Top women's golfer Ochoa getting closer to her own LPGA event News

Lorena Ochoa still doesn't have a major title, but it might not be long before she has her own LPGA Tour event.

Alejandro Ochoa, her brother and agent, said the tour is getting closer to signing off on an official tournament that would be held in November 2008 at Guadalajara Country Club, the home course of the 25-year-old Mexican star.

Doug Brecht, the vice-president of rules and officials on the LPGA Tour, did a scouting report on the golf course earlier this year when the LPGA Tour was in Mexico and liked what he saw.

Ochoa's brother said the US

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