The 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.
It is understood Ochoa intends to start a family.
She married Andres Conesa, the chief executive of Mexican airline Aeromexico, in her home city of Guadalajara in December 2009.
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.
