Former world No. 1 Yani Tseng yesterday said that she is looking forward to playing on a familiar golf course in this week’s Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship and hopes to keep the title at home.
At a press conference in Taipei, the 25-year-old — who has fallen to 76th in the world rankings — said she has played at the Miramar Golf and Country Club in New Taipei City since she was a child and believes she will have a home-course advantage.
“I am looking forward to the tournament. I feel like I haven’t competed in front of my fans for a very long time,” Tseng said.
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“I’m hoping I can play with the same feeling I had during the first Taiwan LPGA event,” she said, referring to her five-shot victory at the Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship in 2011. “I hope a Taiwanese player can keep the trophy in Taiwan.”
After winning the inaugural LPGA Taiwan event in 2011, she finished third in 2012 and fell to a tie for 40th at last year’s tournament.
Those three tournaments were hosted by the Sunrise Golf & Country Club in Taoyuan County, but Fubon Financial Holding Co became the title sponsor this year and moved the tournament to the Miramar Golf and Country Club.
The championship is to start tomorrow and finish on Sunday. It will be contested by a star-studded field, with the world’s top seven players expected to compete and World No. 4 Suzann Pettersen of Norway bidding for her third consecutive title.
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