Lorena Ochoa born on 15th of November 1981 in Jalisco, Mexico is the best women golfer of the year 2007. She is also the second Mexican golfer to become the leading member of the women’s golf tour. And she is even the first Mexican women golfer to be ranked as the number one women golfer in the world. Lorena Ochoa was a golfing genius since her childhood in her native place Mexico. She turned out to be the greatest collegiate golfer ever and this led her way to become a professional women golfer. She started playing golf at the age of five and at the age of six she had won her first state championship. She even won the national championship at the age of seven.
Her professional golfing career began in the year 2002. On her debut year Ochoa won three of the ten events she played. Next year she was awarded with the Rookie of the year honor. In the year 204 she won her first LPGA title at the Franklin American Heritage. In the same year she was ranked third on the money list and stood fourth the concluding year. Year 2006 changed her professional career as she won several major championships. She gained the top spot for the first time after wining six tournaments during that year. On 14th October 2007 Lorena won the Samsung World Championship title and clinched her eight title of the year. By doing so she earned 1,50,000 dollars by wining the championship. Now she leads as the top women earner of the year as well as the number one women golfer of the year.
Mike Richard Weir, a Canadian golfer was born on 12th of May 1970 in Sarnia, Ontario. He is one of the best left handed golfers in comparison with Phil Mickelson and Bob Charles. So far he has won eight PGA Tour titles which include the recent Fry’s Electronic Open held at Grayhawk Golf Club in Arizona. It was the inaugural event of the Fry’s Electronic Open which was won by Mike Weir. Mike Weir defeated Australian Mark Hensby by one stroke victory to secure the top spot. This was Mike Weir’s first victory ever since the 2004 Nissan Open victory over Japans Shigeki Maruyama. On Sunday, Weir fired a 2 under par 68 in order to register a splendid victory over Hensby. It was not easy for him on the course as he had a tough clash on the final two holes. In the end he finished at 14 under 266, one stroke ahead of Hensby. On the 15th hole Weir had opened with one shot lead with a birdie as he reached par 4. Billy Mayfair was third while Sean O’Hair and Carl Peterrson stood fourth jointly at this championship. Mike Weir learned to play golf at a very young age at the Huron Oaks Golf Course. His first major victory came in at the age of 29 when he won the Air Canada Championships in Surrey. This victory led him to become the first Canadian to win the PGA even in Canada. Mike Weir a right hander but plays golf left handed and his peculiarity matches with his fellow PGA professional Phil Mickelson.
Phil Mickelson, a well known professional golfer is a person who is a favorite of several golf enthusiasts. In several years of his golf career, Phil Mickelson has accomplished 31 PGA tour victories and has reached a career high of 2nd place in the world of golf rankings. Phil was born on 16th of June 1970 in San Diego, California. From the younger age itself he was very devoted towards the game of golf. Once he had tried to run away from his house because his parents did not allow him to join his father on the course of the golf game. At the age of four Phil played his first round of golf and as he approached the 18th hole he began to cry knowing the game would soon be over.
Phil Mickelson graduated from the University of San Diego School; with the scholarship of golf Michelson went to attend the Arizona State. Playing at Arizona State, Mickelson became a familiar amateur golfer by wining three NCAA championships and even the US Amateur title. He was the first left hand golfer to achieve this feat. He also went on to win the first PGA tournament in the year 1991 when he was still an amateur. In the year 2004, Mickelson finally won his first major championships at the Masters. Mickelson again won the Masters cup for the second time in the year 2006. All through his memorable career of victories, Mickelson did his best to uphold the rich customs of the game of golf.
Born on the 22nd of February 1963 in Lautoka, Fiji, Vijay Singh is a legendary golfer who has won 3 major championships and several honors and awards as a golfer. Born and brought up in Fiji, Vijay Singh was inspired by his father who was an airplane technician. Having keen interest in the game of golf Vijay started taking lessons from a golf teacher. In the year 1982 he turned to become a professional golfer and two years later won his first title at the Malaysian Open in the year 1984. Next year he was alleged to have cheated during the Asian tour and immediately was suspended from the tour. In the year 1988, Vijay joined the European PGA Tour and kept on playing for over five years. In the year 1993 after joining the US PGA tour he was honored with the Rookie of the Year award.
Seven years later, in 2000 Vijay added another title to his name by winning the Masters title. Since 2003, Vijay’s career taking off and continued till the entire season of 2004. In the year 2004, Vijay was among the Top 12 in the world for the 10th time in a row. Until then he had won 9 PGA titles which made him the only player to do so. He eventually became the first golfer to have earned $10 million in only a single season. In the same year 2004, Vijay was ranked as the worlds No-1 golfer. Ultimately, he lost the position the next year however he still continued his run. In 2006 he once again won the 1st position and in the year 2007, he started with a victory at the Mercedes Benz Championship.
Eldrick Woods or Tiger Woods like most of them call him was born on 30th December 1975 in Cypress, California. Eldrick was the only child of Earl and Kultida Woods. The late Earl Woods was of an Afro American descent while Kultida Woods was a Thai/Chinese descent. This wide mixture of national heritage made Tiger Woods an encouragement to fans of all the races around the whole world. As a child Tiger began playing golf at the age of two and in fact featured as a toddler in magazines and even appeared on television. At the young age of 8, Tiger won his first event at the Junior World Golf championships. And at the age of 15 he became the youngest US Junior Amateur Champion.
In the year 1996, Tiger was recognized as a professional golfer. He then signed a deal with Nike for a $ 40 million and with Titleist for $ 20 Million. Tiger won his first major golf event in the year 1997, by doing so he became the youngest Masters winner ever. In the same year he went on to win three more events at the PGA tour. The year 1997 turned out to be the remarkable year for Tiger Woods as he became the world’s number one in the Official World Golf rankings. So far, Tiger Woods has won three titles at the Masters, two at the UA Open and three at the PGA championships. He has also been awarded with awards such as the Athlete of the Year, Rookie of the Year and the PGA Player of the Year.