2011年2月15日星期二

The winner of three majors - the 2009 LPGA Championship

Yani Tseng shot a closing 68 to win the ANZ RACV Ladies Masters at RACV Royal Pines Resort and is usually predicted to claim the world No. 1 ranking from Korean Jiyai Shin while the rankings are announced on Monday.
Tseng, 22, who has played the Ladies Masters on Queensland's Gold Coast ever since she was a 16-year-old amateur, produced rounds of 67, 66, 63 and 68 against par of 72 to complete at 24 under par, four shots clear of Australia's Nikki Campbell and American Stacy Lewis.
Another American, Ryann O'Toole, took third place at 18 under while 16-year-old New Zealand Amateur Cecilia Cho tied for fifth with Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa, Amanda Blumenhurst of the US and Aussie Sarah-Jane Smith.
Tseng's win comes on the heels of her triumph at the ISPS HANDA Women's Australian Open at Commonwealth GC in Melbourne last week, a double accomplished only by Karrie Webb in 2007. Webb was seeking to win the title for the eighth time this year but after sharing the lead with an opening 66, shot subsequent rounds of 71, 68 and 67 to drop back to a share of ninth place.
Tseng's elevation to the top spot in the rankings is usually almost routine for to the Ladies Masters. Others to use the tournament as a springboard to No. one are Se Ri Pak of Korea, Webb, Annika Sorenstam and Lorena Ochoa.
The winner of three majors - the 2009 LPGA Championship and the Kraft Nabisco and British Open in 2010 - said her objective at the launch of the year was to be ranked the best player in the world. She advanced from No. 5 to No. second with the Australian Open win and completed the journey at Royal Pines.

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