Valeria Ochoa

Valeria Ochoa began her golfing career at a young age of 6 years old in Medellin, Colombia.  Incredibly, Valeria began to travel and compete at the age of 7 throughout Colombia.  Her experience that she gained at such a young age propelled her to the South American Championship victory in Chile at age 14.  Valeria followed that win with another Victory the following year in Brazil.  Valeria had continued high hopes of competing on the LPGA, but then at the age of 18, there became a change of responsibilities and her aspirations of competing at the highest level, had to be put on hold.

In 1999, Valeria decided to relocate to the United States with their first born child. That would prove to become not only one of her highest challenges, but also her biggest opportunities would soon reveal themselves.  This new venture to the US was a great challenge because of the language barrier.  Valeria only knew how to speak Spanish, but once again, was not going to let that slow her down.  By the age of 23, Valeria now had 3 children, working full time and yet she still had things to accomplish.  It was time to dust off the clubs and get back to accomplishing her original goals.

In 2002, Valeria accepted a position at Bonaventure Country Club where she immediately took full advantage of the opportunity.  She began a junior golf academy that grew into immediate success.  After one year of continued success as the academy director and owner, Valeria was selected to participate on the golf channels “Big Break III”.  This opportunity would prove to become a launching pad for Valeria’s presence in front of the camera.  After finishing 5th on the “Big Break III”, Valeria had opened up the doors.  She was immediately asked to participate on several of the golf channels programs. Valeria appeared on Golf Academy Live, she also had 2 appearances as the co-host on The Top Shelf.  Then, Valeria was asked to be the host of a new venue for the golf channel which took place in Scotland while filming the “Big Break IV” which was called “All Access” behind the scenes. 

Since then, Valeria has participated in Hawaii in a new show called “Golf With Style”.  All of the success that came with participating in all of these events has propelled yet another new challenge. 

Valeria is available for lessons at Bonaventure Country Club. 
To set up a lesson please call 954-599-1951 or e-mail her at vochoaacadamy@yahoo.com.