Former world number one Lorena Ochoa makes a limited return to professional golf this week when she tees up in the Lacoste Ladies Open de France at Chantaco Golf Club in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Aquitaine, France, on the Ladies European Tour from October 4-7.
Lorena discusses her reasons for playing in France and talks about playing a professional tournament again:
“I’m excited because it’s a good opportunity for me to be able to play in a regular tournament and see how it goes. I’m not going to put pressure on myself because I don’t practice anymore. My life is very different so be relaxed and try to smile out there. If I make a mistake I will be easy on myself and I think it should be okay. I think I’m going to do okay.”
She also speaks about working with underprivileged kids that come to her foundation:
“We have more than 350 kids. We decided in the community that what is important is that the whole family gets involved in the programme. What we believe is that the whole community needs to be involved in the programme to be able to help improve and make the whole system successful. We have about 40 kids per classroom so every year, when the first grade is open we are very sad to sometimes leave some kids out because we don’t have enough room, but right now the school is running great and we’re very happy to be able to support them.”