The Golf Central crew analyzes five-time major champion Yani Tseng winning the Wistron Ladies Open by putting left-handed, sharing why it is one of the stories of the year and previewing what is next for the 36-year-old. #Golf #GolfChannel #LPGATour #YaniTseng #WistronLadiesOpen #Taiwan
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BACK HERE. THEN DOWN TO NAPLES, FLORIDA. THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLE STORY. A FEEL-GOOD MOMENT OF THE WEEK. FIVE-TIMES, MADE THE CHAMPION A DOMINANT FORCE. LADIES OPEN IN HER HOME COUNTRY. IT WAS HER FIRST WIN AROUND THE WORLD IN OVER TEN YEARS. 2014, OVER 4 OTHERS DAYS. SHE SHOULD BE THERE ALREADY BUT HER JOURNEY TURNING PRO 2008. SHE WAS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. FIVE MAJORS. THE NUMBER ONE SPOT FOR 190 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AND THEN SHE HIT A DRY SPELL. SHE HAD SURGERY, BACK INJURIES, IT JUST, IN 2024, SHE CAME BACK LEFT-HANDED. AND HERE’S WHAT SHE’S BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THIS SEASON. SHE RETURNED TO HER HOME COUNTRY IN TAIWAN AND SHE NOW FINDS HERSELF BACK IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE. IT IS HARD TO VERBALIZE EXACTLY HOW IMPRESSIVE IT IS THAT SHE HAS WON AGAIN IN THE WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL GAME. JUST TRYING TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE FOR US. >> WELL, I’LL ADD ANOTHER LITTLE NOTE TO THE TIME LINE. SHE MADE THE CUT. UP IT. SHE MISSED EIGHT OUT OF NINE CUTS. SHE MADE A SINGLE CUT THIS YEAR AT THE AIG WOMEN’S OPEN. IT WAS THE FIRST CUT ON THE LPGA TOUR THAT SHE MADE SINCE 2018. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DRY SPELL, IT IS NOT JUST PLAYING POOR GOLF. IT’S NOT JUST KNOCKING IT AROUND. SHE GENUINELY HAD DIFFICULTY MAKING CUTS WHEN SHE PLAYED. SHE DID HAVE TIME OFF DUE TO INJURY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REMAINED WAS HER STEADFAST LOVE FOR THE GAME WHICH IS WHY SHE SAID SHE NEVER GAVE UP. IN THE DEPTHS OF THE LOWS THIS GAME HAS TO OFFER, SHE WAS STILL REMINDED HOW MUCH SHE LOVED TO PLAY. IF YOU WERE TO EVER SEE HER OUT THERE. SHE WOULD STILL BE SMILING. AND SHE ENJOYED IT AND SHE WAS A JOY TO BE AROUND. I WAS ABLE TO WALK WITH HER AT CHEVRON. I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO WHEN SHE BROUGHT BACK THAT LEFT-HANDED PUTTER IN THE PLAY AND IT WAS AMAZING TO WATCH AND TO HEAR ABOUT THIS WIN OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE IT REALLY DID COME OUT OF NOWHERE. YES, THERE BE HAD BEEN SOME RETURN TO FORM AND SHE WAS MAKING SOME PROGRESS. BUT TRULY OUT OF NOWHERE, WHICH MAKES YOU UNDERSTANDABLY, THAT THIS BEING IN HER HOME COUNTRY, BOOING HER TO THE WINNER’S CIRCLE ONCE AGAIN. BUT AMAZING PERSEVERANCE. THIS STORY IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES OF THE ENTIRE YEAR. MEN’S, WOMEN’S AROUND THE WORLD. BECAUSE SHE NEVER GAVE UP. IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. >> A FIVE-TIME CHAMPION WHO JUST HIT ROCK BOTTOM. AND KUDOS TO HER FOR HAVING THE LOVE OF THE GAME TO GET BACK TO WHERE SHE IS NOW. JUST A MOMENT AS WELL TO APPRECIATE HER GETTING OVER THE PUTTING AND SWITCHING TO LEFT-HANDED. I MEAN, A FORMER PROFESSIONAL GOLFER YOURSELF, JUST SURPRISED HOW MUCH OF AN ACHIEVEMENT THAT IS MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY. >> WELL, AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO MOST PEOPLE WOULD QUIT. MOST PEOPLE WOULDN’T PUT IN THE WORK. THEY WOULDN’T TRY TO DO SOMETHING THIS VASTLY DIFFERENT. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE UNDER SOME, IT IS EMBARRASSING TO PLAY POOR GOLF. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COME FROM THE LEVEL SHE PLAYED. SHE NEVER LOOKED AT IT THAT WAY. SHE ALWAYS LOOKS HUMBLE. SHE WAS JOKING ABOUT THE HIP SURGERY SHE HAD. WELL, THE DOCTOR FIXED MY P BUT HE COULDN’T FIX MY BRAIN. SHE HAD THEY HONESTY EVEN IN THE BEGINNING OF HER GAME FALLING OFF, SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD HOW SHE BECAME NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD. SO WHEN SHE LOST IT, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR HER TO TRY TO FIND IT BACK. AND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT AS A PLAYER AND NOW AS A MEDIA MEMBER, I’M LOOKING AT IT SAYING, IT’S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO BE THIS TRANSPARENT TORSION GIVE THIS MUCH INFORMATION PUBLICLY ABOUT ALL THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY THAT GO ALONG WITH PLAYING PROFESSIONAL GOLF. AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT MAKES HER SO EASY TO ROOT FOR NOW. SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY TRYING TO CHASE THEIR DREAM AND NEVER GIVING UP. AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLES OF THAT. >> YEAH. THE YOUNGEST PLAYER, JUST AT THE TENDER AGE OF 22. SHE STILL FOUND HER LOVE FOR THE GAME AND I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SHE DOES FROM HERE. WHO KNOWS, SHE JUST
