usual.”
Off the course, Ochoa’s life was undergoing wholesale changes. She moved from her hometown, Guadalajara, Mexico, where she lived with her parents and siblings, to Mexico City, where she is shuttled around by a driver in a bulletproof car.
In December, Ochoa was married to Andrés Conesa, the chief executive of Aeromexico, and became a stepmother to his three children, ages 8 to 13, from his first marriage. It was a rocky transition. Conesa’s divorce initially raised eyebrows in Ochoa’s family of staunch, churchgoing Catholics, but they have looked like one large, happy extended family this week.
Courtesy: The New York Times/Karen Crouse
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