"I want to relax, enjoy myself in Hawai'i, see how my game feels and be ready for next week."

There's still some unfinished business left in today's final round.

Ochoa shot a par-72 in windy conditions yesterday at the Turtle Bay Resort's Palmer Course for a 36-hole score of 140 — five strokes behind leader Jennifer Rosales.

That put Ochoa in a tie for fifth with Hawai'i's Michelle Wie, who posted back-to-back 70s, and South Korea's Hee-Won Han.

"Not too bad. I'm pretty happy to be where I am. I like to be behind, see what I need to do," said Ochoa, who made the cuts in all 27 events last year to finish third on the money list behind Annika Sorenstam and Grace Park.

"It was hard out there. The wind was a three-club difference most of the time," she said about yesterday's conditions. "You got to be patient. You know you are going to make bogeys. You know you are going to have trouble."

She had her share, especially on the front nine that ?s more exposed to wind, frequently gusting to 35 mph.

Bogey-free the first day, Ochoa had two bogeys in making the turn at even-par 36.

"It was crazy compared to yesterday. It was a big battle, trying to make pars. I was just trying to make pars, save pars," Ochoa said.

Which she did six times in the round, according to Ochoa, the 2003 rookie-of-the-year, who broke through with her first two victories last year while setting LPGA records for most birdies and most rounds in the 60s.

The best save yesterday came at the par-5 ninth after she missed the drive and had 175 yards left for her third shot. "I missed the green with my 4-iron and I didn't have a good chip, but I made a 12-foot putt to save par."

One that got away occurred at the par-5 12th, when she three-putted from 12 feet.

"I was going for birdie and went two feet by the hole, and missed coming back."

She pulled even for the day at the par-3 15th. "I made a good birdie. I hit a 6-iron to about nine, 10 feet."

Ochoa feels she's still very much in the hunt for the $150,000 top prize in the inaugural LPGA event.

Next week's MasterCard Classic in Mexico City and the Corona Morelia Championship in Michoacan later in April are also inaugural events.

"I'm very excited. I think it is going to be crazy. But I am very happy; it is a dream come true," she said.

Ochoa doesn't only want to show the folks back home that she's the real deal, she wants to live up to being a role model for future golfers from her country.

"I hope I can be an example to kids by what I'm doing, so that they can follow what I'm doing," said Ochoa, the more successful of only two women golf pros from Mexico. The other is Marcela Leon, who plays on the Futures Tour.

The Palmer Course couldn't be more of a contrast than next week's venue in Mexico City, according to Ochoa.

"This place is sea level. The course in Mexico is in the mountains. The altitude is higher than Denver, Colorado," said Ochoa, who added, "Over here, I can hit my 8-iron 135 (yards), over there (150)."

Ochoa spends the offseason in Guadalajara, a city of 8 million.

"I don't have have a place in the states. I live with my parents. In Mexico you always live with your parents until you get married," said Ochoa, who doesn't expect to leave home anytime soon.

So no marriage plans in the future?

"No, no. Not now. Only golf."