Yani Tseng clinches her seventh LPGA title for the year the Sunrise LPGA Championship
World number one Yani Tseng pulled in a glorious victory as another feather for her already blistering cap when she posted her seventh victory on Ladies Professional Golfers Association (LPGA) at the Sunrise LPGA Championship in Taiwan. Leading the event
by two shots from third round, Tseng rolled in six-under, 66 on the final day to win the title by five shots.
“It’s incredible,” said Tseng. “I wish this year would never end. I wish I could win more tournaments. I have two tournaments left, and then I will do my best and I’m really happy what I did this year, and so keep learning and get some more experience
and try to make more history.”
With two more events to go on the calendar, Tseng is already in the elite group of eight players on the LPGA history who have gone over to win seven events in a single year. Winning another two, will make her one of the only few golfers to achieve the milestone.
Tseng started off the day from front nine, in what would be another bogey-free round of the event. She carded five birdies before making the turn and had already taken full control of the state of affairs. She pulled in three more to close for a comprehensive
victory over fast approaching contenders Amy Yang and Azahara Munoz.
22-year-old Taiwanese star made good use of the advantage she had for playing the home course with much of the crowd backing their favourite star. She finished for an aggregate of 16-under, earning the winner’s prize share of $300,000. Tseng’s total earnings
for the current season have now surged to a whopping $2,873,629. She also decided to donate a handsome $100,000 to the Taiwan Golf Association to pitch her support for the budding golfers at the academy.
"Young golfers need as much support as possible to help them compete with the best from the rest of the world, in addition to their own commitment and hard work." Tseng said in an interview.
The young Taiwanese won her first event of the year, Taiwanese tour's Taifong Ladies and went over to win the Australian Women's Open and Ladies Masters before setting off for her LPGA title events. LPGA player of the year for second consecutive year, she
won several events in 2011 including two major titles the LPGA Championship and Women's British Open.
Tseng will now be heading straight into the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open, co-sanctioned by Ladies European Tour (LET), Ladies Asian Golf Tour (LAGT) and China LPGA (CLPGA). She will be facing a stiff challenge from some of the shining LET stars including the
defending champion Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa. Another group of four Solheim Cup players Laura Davies, Englishwoman Melissa Reid, winner of two LET events Deloitte Dutch Ladies Open and Open de Espana Femenino, Christel Boeljon from the Netherlands, the
Turkish Airlines Ladies Open champion and Swede Caroline Hedwall, winner of three titles on the LET on her rookie start.
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