 Ochoa won her first major title at the 2007 British Open
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Women's world number one Lorena Ochoa believes her short game will need to improve if she is to retain her Kraft Nabisco Championship title this week.
Last season's opening major was the first of of seven titles in another dominant year for the 27-year-old.
But Ochoa trailed home a disappointing 15th in Sunday's LPGA International as world number eight Karrie Webb claimed a two-stroke victory.
"I just didn't feel comfortable on the greens," she said after the tournament.
The Mexican has posted three top-10s in her first four LPGA Tour starts this year, including victory at the LPGA Thailand, but she struggled on the greens at the LPGA International.
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"I'm very happy with my driver, it's just I didn't have anything going this week," she added.
"I feel like I haven't played too bad but the score hasn't shown anything. It's very disappointing. Better this week than at the Kraft Nabisco though."
Webb closed out her weekend win in Phoenix with a five-under 67 to bring to an end two years without victory on the LPGA circuit.
"That meant a lot to me. Winning on the LPGA against the best players in the world is very important to me," she said.
Taiwan's Yani Tseng finished fourth in the event to make her the fastest player in the tour's history to amass $2m in prize money.
The 20-year-old world number two claimed the LPGA Championship in a meteoric rookie season last year.
The $2m Kraft Nabisco Championship starts on 2 April at Mission Hills in California.
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