Ochoa is AP's top female athlete of '06

Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, watches her drive on the fifth hole in the first round of the Samsung Challenge at Bighorn Golf Club in Palm Desert, Calif., in this Oct. 12, 2006. Ochoa learned at an early age to aim high and not be afraid to fail. She encountered little failure this season. She swept all the LPGA's major honors and closed 2006 with a landslide victory as the AP Female Athlete of the Year. Image Credit: Reed Saxon / AP