World No. 1 Yani Tseng
Submitted by Stuart on Mon, 06/27/2011 - 10:05
A week after Rory McIlroy turned the U.S. Open into a disarray, Golf gitfted World No. 1 Yani Tseng, has achieved the same in the LPGA Championship, the second major of the season on the LPGA tour. Starting Sunday's last round with a five-stroke lead she made birdies on five of her first eight holes and finally finished with a 10-stroke victory over Morgan Pressel at the Locust Hill Country Club.
At 22 years of age Tseng has won four of the last 13 majors played on the LPGA tour. The only comparison was Tom Morris winning his fourth and final major in 1872 at age 21. Tiger Woods was 24 when he won his fourth. This was Tseng's sixth win worldwide this season, her 16th career win worldwide and her eighth career victory on the LPGA tour.
"It's pretty good," Tseng said with a smile as she listened to a list of her historical achievements this week. "But I just try to focus on every tournament. I don't think about (history) too much. "I will still go and try to win the next major."
This would be the U.S. Women's Open in two weeks at The Broadmoor in Colorado. A win there and she would become the youngest player — man or woman — to win a career Grand Slam.
"I kept telling myself that I'm going to break a record. I was so far ahead I had to have a goal to look at," said Tseng. "I was patient all day. I had a bogey on the first hole, but I told myself it's only the first hole and I can get more birdies. On the 18th hole, I almost cried because it was so emotional with all the fans."