Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng
Yani Tsengis a Taiwanese professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and was ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for 109 consecutive weeks from 2011 to 2013...
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth23 January 1989
asked competition dad played shot teach tournament
When I was 7, my dad asked his friend to teach me. I played my first tournament competition when I was 8. I remember I shot around 125.
both developed driving golf interest introduced parents played range took
My parents both played golf and introduced me to golf when I was 5 years old. They took me to the driving range and I played around at the range and immediately developed an interest in it.
play people helping
You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy.
smile games play
I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
dream winning play
When I was 13 my dream was to play the U.S. Open. Now it's to win it.
thinking play good-things
When you play good, everything is good, but when you dont play so good, everything is bad. Even when you think there are good things, they still say bad things.
country winning play
I want to play for my country, play for everybody, and I want to be there. I just feel like I have so many feelings and I want to play in the Olympics and feel how special if I can win that tournament.
dream hard-work play
I am closer and closer to reaching my childhood dream. This is really exciting! I will continue to work hard, to focus on each tournament I play.
tournament watched
The very first tournament I watched is the U.S. Open when I was 13. And that was the year Juli Inkster won.
When I was 13 my dream was to play the U.S. Open. Now it's to win it.
hit whether
So it must be my mental, because sometimes when I start on the tee, I still worry about whether my ball is going to hit right or left.
I'm just going to have fun. Maybe that will be the most important thing to do.
I started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot.
cameras felt girl red remembered scene seeing special stars suddenly tv voices walking
Walking down the red carpet, suddenly I felt very special and different. All the flashlights from cameras and requesting voices from the media, the scene, it was just like what I remembered seeing on TV or a movie when I was a little girl - the scene only when movie stars appeared.