Yani Tseng relaxed, set for Kraft Nabisco
Yani Tseng enters the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Thursday in a far different position and frame of mind than she did last year.
Winless in more than a year, Tseng lost the No. 1 spot in the world to Stacy Lewis three weeks ago in Phoenix, then was booted out of the Kia Classic a few days later when she overslept and missed her pro-am tee time.
''I'm totally fine...
Park shoots 66, leads Kia Classic
Jane Park shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 to take the lead after the opening round of the Kia Classic on Thursday at Aviara.
Park had a one-stroke lead over Caroline Hedwall and Karrie Webb.
Stacy Lewis, playing her first round since taking over the world No. 1 ranking from Yani Tseng, was four shots off the lead after a round that she called frustrating. Lewis is trying to win her...
Tseng dropped after missing pro-am tee time
Defending champion and formerly top-ranked Yani Tseng was dropped from the Kia Classic field after missing her 9:10 a.m. pro-am tee time Wednesday.
''I'm embarrassed to admit that I wasn't feeling well last night and accidentally overslept and missed my tee time for the pro-am this morning,'' Tseng said in a statement released by the tour. ''I was...
AWOL Tseng scratched from tourney
Yani Tseng overslept on Wednesday and missed her 9:10 a.m. pro-am tee time. As a result, Tseng was withdrawn from the Kia Classic, per LPGA regulations.
Tseng, who lost her world No.1 ranking last week to Stacy Lewis, was the defending champion in the tournament at Carlsbad, Calif. She is traveling this week without manager Naya Hsu, who is typically by Tseng's side. Hsu is...
Tseng withdraws after missing pro-am tee time
The U.S. LPGA Tour says defending champion and formerly top-ranked Yani Tseng has withdrawn from the Kia Classic after missing her pro-am tee time on Wednesday.
In a statement released by the tour, Tseng apologized for what she called ''an unfortunate mistake.''
She says she wasn't feeling well on Tuesday night, overslept and missed her tee time for the pro...
Tseng not worried about losing No. 1
Taiwanese golfer Yani Tseng is not worried about the chances of losing her top ranking on the LPGA Tour, believing it may even turn her disappointing results around.
The five-time major winner has been No. 1 for more than two years, but South Korean Na Yeon Choi and American Stacy Lewis, who captured the HSBC Women's Champions on Sunday, are rapidly closing the gap.
In the...
Tseng not worried about losing top ranking
Taiwanese golfer Yani Tseng is not worried about the chances of losing her top ranking on the LPGA Tour, believing it may even turn her disappointing results around.
The five-time major winner has been No. 1 for more than two years, but South Korean Na Yeon Choi and American Stacy Lewis, who captured the HSBC Women's Champions on Sunday, are rapidly closing the gap.
In the...
Tseng still No. 1, still searching
Yani Tseng is trying to recapture a youthful enthusiasm, searching for the balance of fun and precision that carried her to the top spot in women's golf.
The No. 1-ranked Tseng enters her title defense in the LPGA Founders Cup on a 22-event, 50-week winless streak. Conversely, third-ranked Stacy Lewis is coming off a victory -- her fifth in her past 22 tournaments -- two weeks...
No. 1 Tseng could be toppled in 2013
The numbers don't lie: The Grand Canyon-sized chasm that once existed between Yani Tseng and the rest of the world now resembles a crack in the sidewalk. She's beatable. And it could be only a matter of time before someone steps right over her.
At the start of 2012, top-ranked Tseng held a 7.34 points advantage over Suzann Pettersen in the Rolex Rankings. Tseng was 7.68...
Yani Tseng trying to finish how she started
It sure doesn't look like Yani Tseng had a bad year, even though it might feel that way.
She has won three times on the U.S. LPGA Tour, the most of any player except for Stacy Lewis. She is closing in on $1.5 million in prize money, putting her fourth on the money list. And she comes into the final tournament, the LPGA Titleholders, having finished no worse than fourth in her...
Park leads Taiwan favorite Tseng
Inbee Park of South Korea shot a 7-under-par 65 to take a two-stroke lead over local favorite and top-ranked Yani Tseng after the first round of the Taiwan Championship on Thursday.
Park, leading the race for LPGA Tour player of the year, had seven birdies at Sunrise Golf and Country Club.
Defending champion Tseng finished the day with six birdies offset by a bogey on the 10th...
LPGA money leader ahead in Taiwan
Inbee Park of South Korea took a two-stroke lead over local favorite and top-ranked Yani Tseng after the first round of the Taiwan Championship on Thursday.
Park, who tops the LPGA Tour money list, had seven birdies at Sunrise Golf and Country Club for a 7-under 65.
Tseng (67) had six birdies but bogeyed the 10th hole.
The group of four tied for third on 68 included Nicole Castrale...
Tseng hopes hometown event improves her fortunes
Top-ranked Yani Tseng is counting on hometown advantage in the Taiwan Championship this week to win her first tournament since March.
Tseng's success, including two majors each in 2010 and 2011, helped Taiwan land its first US. LPGA Tour event, and she won the inaugural event last year by five strokes. She wouldn't mind if the second tournament starting on Thursday at Sunrise...
Tseng hopes slump is now behind her
Top-ranked Yani Tseng is counting on a hometown advantage in the Taiwan Championship this week to get her first tournament title since March.
Tseng's success, including two majors each in 2010 and 2011, helped Taiwan land its first LPGA Tour event, and she won the inaugural event last year by five strokes. She wouldn't mind if the second tournament starting Thursday at Sunrise...
Yani Tseng: in a slump and out of answers
Five months without a top 10. Sixteen consecutive rounds without breaking 70. An average final round of 74.3 since April. The numbers add to a player mired in a dreadful slump, and it's even more shocking when they belong to the No. 1 player in the world.
Yani Tseng doesn't seem to have any answers.
''I think this is just part of real life when you go out and you...
Yani Tseng leads Canadian Women's Open
Top-ranked Yani Tseng shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Canadian Women's Open.
Emerging from a midseason slump, Tseng had eight birdies and a double bogey at The Vancouver Golf Club. The Taiwanese player opened the season with victories in three of her first five events, then had a series of missed cuts and poor finishes before...
Tseng leads Canadian Women's Open
Top-ranked Yani Tseng shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Canadian Women's Open.
Emerging from a midseason slump, Tseng had eight birdies and a double bogey at The Vancouver Golf Club. The Taiwanese star opened the season with victories in three of her first five events, then had a series of missed cuts and poor finishes before...
Struggling Tseng can complete career slam at Open
Yani Tseng fondly remembers attending the U.S. Women's Open as a fan when she was 13, down to autographs and free snacks. Should Tseng win at Blackwolf Run this week, she'll get a taste of fame only a handful of players have sampled before.
With a victory in the U.S. Women's Open, the 23-year-old native of Taiwan would become the youngest women's player ever to complete...
Felibert jumps out to lead at NW Arkansas
Venezuela's Veronica Felibert shot a career-best 6-under 65 on Friday to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour's NW Arkansas Championship.
Felibert, who made the field as the second alternate, had seven birdies and needed only 27 putts at Pinnacle Country Club. The round came after she missed the cuts in her previous three tournaments, and one week after switching to...
Lewis has sights set on No. 1 Tseng
Stacy Lewis says she is ready to take on top-ranked Yani Tseng.
Lewis, ranked No. 2 and a two-time winner this year, hopes to continue building her resume while closing in on Tseng this weekend in the NW Arkansas Championship at Pinnacle Country Club.
The course is a familiar one for Lewis, who played at the University of Arkansas - about 20 minutes to the south - and unofficially...
Rested Stacy Lewis set for Waterloo event
Stacy Lewis hopes to take advantage of top-ranked Yani Tseng's absence in the inaugural Manulife Financial LPGA Classic to make up some more ground.
Lewis has jumped to No. 2 in the world with two victories and four straight top-five finishes.
''It's pretty cool,'' Lewis said. ''It's crazy to think that just a couple of months ago I was pretty...
Tseng finds no solutions for slump
Five months without a top 10. Sixteen consecutive rounds without breaking 70. An average final round of 74.3 since April. The numbers add to a player mired in a dreadful slump, and it's even more shocking when they belong to the No. 1 player in the world.
Yani Tseng doesn't seem to have any answers.
''I think this is just part of real life when you go out and you...
Tseng trails unlikely trio of leaders
Yani Tseng is chasing a trio of unlikely leaders in Beatriz Recari, Ryann O'Toole, and Giulia Sergas, who each shot 3-under 69 on Thursday to share the lead after the opening round of the LPGA Championship.
Despite matching her worst score of the year at 76, Tseng, the top women's player in the world, was only seven shots off the lead after a round that included six bogeys...
Kohler gears up for July's U.S. Women's Open
Whoever wins the 2012 U.S. Women's Open next month at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wis. will not only have to live up to golf's first golden rule, "hit 'em straight," but will also have to hit 'em long.
"The course is going to play officially just over 6900 yards," said Jim Richerson, general manager and group director of golf at Kohler Co. "...
Kohler gears up for July's U.S. Women's Open
Whoever wins the 2012 U.S. Women's Open next month at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wis. will not only have to live up to golf's first golden rule, "hit 'em straight," but will also have to hit 'em long.
"The course is going to play officially just over 6900 yards," said Jim Richerson, general manager and group director of golf at Kohler Co. "...
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