Yeh Hsin-ning (葉欣寧), who won second place in the China Ladies Professional Golf Association (CLPGA) Yangzhou Challenge in April, will participate in this year’s Taiwan Ladies PGA Tour in Wufeng Township (霧峰), Nantou County, on July 14 and 15, the 23-year-old golfer’s main sponsor Chinatrust Commercial Bank (中國信託商銀) said yesterday.
Yeh, named “Taipei Beauty” by the CLPGA in a nod to the golfer’s growing reputation, ranked 11th in the Caofeidian Wetlands Challenge last month in Hebei Province.
She and other golfers are expected to gain more public attention after World No. 1 Yani Tseng’s (曾雅妮) victory at the Wegmans LPGA at Locust Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, last week.
Photo courtesy of CLPGA
Taiwanese Tseng, 22, is the youngest player to claim four LPGA Tour majors.
Yeh is a graduate student taking her masters degree in sport technique at Taipei Physical Education College.
BALANCE
Wang Hung-tsung (王宏宗), Yeh’s coach, indicated that success for the young golfer lies in a balanced life and strong support from her main sponsor, Chinatrust, as well as from her parents and fans.
“Education is important to me because it expands my wisdom and vision. Thanks to my sponsor, Chinatrust, I am blessed to have this balanced life,” Yeh said.
Yeh is a talented athlete whose high jump record of 1.52m while in junior-high school is still unbroken.
Her father encouraged her to play golf and soon she was regarded as a rising star.
However, Yeh was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism when she was 22, with symptoms such as rapid heartbeat and hand tremors, but Yeh said she is fighting against it.
PERSISTENCE
Her persistence was evident at the Yangzhou Challenge when she overcame the pain of a stiff neck to finish in joint second place.
Wang said that Yeh had learned a lot during her first experience of a Nicklaus-designed golf course at the Caofeidian Wetlands Challenge last month.
He said he believed that Yeh would continue to enhance her performance in the future.
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