Tag Archives: Yani Tseng
Wild ride on LPGA Tour: Miyazato, Kerr fight for top spot
Since Lorena Ochoa retired early this season, it has been a wild fight for the top spot on the Rolex Rankings. The race has seen four lead changes between three players. But, the rankings are closer than ever with the dominance of Ochoa, and Annika Sorenstam before. Heading into this week’s Evian Masters, Ai Miyazato [...]
Miyazato looks to add major to great season
Anna Nordqvist is set to defend her LPGA Championship title in Rochester, New York at Locust Hill Country Club. The LPGA’s second major championship of the year is presented by Wegmans. Nordqvist won last year by four shots but, at the tournaments new home, she placed tied for 36th, coming the week after winning the [...]
Tseng wins Kraft Nabisco Championship
Yani Tseng won her second LPGA major championship with a one-shot victory over Suzann Pettersen at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Tseng shot a final round 68 on the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. Tseng, who was tied for second with Pettersen at the start of the day, moved into the top spot [...]
LPGA set to start 2010 season
The LPGA gears up for the first tournament of the 2010 season at the Siam Country Club in Thailand. The Honda-ptt LPGA Thailand kicks off with defending champion Lorena Ochoa ready to take on the best players in the world as they try and knock her from the top seed in the Rolex Rankings. The [...]
Choi wins Hana Bank KOLON Championship
Na Yeon Choi wins the Hana Bank KOLON Championship with a birdie on the final hole at the Sky 72 Golf Club in South Korea. Choi edged out Yani Tseng and Maria Hjorth by one shot for her second victory of the 2009 LPGA season. Choi shot a bogey-free 67 in the final round. She [...]
Five tied at Navisar LPGA Classic
Lorena Ochoa and 14-year-old Alexis Thompson are part of a five-way tie for the lead at the Navistar LPGA Classic at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Capitol Hill in Alabama. Yani Tseng, Laura Davies and Giulia Sergas are part of that lead group at 10-under par. Ochoa started on the back nine and made [...]
Picks: McDonald’s LPGA Championship
The LPGA starts the second major of the season with the McDonald’s LPGA Championship, presented by Coca-Cola. Yani Tseng returns to defend her title, which made her the second youngest major tournament champion in LPGA history. She will have to fend off Lorena Ochoa and the other top golfers, including Suzann Pettersen, Paula Creamer and [...]
Thrilling end to final LPGA Corning Classic
Yani Tseng wins the final LPGA Corning Classic after Soo-Yun Kang missed a four-foot par putt in the final hole that would have forced a playoff. Tseng started the day in third place, one shot behind co-leaders Kang and Mika Miyazato. Tseng made her only bogey on the first hole but recovered quickly with an [...]
Round Up: Kraft Nabisco Championship
What a finish at the LPGA TOUR’s first major! Brittany Lincicome eagles the final hole to leap frog Kristy McPherson and Cristie Kerr and win the Kraft Nabisco Championship. It was a three player race all day as McPherson and Kerr traded the top spot until Kerr’s double-bogey on the 15th hole. Lincicome used her [...]
Moving Day: Kraft Nabisco Championship
Saturday at a major is really where players separate themselves. Kristy McPherson and Christina Kim find themselves in a new situation…leading a major heading into the weekend. How will they fair? Kim is a true veteran and it would be nice to see her stay on top heading into the final round. McPherson is a [...]
LPGA season snapshot
The LPGA TOUR season begins February 12th for the SBS Open at Turtle Bay. This year the LPGA begins with much anticipation as the TOUR looks to move forward without Annika Sorenstam. Michelle Wie will help pick the TOUR up as she gets ready for her first season as an LPGA member after earning playing [...]
Tseng wins RICOH Women’s British Open