Yani Tseng, in Taiwan on vacation after the conclusion of the US LPGA golf season, described her year on the Tour as going “from hell to heaven,” ultimately ending up as an especially “fruitful” year.
Tseng, who finished the season ranked fifth in the world and seventh on the US LPGA Tour’s money list with winnings of US$1.29 million, said that while her year began well, she went into a bad slump in the middle of the season, starting with the US Women’s Open in July when she failed to make the cut.
Tseng, named US LPGA Rookie of the Year last year, said it never occurred to her that she could perform so poorly.
“I have always thought that I could win the US Open,” she said.
Her performance this year at the Saucon Valley Country Club in Pennsylvania was particularly surprising to her because she was in good shape and likes the golf course.
Following that disaster, Tseng failed to crack the top 20 in her next four events and the unprecedented failure took its toll on her mentally.
“I thought of quitting then,” she admitted.
Those thoughts, however, vanished later in the year. She had two top 15 finishes in September and then she concluded the year with five consecutive top 10 finishes, beginning with a fourth place finish at the Navistar Classic last month.
“If the two low months are eliminated, then my performance this year was pretty good,” she said, believing she had emerged stronger after experiencing her lows.
In Taiwan for a one-month vacation, Tseng is now looking forward to playing in a local golf tournament early next year, the first time she will tee up in tournament play in front of her home fans since January last year.
Tseng and Taiwan’s three other US LPGA mainstays — Teresa Lu, Amy Hung and Candie Kung — are all scheduled to take part in the Taihong Golf Open in Changhua from Jan. 15 to Jan. 17.
BOUNCE BACK: Curry scored 46 points in the Warriors’ victory over the Spurs, after ‘everybody stepped up’ following Tuesday’s blowout loss to Oklahoma City Nikola Jokic scoring 50 or more points had never been enough for the Denver Nuggets to win — until now. Jokic on Wednesday night tied the highest-scoring performance in the NBA this season with 55 points, as the Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Clippers 130-116 for their sixth straight victory. The Nuggets were 0-4 in his previous 50-point outbursts. “It’s a good feeling,” the three-time NBA Most Valuable Player said. He equaled Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who had 55 in a double-overtime game at the Indiana Pacers on Oct. 23. Jokic has been on a roll during Denver’s winning streak. He is the
TIGHT GAME: The Detroit Pistons, the NBA’s second-best team, barely outlasted the Washington Wizards, who fell to an NBA-worst 1-10 with their ninth consecutive loss Cade Cunningham’s triple double, Daniss Jenkins’ three-pointer at the buzzer and Javonte Green’s overtime dunk lifted Detroit past Washington 137-135 on Monday, stretching the Pistons’ win streak to seven games. In an unexpected thriller, the NBA’s second-best team barely outlasted a Wizards club that fell to an NBA-worst 1-10 with their ninth consecutive loss. “We knew how big this game was for us,” Jenkins said. “We wasn’t going to let nothing stop us from getting this W.” Cunningham made 14-of-45 shots and 16-of-18 free throws for a career-high 46 points, and added 12 rebounds, 11 assists, five steals and two
The tri-nation Twenty20 international series featuring hosts Pakistan, as well as Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, is to be played entirely in Rawalpindi from Tuesday next week, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said yesterday, after this week’s suicide bombing in the capital, Islamabad. The change came after at least eight Sri Lankan players asked to leave over security fears following Tuesday’s bombing that killed 12 people and wounded 27. Their country’s cricket board issued a stern directive to the team to stay put or face consequences. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said the decision to stay was taken after “close consultations” with hosts Pakistan who
Italian champions SSC Napoli on Sunday came unstuck at Bologna, losing 2-0 to cede the Italian Serie A summit to Inter, who downed SS Lazio by the same scoreline. AS Roma, who beat Udinese 2-0 earlier, briefly held the summit, only for Inter to dislodge them on goal difference. With the game just three minutes old, Lautaro Martinez put Inter in control with Ange-Yoan Bonny doubling the lead on the hour with a shot from close range. Goals in the capital either side of the break by Lorenzo Pellegrini and Zeki Celik sent Gian Piero Gasperini’s Roma temporarily to the
RSS