Mexican world number one Lorena Ochoa retires from golf

Ochoa took over as world number one from Annika Sorenstam Women's world number one Lorena Ochoa has announced her retirement from golf. The 28-year-old Mexican, who won two majors, has dominated the sport for the last three years since usurping Annika Sorenstam as world number one. Ochoa will hold a news conference to explain her decision on Friday but she is thought be set to start a family. She married Andres Conesa, the chief executive of Mexican airline Aeromexico, in her home city of Guadalajara in December 2009. "Lorena Ochoa has confirmed her retirement from the LPGA, as some media reported today [Tuesday]," said a statement on her official website. "The reasons and more details on the matter will be given by Lorena personally in a press conference on Friday in Mexico City. Lorena will share this news of a new stage in her life with her sponsors, family members and friends." Ochoa was set to play next week in the LPGA Tour's Tres Marias tournament in Morelia, west of Mexico City. The newspaper Reforma said on Tuesday that Ochoa was retiring to concentrate on her family and charities. Ochoa won the Women's British Open in 2007 and Kraft Nabisco Championship, another of the year's four women's majors, in 2008 and has recorded 27 victories in eight seasons on the LPGA Tour. She overhauled Sorenstam as the leading women's player in April 2007, the first time the Swede had been headed since the official rankings were introduced in February 2006. Sorenstam, who retired in December 2008, dominated the women's game for over a decade, winning 90 tournaments, including 10 majors, and was player of the year eight times.