Hometown Hero Yani Tseng Tied For Lead With Ai Miyazato After First Round Of 2011 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship

Yani Tseng

Shrugging off any hint of nerves or distraction, world #1 Yani Tseng opened her quest to win the inaugural Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship on her home soil the way she has played all year, in dominant fashion. After round 1, Yani finds herself tied for 1st place with Japan’s Ai Miyazato at 4-under. Ok, maybe there were a wee bit of nerves, as Yani opened her round with a bogey. But she quickly righted the ship with 5 birdies, to the delight of a huge supporting crowd.

I feel very excited today because it is the first time in my life to see so many fans out here supporting all of the different countries and even other Taiwanese players. The crowd today is really amazing, it is so much fun to look out and see all of the different Taiwanese fans…I was nervous until my caddy tried to make me focus on my shot and ignore everything to take it one shot at a time. – Yani Tseng

Don’t expect the rest of the field to roll over and let Yani just waltz to a storybook win in front of her home crowd. Ai Miyazato went on a front 9 birdie-fest, scoring on holes 5, 6, 8 and 9 before adding a birdie and bogey on the back 9 to tie Yani for the lead despite dealing with windy conditions.

This is the first time in Taiwan for me as well. I’m very excited to be here because I’ve never been here. But it’s so, you know, fun to be here, because I can see that so many people are really nice over here, and the food is really good. It’s just too windy. But I really enjoy the weather, too, so I really like it. – Ai Miyazato

By the way, any controversy as to which flag would be displayed was put to rest as the national flag of Taiwan was on prominent display everywhere on day one. The LPGA uses the Chinese Taipei Olympic flag on the live scoring leaderboard.

YANI TSENG

AI MIYAZATO

MORGAN PRESSEL

BRITTANY LANG

MIKA MIYAZATO

CINDY LACROSSE

YEN-NING CHEN

ANNA NORDQVIST

AZAHARA MUNOZ

SUZANN PETTERSEN

BEATRIZ RECARI

AMY HUNG

BELEN MOZO

PEI-YING TSAI

CHELLA CHOI

MI HYUN KIM

SANDRA GAL

RYANN O’TOOLE

POS

START

CNTRY

PLAYER

TO PAR

THRU

TODAY

R1

R2

R3

R4

TOTAL

T1

TSENG, Yani

-4

F

-4

68

68

T1

MIYAZATO, Ai

-4

F

-4

68

68

T3

NORDQVIST, Anna

-3

F

-3

69

69

T3

SONG, Jennifer

-3

F

-3

69

69

T3

PRESSEL, Morgan

-3

F

-3

69

69

T6

KERR, Cristie

-2

F

-2

70

70

T6

PARK, Hee Young

-2

F

-2

70

70

T6

FUTCHER, Katie

-2

F

-2

70

70

T6

PARK, Inbee

-2

F

-2

70

70

T6

MATTHEW, Catriona

-2

F

-2

70

70

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T6

MIYAZATO, Mika

-2

F

-2

70

70

T12

YOO, Sun Young

-1

F

-1

71

71

T12

WARD, Wendy

-1

F

-1

71

71

T12

HAN, Hee-Won

-1

F

-1

71

71

T12

MCPHERSON, Kristy

-1

F

-1

71

71

T12

MUNOZ, Azahara

-1

F

-1

71

71

T12

PETTERSEN, Suzann

-1

F

-1

71

71

T12

*CHEN, Yen-Ning

-1

F

-1

71

71

T12

LEE, Seon Hwa

-1

F

-1

71

71

T12

SHIN, Jenny

-1

F

-1

71

71

T12

KUNG, Candie

-1

F

-1

71

71

T22

CHOI, Na Yeon

E

F

E

72

72

T22

YANG, Amy

E

F

E

72

72

T22

KIM, Christina

E

F

E

72

72

T22

BLUMENHERST, Amanda

E

F

E

72

72

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T22

JI, Eun-Hee

E

F

E

72

72

T22

HURST, Pat

E

F

E

72

72

T22

O’TOOLE, Ryann

E

F

E

72

72

T22

CHEN, Connie

E

F

E

72

72

T30

KIM, Song-Hee

+1

F

+1

73

73

T30

KIM, Mindy

+1

F

+1

73

73

T30

KIM, Mi Hyun

+1

F

+1

73

73

T30

LEWIS, Stacy

+1

F

+1

73

73

T30

LINDBERG, Pernilla

+1

F

+1

73

73

T30

TSAI, Pei-Ying

+1

F

+1

73

73

T30

CHEN, Ming-Yen

+1

F

+1

73

73

T30

WALSHE, Alison

+1

F

+1

73

73

T38

GUSTAFSON, Sophie

+2

F

+2

74

74

T38

PAK, Se Ri

+2

F

+2

74

74

T38

SEO, Hee Kyung

+2

F

+2

74

74

T38

KANG, Jimin

+2

F

+2

74

74

T38

HURST, Vicky

+2

F

+2

74

74

T38

BOWIE YOUNG, Heather

+2

F

+2

74

74

T38

HEDWALL, Caroline

+2

F

+2

74

74

T38

WRIGHT, Lindsey

+2

F

+2

74

74

T38

BOELJON, Christel

+2

F

+2

74

74

T38

UEDA, Momoko

+2

F

+2

74

74

T38

KANG, Haeji

+2

F

+2

74

74

T38

KORDA, Jessica

+2

F

+2

74

74

T38

SHIN, Jiyai

+2

F

+2

74

74

T38

SCHREEFEL, Dewi Claire

+2

F

+2

74

74

T52

LANG, Brittany

+3

F

+3

75

75

T52

MACKENZIE, Paige

+3

F

+3

75

75

T52

KIM, I.K.

+3

F

+3

75

75

T52

PARK, Grace

+3

F

+3

75

75

T52

LEE, Meena

+3

F

+3

75

75

T52

WEI, Yun-Jye

+3

F

+3

75

75

T52

YAO, Hsuan-Yu

+3

F

+3

75

75

T59

JOH, Tiffany

+4

F

+4

76

76

T59

BAE, Kyeong

+4

F

+4

76

76

T59

GAL, Sandra

+4

F

+4

76

76

T59

HUNG, Amy

+4

F

+4

76

76

T59

CHOI, Chella

+4

F

+4

76

76

T59

MOZO, Belen

+4

F

+4

76

76

T59

GRANADA, Julieta

+4

F

+4

76

76

T59

PAK, Jin Young

+4

F

+4

76

76

T59

*WANG, Chi

+4

F

+4

76

76

T59

LINDLEY, Leta

+4

F

+4

76

76

T69

PILLER, Gerina

+5

F

+5

77

77

T69

TAMULIS, Kris

+5

F

+5

77

77

T69

RECARI, Beatriz

+5

F

+5

77

77

T69

HJORTH, Maria

+5

F

+5

77

77

T69

CAVALLERI, Silvia

+5

F

+5

77

77

T69

PHATLUM, Pornanong

+5

F

+5

77

77

T69

LEE, Ilhee

+5

F

+5

77

77

T69

SHARP, Alena

+5

F

+5

77

77

T77

HULL, Katherine

+6

F

+6

78

78

T77

STUPPLES, Karen

+6

F

+6

78

78

T77

LACROSSE, Cindy

+6

F

+6

78

78

T77

LIN, Tzu-Chi

+6

F

+6

78

78

T77

JOHNSON, Jennifer

+6

F

+6

78

78

T82

SJODIN, Karin

+7

F

+7

79

79

T82

KANE, Lorie

+7

F

+7

79

79

T82

HARIGAE, Mina

+7

F

+7

79

79

T82

KEMP, Sarah

+7

F

+7

79

79

T86

FRANCELLA, Meaghan

+8

F

+8

80

80

T86

SMITH, Sarah Jane

+8

F

+8

80

80

T86

HUR, M.J.

+8

F

+8

80

80

T86

*TSAI, Hsin-En

+8

F

+8

80

80

90

MORGAN, Becky

+9

F

+9

81

81