LPGA leader Tseng adds another title in Korea
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Top-ranked Yani Tseng won the LPGA Hana Bank Championship for her sixth LPGA Tour victory of the season, edging local favourite Na Yeon Choi by a stroke in Incheon, Korea at the Sky 72 Golf Club’s Ocean Course Sunday.
The 22-year-old Taiwanese star claimed her 10th overall title of the year by shooting a 5-under 67 to finish at 14-under 202.
Tseng has had a phenomenal year, winning the LPGA Championship and Women’s British Open pushing her tour-leading total to $2,396,838.
''It was very tough out there,'' Tseng said. ''Na Yeon Choi was playing so good today.
She made two birdies in a row and I missed the birdie putt. I really enjoyed it out there. It's not easy. I tried to focus on every shot, every hole.''
Choi who had won the tournament the last two years running shot a 68 closing with a birdie in front of a large and very partisan crowd.
'The crowd is amazing,'' Tseng said. ''When Na Yeon makes birdie, it was like a huge crowd, and I think it's the first time in my life I saw that many people on a golf course.''
In 2009, it had been Tseng that had been the one topped by a single stroke but there were no feelings of payback on the agenda.
''I didn't think anything like two years ago,'' Tseng said.
''I kind of forgot and learned from that. She played great and I played good. I did my best then, and I feel like she just played better than me and she deserved to win the tournament.
''Two years after, we both have got some more experience and we both got more wins. It's very different out there.''
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