Stat Attack: Lorena, Just Like Tiger

I wanted to show just the level of domination that Lorena Ochoa is exhibiting on the LPGA Tour over the past season or so. With her 11 shot win in Singapore, I thought it was about time to prove that she is doing the same thing as Tiger is on the PGA Tour. Here's the data to back those claims.

First, let's talk about margin of victory for each player over their last 9 wins.

Player	Event	Margin
Lorena Ochoa	Safeway Intl. Presented by Coca-Cola	2
Lorena Ochoa	Sybase Classic	3
Lorena Ochoa	Wegmans LPGA	1 (Playoff)
Lorena Ochoa	Ricoh Women's British Open	4
Lorena Ochoa	CN Canadian Women's Open	3
Lorena Ochoa	Safeway Classic	5
Lorena Ochoa	Samsung World Championship	4
Lorena Ochoa	ADT Championship	2 (Format)
Lorena Ochoa	HSBC Women's Champions	11
Tiger Woods	Buick Invitational	2
Tiger Woods	WGC CA Championship	2
Tiger Woods	Wachovia Championship	2
Tiger Woods	WGC Bridgestone Invitational	8
Tiger Woods	PGA Championship	2
Tiger Woods	BMW Championship	2
Tiger Woods	TOUR Championship	8
Tiger Woods	Buick Invitational	8
Tiger Woods	WGC Accenture Match Play	8&7 (Format)

With a little bit of statistical work (averaging), we can see that their wins do not look all that different.

Lorena Ochoa	AVERAGE MARGIN LAST 9	4.00
Tiger Woods	AVERAGE MARGIN LAST 8 STROKE PLAY	4.25

That comparison only draws yet another similarity between the records of Woods and Ochoa. For some more eerie likeness, check out these numbers.

Lorena Ochoa	POINTS LEAD IN WORLD RANKING	7.96
Tiger Woods	POINTS LEAD IN WORLD RANKING	10.70
Lorena Ochoa	FACTOR LEAD OVER 2nd PLACE	1.90
Tiger Woods	FACTOR LEAD OVER 2nd PLACE	2.05
Lorena Ochoa	WINNING % OVER LAST YR + '08	34.60%
Tiger Woods	WINNING % OVER LAST YR + '08	50.00%

The only huge difference for the two of them is winning percentage, and the clip of 35% is still nothing to scoff at by any stretch. Just goes to show you that there is another player like Tiger right now in the world. It also just happens that the player is a woman.