Tseng holds up the British Open trophy (photo by Wojciech Migda)
Dog-tired and run off my stubby little pins recently, I meant to stick a word or two up on this yesterday but instead collapsed into a sweaty slumber.
As far back as Asia’s Ironman Yang Chuang-kwang, Taiwan has produced a smattering of world class athletes. But not until Yani Tseng has a true great emerged.
There is no doubt that Tseng is a different breed. At Carnoustie on Sunday she successfully defended her British Open title. At 22 years old, this was her fifth major making her the youngest player to achieve this feat, two years shy of Tiger Woods when he won the PGA in 2000. Of the last eight majors on the LPGA, Tseng has won half of them.
She’s already halfway toward matching the tally of her idol Annika Sorenstram, whose former residence in Orlando she now occupies and she should realistically already be setting her sights on the record of 15 held by Patty Berg.
Hopefully with this increased exposure, the airlines in Taiwan won’t be charging her for excess baggage again anytime soon.
PS: It was good to see the media almost universally calling her Taiwanese or referring to the “Taiwan native.” Shame about the idiotic and ignorant comments at the end of this decent ESPN piece.
Robert, your blog looks really crappy in Linux. I don’t know why, because my site looks the same in Linux as it does in Windows and in Mac OS X.
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She is really a legend!!She serves as an inspiration for everyone…
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It was good to see the media almost universally calling her Taiwanese or referring to the “Taiwan native.”
This is one of the greatest young golfers ever. Is the Taiwanese media and public really on board though?
I couldn’t help but notice all of the excitement Wang’s start against the Cubs generated today. (This guy hasn’t played regularly in more than two years.) Perhaps you suppose a discrepancy doesn’t exist, or that it’s so small it’s not worth taking up?
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Or perhaps golf makes even baseball exciting. How bout those hula-hoopers?
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