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World number one Lorena Ochoa survived a late scare to seal a two-shot victory at the ADT Championship in Florida and with that, the first player in LPGA history to earn $4 million in a season  In the unusual format, eight players competed over the final 18 holes for the record pay day, and Ochoa finished two shots ahead of playing partner Natalie Gulbis. American, Paula Creamer, was third on 72.

Lorena Ochoa hacked out of the rough with a 6-iron from 161 yards to within 30 inches of the cup, setting up a birdie putt on the 18th hole that clinched victory. “I think it was my best shot so far in my career,” the Mexican said of her approach into the 18th green. “It was just a horrible lie. I had 130 yards to the front of the green and you could only see half of the ball.

The two-stroke win over Natalie Gulbis was worth $1 million, the richest prize in women’s golf. In a generous gesture, Ochoa said she would donate a portion of her winnings to a high school construction project, to the Lorena Ochoa Foundation and to victims of the recent floods in Tabasco, Mexico.

Ochoa finished the year with a record $4,364,994 in winnings, and her eighth victory tied her with Annika Sorenstam and Nancy Lopez as the only players to do that in the past 30 years

ADT Championship 

FINAL LEADERBOARD:

-4 L Ochoa (Mex)
-2 N Gulbis (US)
level P Creamer (US)
+2 C Kerr (US)
+6 M Kim (SKor)
+8 S Lee (SKor)
+9 C Kim (US)
+12 K Webb (Aus)

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