Taipei, Feb. 22 (CNA) Taiwan's Yani Tseng will be out to win her first HSBC Women's Champions tournament in Singapore when the event opens at the Tanah Merah Country Club on Thursday.
The top female golfer in the world, fresh from her successful defense of her title at the Honda LPGA Thailand tournament Sunday, has not won the Singapore tournament since it was launched in 2008.
Tseng, who needed a birdie on the final hole to defeat Japan's Ai Miyazato in Thailand, admitted after her victory that the pressure of living up to her spectacular year in 2011, when she won 12 events worldwide, was getting to her.
"I feel much more pressure coming into this year. Last year when I started, I was nothing. I was just in the top-five in the world but I don't have 12 wins or World No. 1 title," she said.
"After last year, I have World No. 1 and I had 12 wins and that pressure keeps going on and on."
Tseng may feel less stress at the US$1.4 million HSBC Women's Champions this week because she does not have to defend a title, but she will still hope to do well against an extremely strong field, which is expected to feature the top 30 players on the LPGA's moneylist last year.
The top female golfer in the world, fresh from her successful defense of her title at the Honda LPGA Thailand tournament Sunday, has not won the Singapore tournament since it was launched in 2008.
Tseng, who needed a birdie on the final hole to defeat Japan's Ai Miyazato in Thailand, admitted after her victory that the pressure of living up to her spectacular year in 2011, when she won 12 events worldwide, was getting to her.
"I feel much more pressure coming into this year. Last year when I started, I was nothing. I was just in the top-five in the world but I don't have 12 wins or World No. 1 title," she said.
"After last year, I have World No. 1 and I had 12 wins and that pressure keeps going on and on."
Tseng may feel less stress at the US$1.4 million HSBC Women's Champions this week because she does not have to defend a title, but she will still hope to do well against an extremely strong field, which is expected to feature the top 30 players on the LPGA's moneylist last year.
